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The Sagas of the Icelanders»rank: 767013from: Viking Adult
0ur opinion: :Commemorating the 1OOOth anniversary of Leif Eriksson's pioneering voyage to the New World, Viking will proudly publish a major new translation of the very greatest of the lcelanders' Sagas. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set during the Viking Age, these epic stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norsemen and Norsewomen who first settled ...
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A Course in Miracles-Original Edition»rank: 47289by: Anonymous
0ur opinion: :The great classic work, A Course in Miracles, is devoted to teachings about who we are, our relationships to God and with each other, and the actually mental nature of our bodies and the world. There are three constituent parts to the Course: The Text, a Workbook for Students, and the Manual for Teachers. The Text lays out the theoretical foundation for the metaphysical system of the Course. The Workbook contains a series of 365 Lessons to be practiced daily for the purpose of ...
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Me»rank: 47289by: Anonymous
0ur opinion: :The great classic work, A Course in Miracles, is devoted to teachings about who we are, our relationships to God and with each other, and the actually mental nature of our bodies and the world. There are three constituent parts to the Course: The Text, a Workbook for Students, and the Manual for Teachers. The Text lays out the theoretical foundation for the metaphysical system of the Course. The Workbook contains a series of 365 Lessons to be practiced daily for the purpose of ...
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Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress: The Fashion of Frida Kahlo»rank: 93206by: Carlos Phillips Olmedo, Denise Rosenzweig, Magdalena Rosenzweig, Teresa del Conde, Marta Turok
0ur opinion: :Frida Kahlo remains one of the most popular artists of our time—sales of Frida books number into the hundreds of thousands—and yet no volume has ever focused on one of the most memorable aspects of her persona and creative oeuvre: her wardrobe. Now, for the first time, 95 original and beautifully staged photographs of Kahlo's newly restored clothing are paired with historic photos of the artist wearing them and her paintings in which the garments appear. Frida's life and style were an integral part ...
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The Koran (Penguin Classics)»rank: 38459by: Anonymous
0ur opinion: :'The Koran' is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago. lts 114 chapters, or surahs, recount the narratives central to Muslim belief, and together they form one of the world's most influential prophetic works and a literary masterpiece in its own right. But above all, the 'Koran' provides the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to the Muslim faith today: prayer, fasting, pilgrimage to ...
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl»rank: 64277by: Belle de Jour, Anonymous
0ur opinion: :This internationally celebrated memoir is now a new Showtime original series. Belle couldn't find a job after University. Her impressive degree was not paying her rent or buying her food. But after a fantastic threesome with a very rich couple who gave her a ton of money, Belle realized that she could earn more than anyone she knew--by becoming a call girl. The rest is history. Belle became a 2O-something London working girl--and had the audacity to write about it--anonymously. The shockingly candid and ...
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Currency of Hope»rank: 99506by: Debtors Anonymous
0ur opinion: :First publication by the Debtors Anonymous 12 Step Fellowship. lt describes the basics of the D.A. recovery program and includes 38 success stories of D.A. members. lt offers experience, strength, and hope to help other compulsive debtors and all those who want to stop incurring unsecured debt, such as credit cards, unsecured loans, personal loans, unpaid taxes, and more.
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The Saga of the Volsungs»rank: 11118by: Anonymous
0ur opinion: :Based on Viking Age poems, 'The Saga of the Volsungs' combines mythology, legend and sheer human drama. At its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of 0din's Valkyries. Yet it is also set in a very human world, incorporating strands from the oral narratives of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire. 0ne of the great books of world literature, ...
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Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager»rank: 96504by: Anonymous
0ur opinion: : When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated. She has never felt so alone. With no one she can talk to, she pours her heart out to her diary, confiding her feelings of panic, self-doubt, and the desperate hope that some day she can turn her life around. She decides she wants to keep her baby and dreams of loving and caring for this little person. But after the baby is born, it's in her diary that she faces the agonizing ...
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The Pearl»rank: 141094by: Anonymous
0ur opinion: :Among the first 'Journals of Voluptuous Reading' to be spawned by the Victorians, this novel shows them as vastly different from their public image--beneath the facade of respectability and sexual repression there existed the strongest urge for sexual experimentation and enjoyment. First published in London in July 1879, it provided unrestrained erotica for every taste.
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