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  • The Odyssey

    by Homer ...
    Translated by Emily Wilson ...
    Homer’s great epic of a hero’s journey home—inspiration for the major motion picture by Christopher Nolan—in a bold, contemporary, and refreshingly readable translation."Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean. . . . It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and so rigorously considered." —Madeline Miller, author of CirceComposed at the rosy-fingered ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Iliad

    by Homer ...
    Translated by Emily Wilson ...
    **“Wilson’s Iliad is clear and brisk, its iambic pentameter a zone of enchantment.” —Ange Mlinko, London Review of BooksThe greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.**When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017—revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea

    Journeys Through Ancient Literature

    by Emily Wilson ...
    **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An enthralling and profoundly relevant book." —Salman Rushdie"I adored reading these joyful, illuminating, and engrossing journeys through ancient literature." —Madeline MillerMost Anticipated Books of Fall: Goodreads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus ReviewsFrom the most celebrated translator of our time comes a visionary exploration of how translation reshapes and ... Read more

    $21.29 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Death of Socrates

    Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint

    by Emily Wilson ...
    “An exceptionally lucid introduction to this famous trial and death . . . The history of the interpretation of Socrates’ death, it turns out, is in large part the history of philosophy itself.” —Thomas Meaney, Wall Street JournalThere were heroic lives and deaths before and after, but none quite like that of Socrates. He died not by sword or spear, braving all to defend home and country, but as a ... Read more

    $25.29 CAD

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  • The Odyssey (Illustrated)

    by Homer ...
    Translated by Emily Wilson ...
    Illustrated Edition – Perfect for Classic Literature LoversFully Illustrated Edition with 20 Stunning IllustrationsIncludes a Clear and Engaging SummaryComplete Characters List for Easy ReferenceAuthor Biography of HomerThe Odyssey by Homer – An Epic Journey of Adventure, Wit, and DestinyEmbark on one of the greatest adven... ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ninshubar

    by Emily H. Wilson ...
    Series Book 3 - The Sumerians Trilogy
    The conclusion to the enthralling and lyrical fantasy Sumerians trilogy, retelling The Epic of Gilgamesh, that will captivate readers of Madeline Miller, Jennifer Saint and Lucy Holland."A god is nothing without a good story."It has been six months since the fall of the great cities of Ancient Sumer. Six months since war and chaos scattered everyone to the wind.Ereshkigal, the queen of the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Gilgamesh

    The Sumerians Trilogy

    by Emily H. Wilson ...
    Series Book 2 - The Sumerians Trilogy
    The second book in the enthralling and lyrical Sumerians trilogy, retelling the Epic of Gilgamesh, perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Lucy Holland and Jennifer Saint.Now is the time for the gods of warGilgamesh, soon to be crowned King of Uruk, travels north to find his homelands in flames and his family on the run. A blood-red moon brings warnings of a new kind of war, and in the far north, the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Inanna

    The First of The Sumerians Trilogy

    by Emily H. Wilson ...
    Series Book 1 - The Sumerians Trilogy
    **An enthralling and lyrical fantasy debut, and the first in an incredible new trilogy re-telling The Epic of Gilgamesh, perfect for readers of Madeline Miller's Circe and Jennifer Saint's Ariadne.A tale brimming with warring gods, rebellious humans, and the goddess of love caught between them whose destiny has the power to transform the shape of the world.**Stories are sly things…they can be hard ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Six Tragedies

    by Seneca ...
    Translated by Emily Wilson ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Phaedra * Oedipus * Medea * Trojan Women * Hercules Furens * Thyestes Seneca's plays are the product of a sensational, frightening, and oppressive period of history. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain and violent times, and his dramas depict the extremes of human behaviour. Rape, suicide, child-killing, incestuous love, madness and mutilation afflict the characters, who are ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and Forensic Anthropology

    by Emily Wilson ...
    In the wake of World War II, anatomist and anthropologist Mildred Trotter left the Midwest for a temporary post as the forensic anthropology expert for the Army in the Territory of Hawaii. Her formidable task was to identify the remains of war dead in order to return them to their families, in a national effort that continues to this day.Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

  • Building Node Applications with MongoDB and Backbone

    Rapid Prototyping and Scalable Deployment

    by Emily Wilson ...
    Build an application from backend to browser with Node.js, and kick open the doors to real-time event programming. With this hands-on book, you’ll learn how to create a social network application similar to LinkedIn and Facebook, but with a real-time twist. And you’ll build it with just one programming language: JavaScript.If you’re an experienced web developer unfamiliar with JavaScript, the book ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Stella the Brave

    by Emily Wilson ...
    A fresh reminder for school-age kids that Jesus will help them be brave any time they feel anxious. It isn't easy to go to a new school and make new friends. But kids will discover through Stella the Brave that they can count on Jesus for courage in any situation. As young readers follow Stella through her first day at school in a brand new city, they will relate to her fears, struggles, and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD