Discourses, Books 1-2
10 best books like Discourses, Books 1-2 (Epictetus): The Gnostic Gospels, The Odes, The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters, Theological Tractates/The Consolation of Philosophy, Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Vol 1: Books 1-6, Tusculan Disputations, The Boys, Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now, The Boys, Volume 5: Herogasm, The Vital Abyss, Strange Dogs
| Author | Elaine Pagels |
| ISBN | 0679724532 |
The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow...
'What Pindar catches is the joy beyond ordinary emotions as it transcends and transforms them' —C. M. Bowra
Arguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar (518-438 B.C.) was a controversial figure in fifth-century Greece—a conservative Boiotian aristocrat who studied in Athens and...
In the year A.D. 8, Emperor Augustus sentenced the elegant, brilliant, and sophisticated Roman poet Ovid to exile—permanently, as it turned out—at Tomis, modern Constantza, on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea. The real reason for the emperor's action has never come to light, and all of Ovid's...
| Author | Boethius |
| ISBN | 0674990838 |
Boethius (Boetius)--Anicius Manlius Severinus--Roman statesman and philosopher (ca. 480-524 CE), was son of Flavius Manlius Boetius, after whose death he was looked after by several men, especially Memmius Symmachus. He married Symmachus's daughter, Rusticiana, by whom he had two sons. All...
| Author | Apuleius |
| ISBN | 0674990498 |
In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic. The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird, resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical...
| Author | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| ISBN | 0674991567 |
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 10643 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence...
The Boys, Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now
| Author | Garth Ennis |
| ISBN | 1606900358 |
The Boys plan to flush out more nefarious doings in the superhero world, and this time it's knock-off Charles Xavier who's on the hot seat.
Hughie goes undercover as a member of...well, basically a Great Value version of New Mutant team.
Of course, being Wee Hughie he finds himself...
The Boys, Volume 5: Herogasm
Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and Darick Robertson bring another tale from The Boys! An evil so profound it threatens all mankind! The mightiest heroes on the planet uniting to defend us all! A secret crisis of such utter finality that a countdown to civil or infinite war seems unavoidable! But have you ever...
| Author | James S.A. Corey |
| ISBN | 0316217565 |
From New York Times bestselling author James S. A. Corey . . .
Somewhere in the vast expanse of space, a group of prisoners lives in permanent captivity.The only company they have is each other and the Belters who guard them. The only stories they know are the triumphs and crimes that brought them there....
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“There are things I didn’t see before... ...there are other things here.”
Holy shit. This changes things.
I love that we get these short stories and novellas between the main Expanse novels. If the novels are considered big, pulpy action movies...
The Boys, Volume 7: The Innocents
| Author | Garth Ennis |
| ISBN | 1606901508 |
So where are the real superheroes? The warriors for truth and justice, the defenders of the American way, the heroes who fight to make things right and ask for nothing in return? Hughie finds out when he meets the teenage adventurers known as SUPERDUPER... but unknown to the little Scotsman, Butcher...
The Boys, Volume 6: The Self-Preservation Society
| Author | Garth Ennis |
| ISBN | 1606901257 |
The Boys are back and still kicking ass.
Seriously. They're just beating the shit out of everyone.
Just when you think you're tired of Nazi bad guys, Ennis creates a douchebag racist enough to make it fun to watch as Butcher pokes his eye out. And really, isn't that what we all want...
The Boys, Volume 8: Highland Laddie
| Author | Garth Ennis |
| ISBN | 1606902075 |
Out of Dynamite Entertainment's critically acclaimed title, The Boys, comes a special story featuring everyone's favorite pint-sized Scotsman, Hughie, with The Boys: Highland Laddie, written by Garth Ennis, with covers by Darick Robertson and art by Herogasm artist John McCrea. Mind reeling...
The Boys, Volume 9: The Big Ride
All the pieces are falling into place, for the Boys as well as their most mortal enemies. The long-dreaded superhuman conflict is on its way. But first there are secrets still to be uncovered: like the story of the team's first encounter with supergroup The Seven, and the shockwaves from that disastrous...
The Boys, Volume 11: Over the Hills with the Swords of a Thousand Men
| Author | Garth Ennis |
| ISBN | 1606903411 |
It's been a long time coming, but Billy Butcher's revenge on his wife's killer is about to be realized - if he can only get his hands on the bastard. The Boys prepare for one last terrible battle, as the Homelander finally bites the bullet and sets an army of superheroes against the forces of the United States...
The Boys, Volume 12: The Bloody Doors Off
The war is over and the world is saved. The supes have been beaten down so far they'll never get up again. So why would anyone want one hundred and eighteen metric tons of the only substance on earth that can kill them all stone dead? Bad days start coming thick and fast, as the Boys are caught in the last throes...
