Little Hermes and the Animals of his Yard

Little Hermes and the Animals of his Yard
Author: Lydia Galanou
Publisher: AKAKIA Publications
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2012-03-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1908362464

Lydia Galanou offers the world of children's literature, an amazing little story which talks about children's mischief and how one can impart to them important advice about their future in a beautiful and vivid way!

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466804270

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture

Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture
Author: Sheila Dillon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2006-04-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0521854989

This book offers a new approach to the history of Greek portraiture by focusing on portraits without names. Comprehensively illustrated, it brings together a wide range of evidence that has never before been studied as a group. Sheila Dillon considers the few original bronze and marble portrait statues preserved from the Classical and Hellenistic periods together with the large number of Greek portraits known only through Roman 'copies'. In focusing on a series of images that have previously been ignored, Dillon investigates the range of strategies and modes utilized in these portraits to construct their subject's identity. Her methods undermine two basic tenets of Greek portraiture: first, that is was only in the late Hellenistic period, under Roman influence, that Greek portraits exhibited a wide range of styles, including descriptive realism; and second, that in most cases, one can easily tell a subject's public role - that is, whether he is a philosopher of an orator - from the visual traits used in this portrait. The sculptures studied here instead show that the proliferation of portrait styles takes place much earlier, in the late Classical period; and that the identity encoded in these portraits is much more complex and layered than has previously been realized. Despite the fact that these portraits lack the one feature most prized by scholars of ancient portraiture - a name - they are evidence of utmost importance for the history of Greek portraiture.

Hermead: Philosophers

Hermead: Philosophers
Author: Surazeus Astarius
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0359794386

Hermead of Surazeus is an epic poem about the development of philosophy over 600 years in the lives and ideas of 26 of the greatest philosophers who contributed to the growth of civilization. This single volume edition presents in 126,680 lines of pentameter blank verse the tales of Hermes, Prometheus, Kadmos, Asklepios, Zethos Hesiodos, Thales, Anaximandros, Pythagoras, Herakleitos, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Empedokles, Leukippos, Philolaos, Demokritos, Aristokles Platon, Aristoteles, Demetrios Phalereus, Epikouros, Arkhimedes, Ktesibios, Eratosthenes, Krates, Hipparkhos, Philodemos, and Lucretius.

Elementals in Space

Elementals in Space
Author: Jane Mckeogh
Publisher: New Generation Publishing
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2018-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1789553792

The elementals are who I call "e;The Little People"e;. They are only visible to a few. Let them take you into their chat room of Astrology classes in outer space. You can learn about amazing mythology & planetary details. Open your minds to fantasy and facts while exploring the planets. Discover your astrology characteristics. Packed with interesting space and astrology information. All entwined in a magical story of the little people as they fly to their spaceship on mythological stallions around the cosmos. Depicting the elementals' escapades in twelve creative chapters. Incorporated in a tale from the author's knowledge & imagination.

Summer Bridge Activities¨, Grades 6 - 7

Summer Bridge Activities¨, Grades 6 - 7
Author: Summer Bridge Activities
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2015-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1483815862

Give your soon-to-be seventh grader a head start on their upcoming school year with Summer Bridge Activities: Bridging Grades 6-7. With daily, 15-minute exercises kids can review dividing fractions and using parentheses and learn new skills like probability and word analogies. This workbook series prevents summer learning loss and paves the way to a successful new school year. --And this is no average workbookÑSummer Bridge Activities keeps the fun and the sun in summer break! Designed to prevent a summer learning gap and keep kids mentally and physically active, the hands-on exercises can be done anywhere. These standards-based activities help kids set goals, develop character, practice fitness, and explore the outdoors. With 12 weeks of creative learning, Summer Bridge Activities keeps skills sharp all summer long!

Gods of Olympus

Gods of Olympus
Author: Eva Pohler
Publisher: Green Press/Eva Pohler
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2019-12-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

The sound of nearby footsteps in the grass startles you awake. You blink rapidly as your eyes adjust to the sunlight and you become aware of a formidable figure standing over you. He is wearing golden armor—a breast plate and knee guards, along with a sword sheathed at his hip. Beside the figure is a golden chariot and horses that seem plucked right out of a fairy tale. You blink again, but the formidable figure and his exotic chariot remain. “Hello,” the figure says. “My name is [choose one] Zeus.” Poseidon.” Hades.” You are the main character in this encounter with the Olympians. Throughout the narrative, you make choices that change the course of the story. Which god or goddess will Cupid make your love interest? You decide. Then, to prove you're worthy to become immortal, so that you can remain with your love interest, will you face Cerberus or the Hydra? Will you offer cakes or strike with the sword loaned to you by Athena? How will you steal a golden apple from the garden of the Hesperides, and who will help you through the Minotaur's labyrinth, and which god or goddess will comfort you if you fail? Enjoy dozens of adventures in a single book! Although this choose-your-own-adventure story shares the world of The UnderworldSaga, it can be enjoyed before, after, or without reading the saga. Related authors: C. Gockel, Anthea Sharp, Susan Kaye Quinn, Cassandra Clare, Chanda Hahn, Quinn Loftis, Kim Richardson, S.T. Bende, Karen Lynch. Kimberly Loth, Richelle Mead, M. Lynn, Allie Burton, Ashley McLeo, Frost Kay, Cameo Renea, Elise Kova, Nicole Zoltack, A.L. Knorr, Kay L. Moody, Melissa Craven, Laura Thalassa, Rose Garcia, Holly Hook, Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison, Raye Wagner, Elisa S. Amore, and Rick Riordan. Search terms: Greek mythology, Greek mythology romance, mythology, Greek gods and goddesses, paranormal romance, young adult fiction, teen fiction, clean young adult fiction, the Underworld, Hades and Persephone, teen fiction books, urban fantasy, myth retellings, fantasy, young adult fantasy, gods and monsters, mythological beasts, swords and sorcery, magic, adventure.