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2) Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder
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Once in nine lives,
something extraordinary happens...
The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen’s veterinarian called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who’d been abandoned. It was love at first sight.
Everyone warned that Homer would always be an “underachiever,” never...
something extraordinary happens...
The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen’s veterinarian called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who’d been abandoned. It was love at first sight.
Everyone warned that Homer would always be an “underachiever,” never...
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Gwen Cooper presents a heartwarming memoir based on her relationship with her cat, Homer. Already owning two cats, Cooper was unsure if she really wanted another animal in the house. However, when she was given an opportunity to take home Homer, an eyeless kitten, she couldn't refuse. Here, Cooper reveals Homer's extraordinary escapades, including surviving the 9/11 terrorist attacks and saving Cooper from a burglar.
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Monkey is riding into your town to present an amazing puppet show celebration of world literature classics. This time it's Homer's Odyssey. Using his special monkey skills, monkey re-tells the story of Odysseus' epic journey home aster the Trojan war. Set to a variety of classical music favorites, with unique and stunning visuals and a playful sense of humor and wit, Monkey keeps children of all ages captivated and adds a fresh and exciting look...
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"Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War - while he was secretly working for the enemy. And nobody thought he knew Philby like Nicholas Elliott, Philby's best friend and fellow officer in MI6. The two men had gone to the same schools, belonged to the same exclusive clubs, grown close through the crucible of wartime...
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"In this passionate, deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer matters-- to him, to you, to the world--in a text full of twists, turns and surprises. In a spectacular journey through mythical and modern landscapes, Adam Nicholson explores the places forever haunted by their Homeric heroes. From Sicily, awash with wildflowers shadowed by Italy's largest oil refinery, to Ithaca, southern Spain, and the mountains on the edges of Andalusia...
11) The Odyssey
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Classics - St. Charles Public Library
Folklore, Legends, and Mythology (non-fiction)
March Books on Tap: Greek Mythology
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Folklore, Legends, and Mythology (non-fiction)
March Books on Tap: Greek Mythology
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"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse...
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The complete first season of the animated television sit-com of the satiric adventures of a working class family, the Simpsons. The father, Homer, works with pride in a nuclear power plant run with more regard for profit than safety. His wife Marge is a kind of supermom, while their eldest son Bart is an underachiever and proud of it.
14) The Simpsons
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The entire first season of the animated television show, The Simpsons.
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The Simpsons are a very unorthodox family. Homer, less responsible than his wife Marge, are parents to three very different children. Bart is the underachiever, Lisa the overachiever and Maggie the youngest. They live in the fictional town of Springfield, where their many surprising exploits are well known.
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An English translation of the Greek epic in which Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home after the Trojan War, while his son Telemachos and wife Penelope are forced to scheme to protect his throne until his return. Includes a glossary, background information, literary criticism, and illustrations.
20) Return to Ithaca
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Retells part of Homer's Odyssey in which Odysseus, with the help of the goddess Athena, plans to get revenge on those who have plagued his wife and son during his absence.