Ergebnis für "The Odyssey" in Literatur & Belletristik

Homers "Odyssee" - Ein Weltgedicht: Im späten 8. Jahrhundert niedergeschrieben, gehört es zu den ältesten und einflussreichsten Werken der abendländischen Literatur. Das Versepos erzählt die Irrfahrten des griechischen Helden Odysseus, der um Troja gekämpft hat und durch den Fluch des Poseidon an der Rückkehr nach Ithaka gehindert wird. Es ist die Geschichte einer Heimkehr, die Geschichte eines Mannes, der trotz ständiger Bedrohungen und Verlockungen sein Ziel nicht aus den Augen verliert. Und es ist die Geschichte einer Frau, die zwanzig Jahre auf ihren Mann warten muss.

Five strangers, thrust into a crisis situation that transforms them and forever solidifies their destiny. Mythical battles, legendary universal forces, and constant journeying further into chaos is a price you must pay to become a half dragon. Though with great danger and suffering come hope, motivation, and even love.

Ancient Greece, a country filled with rulers vying to keep their power as democracy grows. With a thirst for domination, King Aeneas sends his two best assassins, Adonis and Selene, to the neighboring region of Arcadia in the hope of expanding his reign. They must kill King Argus. Adonis, a well-respected captain in the assassin company, is loyal to only three things: King Aeneas, his land, and Selene. His fellow captain, Selene is as cunning as she is beautiful. Her passion for Adonis is only matched by her pursuit of Greek justice. Will they remain loyal to the maleficent ruler?

Contessa and Mazel are young witches setting off on their odyssey, the final task for witches seeking to master their magic. Contessa is a fire witch traveling with a black fox familiar named Yeeza, while Mazel is a druidic witch who has a black mouse familiar named Clover. Joined by their love for each other as well as their craft, Contessa and Mazel leave their home village of Throsj behind and take to the skies as all young witches seeking to prove themselves must do.

When up-and-coming young rapper Koh is discovered on a live Twitch stream and sent out to Los Angeles to follow his dreams, he is quickly thrown to the wolves by producers, agents, and money-hungry industry hangers-on. Soon he meets the sexy and talented songwriter Jessi Fyre, and he tells her about his desire to work with a relatively unknown producer whose identity remains a secret but goes by the moniker "Pierre."

While one friend is sent to distant constellation, the other stays on Earth trying to get to a distant planet to reunite with his daughter. However, in the process, he discovers hidden secrets through "awakening" his third eye, and finds he is being played as a pawn between two robotic superpowers. An old master helps him find a new direction and power to change his destiny. This is the twenty-third of a multivolume series. Enjoy!

Jesse runs from every challenge he faces … and has ever since his mother died. It was his fault. Everything is Jesse’s fault. It would be best if he was never counted on to help anyone ever again. That was his plan. Then this woman — his father’s new bride, Caroline – arrived and Jesse’s plans had to change. He knows she is dangerous. But no one else seems to see it. Jesse has never felt more alone — that is until he finds himself lost on a mountain pass in an early winter storm. There are no highways.

Jeune joueur de hockey talentueux, Théo Marchand n’aspire à rien de moins qu’à une carrière dans la Ligue nationale. La tête un peu enflée, rien ne peut arrêter cet adolescent d’Ottawa jusqu’à ce qu’un grave accident mette un frein à son rêve. Les mauvaises nouvelles se succèdent dans sa vie. Ses parents se séparent et il déménage avec sa mère à Sudbury. C’est là qu’il dénichera une vieille motoneige ayant appartenu à sa grand-mère. Avec l’aide de ses nouveaux amis, Alexis et Sophie, Théo finira par la remettre en marche.

From the mysterious beginning to the heart-wrenching end, this young adult novel has all the ingredients of a winner: strange dreams, twins separated at birth, a cruel parent, and a spunky young hero who is plagued by a sense that she was missing part of herself. Fourteen-year-old Magda sets out on a quest to find that missing part. Accompanied by her faithful terrier, Sky, Magda hitchhikes out of town, then treks across endless mountain passes and beyond.

There are many watchers and they are always white. That’s the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College. Despite graduating high school in Cleveland as valedictorian, Echo immediately struggles to keep up in demanding classes. Dartmouth made many promises it couldn't keep. The campus is not a rainbow-colored utopia where education lifts every voice. Nor is it a paradise of ideas, an incubator of inclusivity, or even an exciting dating scene.

Two and a half millennia after it was created, Homer's Odyssey remains one of humanity's most memorable adventure stories. In this re-creation of Homer's classic as a young adult novel, we see the aftermath of the Trojan War through the eyes of Alexi, a fifteen-year-old Trojan boy. Orphaned by the war and enslaved by Odysseus himself, Alexi has a very different view of the conquering heroes of legend.