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Stephen Mitchell's marvelously clear and vivid rendering recreates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep "work of literature" but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation - spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry - makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone.

So begins a dark, but sturdy epic full of warriors, dragons, monsters of the deep, mead halls, and mounds of treasure. Beowulf is the great Norse epic poem, and one of the great inspirations for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In this bold and truly innovative translation, Douglas Wilson reproduces the alliteration and stresses of the original, though being more dynamic with particular wording.

Grendel haunts the land of Frisia in a restless need for vengeance on the human world that has rejected her. With a fiendish master urging her on, she attacks without fear of repercussion. But the arrival of a foreign prince causes Grendel to doubt her invulnerability. Beowulf is renowned for killing monsters, and he can have only one purpose in visiting Frisia: to break her hellish reign.

Discover the epic tale of Beowulf like never before in this stunning illustrated publication. Immerse yourself in a world of heroes, monsters, and epic battles as this timeless poem is given new life with breathtaking visuals. Journey alongside Beowulf as he faces ferocious foes, including man-slaying Grendel, his wolfish mother, and the fearsome dragon.

How does a hero face his last battle? A retelling of Beowulf's final battle from the perspective of his squire, Wiglaf, who hates Beowulf as a cruel master and plots his revenge even as they prepare to face the Dragon. This novella transports listener to a darker time when men stamped a less confident tread across the face of the earth.

Londres, 1940. Los pertinaces bombardeos han vuelto aún más plomizo el horizonte y han teñido de desesperanza los corazones de sus habitantes, pero Selina y Angelina han descubierto que el remedio para los malos augurios es una humeante taza de té. Juntas administran una acogedora cafetería...

A prose translation of the oldest surviving long poem in Old English, this production captures the mood of the original legend of a pagan hero defeating a monster, its mother, and a dragon in Scandinavia.