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The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey is divided into 24 books.
In 1988, he was invited by Focus on the Family to help develop a radio show for kids, which later became Adventures in Odyssey. [2] He still consults on the show's scripts and writes them on occasion. He has also written 18 tie-in novels, including the "Passages" series. In the late 1990s, McCusker developed Focus on the Family's Radio Theatre. [5]
The story centres on a group of migrant workers who hail from Eastern Europe, China, Malaysia and Africa and have come to Kent to harvest strawberries for delivery to the supermarkets, and end up living in two small caravans, a men's caravan and a women's caravan. They are all seeking a better life (and in their different ways they are also, of ...
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel is an epic poem by Greek poet and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis, based on Homer's Odyssey. [1] It is divided into twenty-four rhapsodies as is the original Odyssey and consists of 33,333 17-syllable verses. Kazantzakis began working on it in 1924 after he returned to Crete from Germany. Before finally publishing the ...
Rama II is a science fiction novel by Gentry Lee and Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1989.It recounts humankind's further interaction with the Ramans, first introduced in Rendezvous with Rama.
[2] Franklin Pierce High School is in the Clover Creek CDP. [3] Most of the Franklin Pierce portion is zoned to Collins Elementary School, while portions north of 112th Street are zoned to Central Avenue Elementary School in Summit and Midland Elementary School in Midland. The Franklin Pierce portion of Clover Creek is zoned to Morris E. Ford ...
The Lost Books of the Odyssey [1] is a 2007 novel by Zachary Mason, republished in 2010. It is a reimagination of Homer 's Odyssey . Mason, who wrote the book while working full-time, won first prize and initial publication in a 2007 competition sponsored by Starcherone Books , an independent publisher in Buffalo , New York . [ 2 ]
Caravans, a novel by James A. Michener, was published in 1963.. The story is set in Afghanistan immediately following World War II. The protagonist, Mark Miller, is stationed in Kabul at the American embassy and is given the assignment of an investigation to find a young woman, Ellen Jasper, also from the United States, who has disappeared after her marriage to an Afghan national thirteen ...