2017-2018
9th Grade English Humanities
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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn – First Semester Title (ISBN: 978-0-55-337540-4) Records the philosophical conversations that take place between a man and a gorilla named Ishmael after the man answers an advertisement for a pupil with a desire to save the world. The Epic of Gilgamesh - Translated by N. K. Sanders - First Semester Title (ISBN: 978-0140441000)
Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the third millennium BC. Homer's the Iliad translated by Robert Fagles- First Semester Title (ISBN: 978-0-1404-4592-3)
Ancient Greek epic poem, set during the Trojan war. The Odyssey translated by Robert Fagles - Available for $18 (ISBN: 978-0-14-026886-7)
Robert Fagles presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning modern-verse translation. "Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy." So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey, which Jasper Griffin in the New York Times Book Review hails as "a distinguished achievement." |
Sophocles translation by Robert Fagles – Available for $15 (ISBN: 978-0-14-044425-4)
Presents three Greek plays by Sophocles detailing life in Thebes.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse - Available for $6 (ISBN: 978-0553-20884-9)
In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom.
In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare- Available for $6 (ISBN:978-07434-8274-5)
Presents the annotated text of Shakespeare's tragedy in which Cassius, fearing Julius Caesar's ambition, forms a conspiracy among Roman republicans, including Caesar's trusted friend Brutus, to assassinate him on the Ides of March; and includes scene-by-scene plot summaries, and other reference material.
Presents the annotated text of Shakespeare's tragedy in which Cassius, fearing Julius Caesar's ambition, forms a conspiracy among Roman republicans, including Caesar's trusted friend Brutus, to assassinate him on the Ides of March; and includes scene-by-scene plot summaries, and other reference material.
