Mashaf Reš (The Black Book)
In the beginning God created the White Pearl out of his most precious essence. He also created a bird named Angar. He placed...
The story of nuradin p’hridon when tariel met him on the...
574. I landed by night; I came ashore where gardens were seen. It seemed as if there were a city: we came near,...
How they found an island where Hell is
Having sailed with the wind somewhere in the region of Aquilone, they saw an island that was all full of large stones and was...
‘The capture’ by Olaudah Equiano
One day, when all our people were gone out to their works as usual, and only I and my dear sister were left to...
“The Shahs of Old” by Ferdowsi
Kaiumers first sat upon the throne of Persia, and was master of the world. He took up his abode in the mountains, and clad...
Alana the beautiful and her sons
The years went by and Dobun the clever died. After his death, Alana the beautiful, though she had no husband,...
Mongol’s Secret Story
Mongols’ Secret Story derives from an anonymous poem dating back to 1240, that is some years after Gengis Khan’s death and it...
Mongol’s Secret Story
Mongols’ Secret Story derives from an anonymous poem dating back to 1240, that is some years after Gengis Khan’s death and it...
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, or the tenth muse
Sentimientos de ausente
Amado dueño mío,
Escucha un rato mis cansadas quejas,
Pues del viento las fío,
Que breve las conduzca a tus orejas,
Si no se desvanece el...
Kalila and Dimna
On a first reading, this might seem to be just the fantastic tale of the adventures of two jackals, talking animals at the court...
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Pina Piccolo – I Would Have Liked To Be patti smith
I would have liked to be
patti smith.
Locks of rebellious
gray hair.
Indomitable
gaunt visage.
The jacket:
the worn-out one
from Horses
that dangles
carelessly
from a shoulder.
And to continue tapping
with your slim...
Valerio Evangelisti – One Big Union
A tale in between/A link between Antracite (Anthracite) and Noi saremo tutto (We shall be everything), One Big Union talks about/deals with the fights...
Silvio Donà – The rookie writer launching his new novel: chronicle of a foretold...
No matter how you succeeded in publishing a book: either you are the genius of the millennium, or you paid for it, or you...
Sotirios Pastakas – Babel
No, I don’t come from Eleusis. Southern Italy.
Sandy returned from the Aegean rally in Nisyros.
I found Yannis in 37 and he bought me a...
“Shock bibliotherapy” suggestions
Shock bibliotherapy suggestions… every book, both fiction and non-fiction, can inspire, help, and guide us in every walk of life, as long as we...
