Ovid

A collection of narrative poems drawn from Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and legends, linked together by the common theme of transformation.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and endangered situation of China's national animal treasure.

In the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness and torment of love, as the writers tell of their pain at separation, forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal. The faithful Penelope wonders at the suspiciously long absence of Ulysses, while Dido bitterly reproaches Aeneas for too eagerly leaving her bed to follow his destiny, and...

A new transmogrification of Ovid's Metamorphoses in stories, ballads, and headline news, the Minotaur, King Midas, Arachne, Bacchus, Persephone and many more haunting figures walk the earth once more.

For this companion to her "New York Times"-bestselling collection "A Family of Poems," Kennedy has hand-selected more than 100 of her favorite poems that lend themselves to memorization.