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13 reviews
Homer

Hackett Publishing Company, 2000

Eminently readable and true to the original text
Lombardo's translation of the Odyssey, as well as his Iliad and Aeneid, receive much-deserved kudos as the most readable translations available. He writes with poetic and colloquial English that makes it easy for the lay person to understand. Unfortunately, many of these same lay readers bash Lombardo's translations because they assume the personable nature of the writing makes it ...

The Odyssey of Homer (P.S.)

2 reviews
Richmond Lattimore

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007

Too Good!
Since reading Lattimore's translation of the Odyssey this past summer, I haven't been able to read ANYTHING ELSE with the same interest and enthusiasm. Homer's Odyssey needs no endorsement from me. It sits at the very heart and genesis of the Western literary tradition and will forever continue to do so. If you haven't read the Odyssey, you should: it's an important part of our human heritage. ...

The Odyssey (Cliffs Notes)

4 reviews
Stanley P. Baldwin

Cliffs Notes, 2000

TURNED "ROCKET SCIENCE" to Reading Ease
Homer's The Odyessey is a drudgery to read not to mention understand. This book took the pain and bordom of that and shortned it to a 1 hour (45 if your a fast reader) book that keeps all the details (for your reading pleasure) and explains the importance of each section in relations to High School which actually helps a ton. (pulled my grade on this from the usual B to A thanks to this book).

The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation

93 reviews
Homer

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998

The Odyssey. Homer/ Robert Fitzgerald, translator.
"Odysseus rolled his head to one side softly, ducking the blow, and smiled a crooked smile with teeth clenched." It's been a few years since I read Walden, but I recall Thoreau stating that Homer's epics should be read in no language but Greek. He may have been less inclined to this view if he'd had access to Robert Fitzgerald's translation, first published in 1961. It is said, by those who ...

Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology

1 review
Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler

Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

Great for Intro Sociology classes
I've just used this in my Intro Sociology classes and got great feedback from my students. They especially liked how the readings were relatively short, giving them a bite-size chunks of sociological ideas. A major problem in intro classes is that there is so much material to cover, so the brief pieces are a help. My favorite entry in it was Michael Kimmel's updating of Horace Minor's "Body ...

African American Odyssey, The, Combined Volume (4th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)

4 reviews
Darlene Clark Hine, William C. Hine, ...

Prentice Hall, 2007

Terror and Triumph
"The African American Odyssey" just got better with the release of the 3rd edition. Updated accounts, in-depth coverage, a broadened focus (the American West, and beyond America), and the wonderfully helpful enclosed CD which allows for additional research, all make this a comprehensive volume for any and all students of African American history. The blending of the famous and the unknown, men ...

The Odyssey of Homer

29 reviews
Homer

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999

Straight-forward translation
I own and have read translations of The Iliad & The Odyssey by Fagles, Fitzgerald, and Lattimore. I rate them as follows: 1. Lattimore 2. Fitzgerald 3. Fagles Fitzgerald's translations are often the most enjoyable. However, I feel that Lattimore's clarity facilitates greater understanding of the story by the reader.

The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)

38 reviews
Homer

Penguin Classics, 2006

A great translation.
I recommend this translation for anyone who loves this story, and tried to read it before and gave up. This book is an easy, flowing, beautiful read. Some readers may disagree with some of the translator's choices. For instance, the scene where Odysseus must carefully explain to Calypso why he wants to leave her - this translation has him say that he longs to travel home and see the dawn of his ...

American Odyssey

1 review
McGraw-Hill

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2003

It was a great book.
it was a great book that depicts our lives in the twentieth century and is extremely interesting. i love all of gary nash's books and find them all extremely important to have.

The Odyssey

137 reviews
Homer

Penguin Classics, 1999

Fagles finds the translator's "middle ground" amidst controversy
About the Odyssey itself, I can add no greater praise than that which has already been deservedly heaped onto one of humankind's greatest literary creations. This particular version is graced with an excellent introduction and notes by Bernard Knox, and what I consider to be a very good translation by Robert Fagles. The translation style stirs up controversy, with one highly rated review here ...

The Odyssey of Homer (Bantam Classics)

6 reviews
Homer

Bantam Classics, 1990

Hear the Sirens sing.
When I was a younger lad, I bought Richard Lattimore's translation, which is a grandiose bore. Then I had the good fortune to read Mandelbaum's Aeneid, which shines. This brought me to Mandelbaum's Odyssey. And it is the ideal Odyssey for scholarship and pleasure: -The language is simple and strong. Mandelbaum knows his job--he tells the story simply and brings the ancient genius of Homer ...

Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future

28 reviews
Mark Hertsgaard

Broadway, 1999

Our environmental crisis
Investigative reporter Mark Hertsgaard spent six years traveling around the world, gathering material for this book. This is not strictly a scientific treatise (although he conducted extensive research into his topics). Rather, he reports through the eyes of the people who live in the environmentally damaged places he visited. The theme of the book is how technology has both benefitted and ...

The Odyssey (Signet Classics)

12 reviews
Homer

Signet Classics, 1999

War and Penelope
I hope that those who read my review will forgive me because I would like to talk mainly about Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. When I read the Odyssey for the first time, I thought it was a wonderful adventure book with beautiful and dangerous women and I laughed with that half-wit of a Polyphemus, one of the cyclops. But near the end something was missing, it was not what it should be. Odysseus ...

The Odyssey by Homer

14 reviews
Homer

Penguin Audio, 2005

Outstanding rendition
This is an absolutely fabulous product, but if you are not used to listening to audio books, I should give you a warning. This product is 11 CD's of one person speaking for about 13 hours. Can you imagine sitting down in the morning at home and staring at the wall for 13 hours while same voice goes on and on, all day and into the night? No, that won't work. So you at least have to break up ...

Lost Odyssey: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)

9 reviews
Kaizen Media Group

Prima Games, 2008

Nice guide
Very complete guide, easy to follow and very usefull maps. it may need a little more follow up with some of the items of the game, since there is an achievement for this task. Nevertheless they are listed and it`s easy to know how to get them.

Mathematics (ISE): A Practical Odyssey

2 reviews
David B Johnson; Thomas A. Mowry

Brooks/Cole, 2006

excellent textbook for liberal arts mathematics courses
A very useful book for this type of course. It might not be exactly what you're looking for if you want something to read on your own.

DK Classics: The Odyssey (DK Classics)

6 reviews
Homer

DK CHILDREN, 2000

A classic journey...
Remember your absolute favorite English teacher- the one who made English Lit, or poetry, or whatever come alive, so that you understood it, enjoyed it, wanted more of it? The one who knew endless interesting things about the writer, the world they lived in, and so on? Well, DK classics are like having a master class with that teacher. Instead of hitting The Odyssey for the first time in high ...

The Sky's the Limit (Adventures in Odyssey)

3 reviews

Tyndale Entertainment, 2008

More fun with Wooton, Grady, Connie and everyone in Odyssey!
INCLUDES 12 'ADVENTURES IN ODYSSEY' STORIES... A New Era, Parts 1, 2, & 3 Theme: Following God's will BTV: Temptation Theme: Temptation Buddy Guard Theme: Purity of motives Wooing Wooton Theme: Integrity Something Significant Theme: Obedience to God in All Things Life, in the Third Person, Parts 1 & 2 Theme: God's Comfort in Troubled Times The Highest Stakes, Parts 1 & 2 ...

2001: Space Odyssey (Penguin Readers, Level 3)

253 reviews
Arthur Clarke

Pearson ESL, 2003

Where Did We Come From? Where Are We Going?
Because Arthur C. Clarke recently died I decided to reread his classic novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some people say that the major knock against science fiction is that it's necessarily dated soon after written because of the progress of society and technology. While this may be true of many stories, 2001 is timeless. It's hopeful, it's beautiful and it's filled with themes that speak to ...

World History: The Human Odyssey

3 reviews
Jackson J. Spielvogel

National Textbook Company, 1999

A Book I Use Everyday
This book always has what i need for projects, essays, and additional information for my World Studies 1 class. This book is also interesting to read even without having an assignment to do. Every History class should have at least one of these books because they are great and can be used for millions of different uses.

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