An unhappy stonecutter asks a mountain deity to turn him into a rich man, the sun, and even a mountain itself, until he realizes what had made him happy all along.
Tells the traditional Chinese tale of a boy who attempts to grow a seed given to him by the emperor as part of a contest, and how he learns it is better to be honest than to cheat, and that honesty br
This is a brand new retelling of Homer's "Odyssey", the story of a clever but unlucky Greek hero who just wants to get home...but fate has other ideas. It is a new title in "Young Reading Series Three
Sensual yet pre-eminently functional, food is of intrinsic interest to us all. This exciting new work by a leading authority explores food and related concepts in the Greek and Roman worlds.In entries
