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The Practical Encyclopedia of Home Remedies & Natural Therapies: Medicinal Herbs Yoga Healing Massage

Mark Evans

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This practical guide to natural health-promoting treatments and techniques brings together the very...

Coventry's Medieval Suburbs: Excavations at Hill Street, Upper Well Street and Far Gosford Street 2003-2007

Paul Mason, Iain Soden and Danny McAree

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Hill Street, Upper Well Street and Far Gosford Street comprise three suburban streets which stood...

Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests

Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel

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The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing

Lori Arviso Alvord

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Magic Medicine: A Trip Through the Intoxicating History and Modern-Day Use of Psychedelic Plants and Substances

Cody Johnson

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Descriptions and Prescriptions: A Biblical Perspective on Psychiatric Diagnoses and Medications

Michael R. Emlet

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Autobiography Of Red

Anne Carson | 1999 | Fiction & Poetry

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Stunning poetry but unrelated to the Classics

Anne Carson is definitely among the class of rare poets, seen in this work which takes you on a journey through the medium of words. That being said, I was hoping for something a little more in time with the classical world it invokes. Despite the characters being called Geryon and Herakles, they have little in common with their mythical namesake.

Carson leaves most traces of classicism behind. That isn't necessarily bad, but it begs the question of why she uses these myths in the first place. Nevertheless, the poetry is solid and evocative, so read it without the mythologies in mind.