This is a multi-volume set that shows what daily life was like for people during various time periods. Volumes 2-4 cover the Medieval World through the 18th Century.
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The first known human story is that of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. Images of artifacts from ancient Iraq mix with beautiful illustrations, dance, and costume to tell of the relations between gods and mortals, the search for friendship, love, and immortality. Featured cast members include Assyriologist Ben Foster, comic book illustrator Jim Starlin, and poet and playwright Yusef Komunyakaa.
The story is about heroic Prince Rama, who must lift and string the god Shiva's bow to win his wife back from an evil king. Though it is a Hindu story, it is familiar to people of all religions in India. The story has been told through sculptures in temples, paintings, Indonesia shadow puppets, television shows, and comic books.
Written by the Greek epic poet Homer during the 8th century BC, The Odyssey tells of the wanderings of Odysseus on his adventurous way back to Ithaca. This program explores the background to the author – a mysterious figure that some say was blind, others that he never existed at all. Whatever the truth, The Odyssey was radically different in style and content from anything else written at that time and its timeless themes and classic storyline continue to echo down the years.
Vampires have always fascinated us. These universal, timeless creatures are both attract and repulse, arousing our greatest fears as well as our shameful desires. They appear in over 200 movies, a dozen TV series, countless video games, comic books, musicals and novels. Vampires have never gone out of style and today are experiencing a real comeback. It all began at the turn of the 20th century with Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece “Dracula” which introduced us to the iconic vampire we all know. Join us to rediscover the thrilling story of the Prince of Darkness and his many incarnations.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life by 
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by 
Male and Female in the Epic of Gilgamesh by 
Old English Poetry: an Anthology by 
Fighting the Forces by 
