Arcadia Public Library

Unlike every known translator before him, Michael Palma re-creates Dante's masterpiece in all its dimensions, without emphasizing some aspects over others, rendering Inferno into contemporary American English while maintaining Dante's original triple rhyme scheme. The result is a translation that can be appreciated for its literal faithfulness and beautiful poetic form, accompanied by facing-page Italian and explanatory notes.

"Now that Nikki Beckett's boyfriend has been sucked into the tunnels of the Everneath, Nikki must journey down to the underworld to bring him back before he is lost forever."--

"A darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who works in Hell (literally) and is on the cusp of a big promotion if only he can get one more member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul Peyote Trip has a pretty good gig in the deals department on the fifth floor of Hell. Sure, none of the pens work, the coffee machine has been out of order for a century, and the only drink on offer is Jägermeister,...

"From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk--a monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno, in which gluttons, liars, heretics,...

Sargatanas has Ascended and the doomed, anguished souls have found themselves emancipated. Hell has changed...hasn't it? The demons, wardens of the souls, are free of their inmates...And the damned, liberated from their terrible torments, twisted and bent but thankful that they are no longer forced to be in proximity to their fearsome jailors, rejoice. But something is stirring under the surface of Hell's ceaseless carnage...and into this terrible...

Emilia sold her soul to become Queen of the Wicked, and now she is traveling to the Seven Circles with the enigmatic Prince of Wrath. There she is introduced to a seductive world of vice. The first rule in the court of the Wicked? Trust no one. Can she even trust Wrath, her one-time ally in the mortal world-- or is he keeping dangerous secrets about his true nature? But Emilia is determined to avenge the death of her twin sister, Vittoria-- even if...

"Whether it is a real place, a human construct, an idea or a superstition, hell holds a place of honor in culture, literature, and religion throughout the ages. Journey beyond the gates of the underworld into diverse and unique versions of hell, with two extraordinary guides: Seymour Chwast and Steven Heller. Like Dante in the footsteps of Virgil, you will navigate through the most burning (or icy!) dark realms that lurk in the heart of the human...

Pandy, Alcie, Iole, and Homer hunt for the worst Evil of all--Fear--in the dreaded underworld where Hera has been wreaking havoc and such infamous villains as Tantalus, Sisyphus, and The Danaids have been freed from their eternal punishments.

Looks at the expedition by the Burpee Museum of Natural History as they hunted for fossils in Montana and their discovery of a Tyrannosaur rex named Jane.