Product Description: An Englishman discovers that he has come into a small inheritance in Crete and sets out to claim it. When he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek with a zest for life. As their relationship develops, the Englishman is persuaded to change his outlook on life

Product Description: The Greek elders of Lycovrissi gather to select principals from the village for the Passion Play, given every seven years at Easter. Among the various villagers, Manolios, the meek shepherd, is chosen to play Christ, and Katerina, a widow who had closed herself off to men after the death of her husband, is chosen to play Mary Magdalen...read more

Product Description: First English translation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s 1909 doctoral dissertation on Nietzsche.This book represents the first English translation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s 1909 dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche’s political and legal philosophy...read more

The Francis of Assisi in these pages is a man of struggle and suffering, a man God-possessed.”—Saturday Review“The writing . . . is direct and vigorous.”—Commonweal“The novel is strong, deep, and moving. . . . a penetration into the mystery and wonder of life.”—San Francisco ChronicleThe protean Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis retells the story of the most beloved of saints—Francis of Assisi, who permanently changed the way people think about following God. Drawing on the traditional stories of the saint’s life, Kazantzakis infuses the tale with a fervent vision that is uniquely his own, highlighting the saint’s heroicsingle-mindedness in the face of extreme physical and spiritual suffering. He portrays the saint as a great lover and inspiring leader who embraced radical poverty in the face of many obstacles and temptations while achieving a way of life marked by epic generosity.  

Novel which portrays Christ as a sensitive human being who is torn between his own passionates desires and his triumphant destiny on the cross

The author recounts his travels in Russia between 1925 and 1930, and shares his observations on the inpact of the Revolution

With the help of the princess Ariadne and other friends in the palace at Crete, Theseus enters the Labyrinth and slays the hideous Minotaur, thus spearheading the resistance of the Athenian people against King Minos

The nineteenth-century rebellion of Cretan Christians against their Turkish oppressors causes two blood brothers to become enemies

The inhabitants of a small Chinese village on the banks of the Yangtze River struggle to prepare for a flood, which threatens to drown them

Letters written from Europe to a friend in America, a priest, and his first wife provide insight into Kazantzakis' spiritual and emotional struggles as well as his response to European politics between 1920 and 1923