Robert Graves

On the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I: a hardcover edition of one of the best and most famous memoirs of the conflict. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. Good-bye to All That was published a decade after the end of the first World War, as the poet and novelist Robert Graves was preparing to leave England for good. The memoir documents not only his own personal experience, as a patriotic young officer, of the horrors and disillusionment of battle, but also the wider loss of innocence the Great War brought about. By the time of his writing, a way of life had ended, and England and the modern world would never be the same. In Graves's portrayal of the dehumanizing misery of the trenches, his grief over lost friends, and the surreal absurdity of government bureaucracy, Graves uses broad comedy to make the most serious points about life and death.

"How to Grow a Beard: A Military Transition Guide Back into Civilian Life" is primarily based on 10-year Marine Corps veteran Robert Graves' personal lessons learned during his transition, as he weaved his way back into the civilian life; but it is also the voice of every single veteran who has been let out into the wild to fend for themselves. Let out to learn the protocols of the civilian world and endure an-at times-intense battle of finding employment, a tribe, and identity. Released to reintegrate with the real world again all over again-without much guidance. This book covers topics such as reframing what sacrifice means to an individual; learning what we're worth in the civilian workplace; converting military service into civilian language for resumes and interviews; lessons on humility; integrating with friends and family again; and even lessons on swallowing your pride and allowing others to help out with our transition... because know this... transition will come faster than you may realize. As ready as you are to start your new life, you will-at some point-find yourself in many situations introduced inside this book. With veteran homelessness, unemployment, and suicide at an all-time high, it is no secret that transition can be hard and overwhelming. The intention with this book is to make your military transition as smooth as possible, by providing many of the tools collected through the lessons learned on his personal journey. Whether you are about to leave the service or have been out in the civilian trenches for a while, this book is the tool that has been created for you to transition successfully.

"How to Grow a Beard: A Military Transition Guide Back into Civilian Life" is primarily based on 10-year Marine Corps veteran Robert Graves' personal lessons learned during his transition, as he weaved his way back into the civilian life; but it is also the voice of every single veteran who has been let out into the wild to fend for themselves; let out to learn the protocols of the civilian world and endure an-at times-intense battle of finding employment, a tribe, and identity....Released to reintegrate with the real world again all over again-without much guidance. This book covers topics such as reframing what sacrifice means to an individual; learning what we're worth in the civilian workplace; converting military service into civilian language for resumes and interviews; lessons on humility; integrating with friends and family again; and even lessons on swallowing your pride and allowing others to help out with our transition... because know this... transition will come faster than you may realize. As ready as you are to start your new life, you will-at some point-find yourself in many situations introduced inside this book. With veteran homelessness, unemployment, and suicide at an all-time high, it is no secret that transition can be hard and overwhelming. The intention with this book is to make your military transition as smooth as possible, by providing many of the tools collected through the lessons learned on his personal journey. Whether you are about to leave the service or have been out in the civilian trenches for a while, this book is the tool that has been created for you to transition successfully.

Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek Myths is definitive, comprehensive and unparalleled - and available now in the Penguin Classics Deluxe series, featuring a new introduction from Rick Riordan (bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and Olympian series).Including many of the greatest stories ever told - the labours of Hercules, the voyage of the Argonauts, Theseus and the minotaur, Midas and his golden touch, the Trojan War and Odysseus's journey home - Robert Graves's superb and comprehensive retelling of the Greek myths for a modern audience has been regarded for over fifty years as the definitive version. With a novelist's skill and a poet's eye, Graves draws on the entire canon of ancient literature, bringing together all the elements of every myth into one epic and unforgettable story. Ideal for the first time reader, it can be read as a single, continuous narrative, while full commentaries, with cross-references, interpretations, variants and explanations, as well as a comprehensive index of names, make it equally valuable as a work of scholarly reference for anyone seeking an authoritative and detailed account of the gods, heroes and extraordinary events that provide the bedrock of Western literature.The result is a classic among classics, a treasure trove of extraordinary tales and a masterful work of literature in its own right.Robert Graves (1895-1985) was a novelist, poet, historian, critic and translator, author of some 140 books, and one of the greatest figures of 20th century British literature. Alongside The Greek Myths, his most famous works include the historical novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God and his First World War memoir Goodbye to All That.

Robert Graves first came across the name of Roger Lamb in 1914, when Graves was an English officer instructing his platoon in regimental history. Lamb was a British soldier who had served his king during the American War of Independence, and whose claim to a footnote in history is that he managed to escape twice from American prison camps. When Graves went to America in the 1930s, he remembered Sergeant Lamb, investigated his story and created this fictionalized memoir telling Lamb's story from his Irish childhood to war and revolution, weaving a mesmerizing tale of courage and adventure.

Edward Venn-Thomas lives in the twentieth century but has been mysteriously transported to the future, and the apparently idyllic society of New Create, where there is no hunger, no war and no dissatisfaction. However Venn-Thomas is starting to find life among the New Cretans rather dull. He comes to realize that their perfect existence, inspired by the poets and magicians of their strange occultic religion, lacks one fundamental thing - evil. So Venn-Thomas sees it as nothing less than his duty to introduce them to the darker side of life. First published in 1949 and also known as Watch the North Wind Rise, Graves's novel is a thrilling blend of utopian fantasy, science fiction and mythology.

Terence achieved in his brief twenty-six years a standard of stylistic perfection and artistic restraint that ranked him, along with Plautus, as the greatest of the Roman comic playwrights. He was, at the very least, a gifted translator and adaptor, having used Greek New Comedies as the basis for all six of his extant plays. How far his own contribution exceeded that of simple translation is difficult to say, but we know that the Latin, undeniably his, was so faultlessly styled that his work served as a textbook for scholars and grammarians for hundreds of years.Terence had a considerable impact on the Revival of Letters; his comedies were studied and were frequently adapted into new works by such men as Steele, Chapman, and, most famously, Moliire. Indeed, had there been no Terence, it is doubtful that the Comedy of Manners could have arisen when it did, and all comic writing for the stage, from Moilire through the Restoration drama to the present day, would be diminished for lack of him. Appropriately, the language of this translation is from the Restoration. Graves has based his version on the one made in 1689 by Laurence Echard; he has corrected inaccuracies, eliminated defects and obscurities, but retained the period tone.Including in this book are the major comedies: The Fair Andrian, The Mother-In-Law, The Self-Tormentor, The Eunuch, The Tricks of Phormio and The Brothers. A close reading of Terence is a fine corrective to any idea that may still be current, about the glory that was Greece and grandeur that was Rome during the Hellenistic period. It is an assurance that in some respects at least, this age is not depraved at all.

War is raging between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles, the great warrior champion of the Greek army, is angrily sulking in his tent and refusing to fight, after a row with his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan king Hector kills Achilles’ beloved friend, he plunges back into the battle to seek his bloody revenge – even though he knows it will bring about his own doom. Robert Graves’s gripping, vigorous retelling of The Iliad portrays quarrelling kings and tarnished heroes, who leave suffering women behind them and are watched over by capricious gods and goddesses. It takes a revered classic back to its roots as popular entertainment.

The ever-popular novelist and story-teller Robert Graves wrote fascinating and durable stories, here collected together in a single volume for the first time by the poet's daughter Lucia Graves.