Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca. By Calum Marsh Jem Calder’s novel, “I Want You to Be Happy,” follows the flailing ...

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Introduction: Life and afterlife in the ancient Egyptian cosmos -- Preparing for the afterlife -- The evolution of the Book of the dead / by Irmtraut Munro -- The day of burial -- The mummy in the ...

On a recent weekday afternoon, Bruce Albright arrives in the Wonder Book parking lot, pops the trunk of his Camry and unloads two boxes of well-worn books. “It’s sad. Some of these I’ve read numerous ...