Classical Mythology: Images and Insights

5 best books like Classical Mythology: Images and Insights (Stephen L. Harris): Taking Care of Terrific, History of the Peloponnesian War, A Total Waste of Makeup, Ghosts Beneath Our Feet, The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation's Capital

Taking Care of Terrific

Author	Lois Lowry
ISBN	0440484944

Fourteen-year-old Enid Crowley can't stand her name. When she takes a summer job baby-sitting young Joshua W. Cameron IV, Enid decides it's time for a change: she calls herself Cynthia, and Joshua becomes Tom Terrific. Every day they're off to Boston's Public Garden, where Enid hopes to meet people...

History of the Peloponnesian War

Author	Thucydides
ISBN	0140440399

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank...

A Total Waste of Makeup

Author

Kim Gruenenfelder

Charlize "Charlie" Edwards certainly knows, in theory, what it takes to lead a successful and happy life. She owns a nice house in Silverlake, LA's trendiest neighborhood. She has glamorous and loyal friends who accompany her to the hottest clubs in town. And she works as the personal assistant to Drew...

Ghosts Beneath Our Feet

Author	Betty Ren Wright
ISBN	0590434446

Back in the day, Betty Ren Wright was right up there with R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike for YA mysteries. I'd never read any of her books though, I'm not sure why, but when I saw this one in my local thrift store for $0.59, I picked it up.

For as short as it is, and as big as the font is, it took me forever...

The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation's Capital

Author	C. David Heymann
ISBN	0743428579

In this definitive portrait of the political and social life of Georgetown, bestselling biographer C. David Heymann chronicles the dinner parties, correspondence, overlappings, and underpinnings of some of the most influential women in Washington's history.

"The Georgetown Ladies'...