Scotland: A New History

7 best books like Scotland: A New History (Michael Lynch): Dragonlance Chronicles, Muddling through in Madagascar, 500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians, The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction, Greek Lyric Poetry, The Bible: A Very Short Introduction, The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler

Dragonlance Chronicles

Author	Margaret Weis
ISBN	0880386525

CONCEPT: A group of adventurers are chosen to help drive back the Evil from another world led by the Dark Queen.

MARKETING APPEAL: The DRAGONLANCE chronicles had the whole AD&D industry behind them; TSR used this tale as a marketing ploy, using their fans and game designers (to set up the...

Muddling through in Madagascar

Author	Dervla Murphy
ISBN	0879513608

I enjoy Dervla Murphy’s travel books. They are not guides and not books that might inspire you to travel. Usually she travels by bicycle, but this was not possible in Madagascar. Instead, she travels by local minibus, and much of the book describes the incredibly cramped conditions and terrible...

500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians

Author	Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
ISBN	0517163942

Very interesting; does a good job of summarizing the "entirety" of The Indians of North America. It does have a rather left-wing bent to it (and I can be very left wing). It treats in almost all cases the Indians as if they are noble and beautiful and somehow more spiritual than the average human while describing...

The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction

Author	Michael D. Coogan
ISBN	0195305051

Eminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of the Old Testament, illuminating its importance as history, literature, and sacred text.

Coogan explains the differences between the Bible of Jewish tradition (the "Hebrew Bible") and...

Greek Lyric Poetry

Author	M.L. West
ISBN	0192836781

The Greek lyric, elegiac and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BCE - Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides, and the rest - produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity, perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, reflecting all the joys and anxieties of...

The Bible: A Very Short Introduction

Author	John Riches
ISBN	0192853430

It is sometimes said that the Bible is one of the most unread books in the world, yet has been a major force in the development of Western culture and continues to exert an enormous influence over many people's lives. This Very Short Introduction looks at the importance accorded to the Bible by different...

The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler

Author

Giles Milton

Giles Milton's first book, The Riddle and the Knight, is a fascinating account of the legend of Sir John Mandeville, a long-forgotten knight who was once the most famous writer in medieval Europe. Mandeville wrote a book about his voyage around the world that became a beacon that lit the way for the great...