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10 best books like The Singer of Tales (Albert Bates Lord): On Poetry, Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy, The Price of my Soul, Teacher, The Gothic Image: Religious Art in France of the Thirteenth Century, Thucydides: The Reinvention of History, Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburgh (College), Preface to Plato, The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea, The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

On Poetry
AuthorGlyn Maxwell
ISBN1849430853
A collection of short essays and reflections on poetry from the acclaimed British poet Glyn Maxwell. These essays illustrates Maxwell’s poetic philosophy, that the greatest verse arises from a harmony of mind and body, and that poetic forms originate in human necessities – breath, heartbeat,...
Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy
AuthorG. Gordon Liddy
ISBN0312119151
From soldier to Washington insider; from a prisoner who preferred the walls of a prison rather than the betrayal of his principles; to a writer and top radio personality, G. Gordon Liddy is a hero to some, a villain to others, but always an enigma.

In 1980, G. Gordon Liddy shocked, surprised,...
The Price of my Soul
AuthorBernadette Devlin McAliskey
ISBN0233961968
Bernadette Devlin's book tells two stories:

The story of 'the real flesh-and-blood Bernadette'
'If you eat up all the bread at teatime, there won't be anything for breakfast...'
She tells the story of personal 'bottom-level' poverty, of her combined struggle to go to university...
Teacher
AuthorSylvia Ashton-Warner
ISBN0671617680
TEACHER was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. Its author, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, who lived in New Zealand and spent many years teaching Maori children, found that Maoris taught according to British methods were not learning to read. They were passionate, moody children, bred in an ancient...
The Gothic Image: Religious Art in France of the Thirteenth Century
AuthorÉmile Mâle
ISBN0064300323
Emile Male's book aids understanding of medieval art and medieval symbolism, and of the vision of the world which presided over the building of the French cathedrals. It looks at French religious art in the Middle Ages, its forms, and especially the Eastern sources of sculptural iconography used in...
Thucydides: The Reinvention of History
AuthorDonald Kagan
ISBN0670021296
A reconsideration of the first modern historian and his methods from a renowned scholar

The grandeur and power of Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War have enthralled readers, historians, and statesmen alike for two and a half millennia, and the work and its author have had an enduring influence...
Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburgh (College)
AuthorUnknown
ISBN0669212121
Although Tolkien fans will no doubt disagree, Klaeber's Beowulf is undoubtably the most important work on the poem ever produced and after ninety years is still the most authoritative edition of the text.

First published in 1922, one of the most exciting periods in Beowulfian studies and...
Preface to Plato
AuthorEric Alfred Havelock
ISBN0674699068
Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Eric Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by the continued domination of the poetic tradition...
The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea
AuthorArthur O. Lovejoy
ISBN0674361539
From later antiquity down to the close of the eighteenth century, most philosophers and men of science and, indeed, most educated men, accepted without question a traditional view of the plan and structure of the world. In this volume, which embodies the William James lectures for 1933, Arthur O. Lovejoy...
The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
AuthorCalvert Watkins
ISBN0618082506
Fully revised and updated, THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF INDO-EUROPEAN ROOTS remains an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of English and its place in the Indo-European language family. More than 13,000 words are traced to their origins in Proto-Indo-European,...
Indo-European Poetry and Myth
AuthorM.L. West
ISBN0199280754
The Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eurasian steppes some five or six thousand years ago. Martin West investigates their traditional mythologies, religions, and poetries,...
Arts and Ideas
AuthorWilliam Fleming
ISBN0155011049
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An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon
AuthorHenry George Liddell
ISBN0199102066
This abridgement of the world's most authoritative dictionary of ancient Greek is based on the 1883 revision. It includes some discussion of word usage, citing examples and characteristic phrases. Generally speaking, only words used by late writers and scientific terms have been omitted from the...
Becoming Dickens: The Invention of a Novelist
AuthorRobert Douglas-Fairhurst
ISBN0674050037
"Becoming Dickens" tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the...
Gospel Parallels: A Comparison of the Synoptic Gospels, NRSV
AuthorBurton H. Throckmorton Jr.
ISBN0840774842
In Walter Wink's "Introduction to the Christian Scriptures" class at Union Theological Seminary in New York we were assigned the task of going through the four canonical gospels, magic markers in hand, noting the parallels that existed between two or more of the texts in the Revised Standard Version...
The Oxford History of the Classical World
AuthorJohn Boardman
ISBN0198721129
The history, achievements & legacies of Greek & Roman antiquity come to life in the pages of this comprehensive & beautifully illustrated volume. Following a format similar to that of The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, this brings together the work of 30 authorities & organizes...
Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
AuthorWalter J. Ong
ISBN0415281296
This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures offering a very clear account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology.

In the course of his study, Walter J. Ong offers fascinating insights into oral...
From Memory to Written Record: England 1066 - 1307
AuthorM.T. Clanchy
ISBN0631168575
The second edition of Michael Clanchy's widely-acclaimed study of the history of the written word in the Middle Ages is now, after a much lamented absence, republished in an entirely new and revised edition. The text of the original has been revised throughout to take account of the enormous amount...
The Oxford Classical Dictionary
AuthorSimon Hornblower
ISBN0198606419
For almost half a century, the Oxford Classical Dictionary has been the unrivaled one-volume reference work on the Greco-Roman world. Whether one is interested in literature or art, philosophy or law, mythology or science, intimate details of daily life or broad cultural and historical trends,...
The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions: Experience-centred Study of Supernatural Assault ... of The American Folklore Society)
AuthorDavid J. Hufford
David Hufford's work exploring the experiential basis for belief in the supernatural, focusing here on the so-called Old Hag experience, a psychologically disturbing event in which a victim claims to have encountered some form of malign entity while dreaming (or awake). Sufferers report feeling...
The Western Illusion of Human Nature: With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and Comparative Notes on Other Conceptions of the Human Condition
AuthorMarshall Sahlins
ISBN0979405726
Reflecting the decline in college courses on Western Civilization, Marshall Sahlins aims to accelerate the trend by reducing "Western Civ" to about two hours. He cites Nietzsche to the effect that deep issues are like cold baths; one should get into and out of them as quickly as possible. The deep issue...
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
AuthorThomas R. Martin
ISBN0300084935
In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, Martin integrates...
The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art
AuthorJames Clifford
ISBN0674698436
The Predicament of Culture is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. Analyzing cultural practices such as anthropology, travel writing, collecting, and museum displays of tribal art, James Clifford shows authoritative accounts of other ways of life...
Breakpoint
AuthorRichard A. Clarke
ISBN0399153780
Clarke is at it again, using the novel as a way to tell tales he probably couldn’t get away with in non-fiction. The focus here is on the nation’s communications apparatus. Some nation or group has set about bombing the cables that connect the USA com-network with Europe. Several communications...
Patterns of Culture
AuthorRuth Benedict
ISBN0618619550
"Unique and important . . . Patterns of Culture is a signpost on the road to a freer and more tolerant life." -- New York Times

A remarkable introduction to cultural studies, Patterns of Culture is an eloquent declaration of the role of culture in shaping human life. In this fascinating work,...
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