Some of my recent aquisitions: Books
Of course these are being put into my http://www.librarything.com catalog when I get a chance to do so!
Oh I got a very funny (baaaddd) book! That I cannot share with many. Because he curses up a storm!
Even the cover shows how he is! A finger (bird) and a thumb with 5 fingers spread out on the nose. What is that exactly?
X-TREME LATIN Unleash you inner Gladiatior Everything you'll ever need to say in perfect Latin.Henry Beard (This would not be my Mother's choice of phrases to teach one Latin). With an edge- for hipsters, party animals, slackers, pop-culture junckies, the corporately downsized, tragically him, and ...the cover is blocked by the b&n value sticker.. $17.50!!! For this small book? Paid $4.95 ISBN: 1592400140 Gotham Books www.penguin.com
A hilarious handbook of Latin Phrases for saying what's really on your mind without any consequences...
Of course! here's who he is! Founder of National Lampoon magazine, Henry Beard is one of America's bestselling humor writers. He has written more than 10 previous books, including the classics Bored of the Richgs, Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, O.J.'s Legal Pad, and his previous Latin laughs, Latin for all Occassions and Evne more Latin for all occassions. Beard is a native New Yorker.
Actually I am a born again Pagan.
Re vera, cultor denuo renatus deorum Romanorum antiquorum sum.
Oh there is so much funny here! I am sure you'd enjoy it! I was in the store chuckling out loud. The guy who I let sit at my table looked at me and left! Humph! Too bad! Not my problem.
The Celts Life, Myth, and Art by Juliette Wood. Religion/History ISBN:0007640595 $14.95
Paid $6.98. 144pgs A richly illustrated introduction to this extraordinary civilization, presents an art of imense complexity, ranging from exquisite gold jewlery to decorated weapons of war, from manuscript illumination to the spectacular intracacy of knotwork and other patterning. The broad repetoire of Celtic motifs and symbols - solar spirals, the salmon of knowledge, the horned god, and the endless knot, among others-is presented with full interpertave commentary.
Themes such as nature's deities, the Tree of Life, magic and the Other world, the mysteries of the Druids, the veneration of heros and warriors, and the mystic ceromonies and sacrifices of Beltaine, Samhain, and other seasonal festivieies are explored in fascinating detail.
The perfect addition to any library of art and imaginatin, The Celts sets new standards in capturing the achievements of this lost civilization through the marriage of word and image.
(I think some one likes it!)
About the Author: Juliette Wood, PhD, is Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Welsh at the University of Wales, College of Cardiff, and part-time Tutor in the Extramural Department at the University of Reading, England. She has taught and lectured widely on Celtc tradition and folklore and was made President of the Folklore Society in 1996. Her many publications include The Celtic Book of Living and Dying (Choniclile, 2001)
This is a beautiful book. Lots of bronze pieces, always explanations of what and how the pieces of art were used and what they represented. There are a lot of photos of areas of where they lived and worshiped. What a beautiful homeland. And to think I grew up being told I was of Viking ancestory, only to find I was on the other end of the blade. (though I did know that too, from Granma coming from Ireland.)
The Goodwill book is The Quest of the Holy Grail. ISBN: 0140442200 Penguin 1998 304 pgs Literature Thorsons Directions for life $9.95 Paid .75
Translated with an introduction by P.M. Matarasso The fusion of fabulous legend and Christian symbolism gives The Quest a tragic grandeur and mystical aura.
The richly colorful world of the court of King Arthur is the setting for a story that was intended on another level as a guide to the spiritual life, aimed at the court rather than the cloister. Chivalrous adventruers like Gawain, Lancelot and the saintly Galahad journey across a land strewn with fantastic dangers, temptations and false promises. Combining Celtic myth and Arthurian romance, The Quest is an absorbing and radiant allegory of man's equally perilos search for the grace of God.
This is not a romance it is a spiritual fable..the author begins his introduction.
(I was going to name one of the kids Lancelot, but he met his demise becasue it is said he saw God and that is the fate of doing that...so I didn't. And this time was actually Not romantic. There was little chivalry on the battle field. I have seen documentaries of the autopsies of the bodies. Seems that one strike that could have caused death was not enough. And this age was very short in time.) I am reading this now.
The Tomb of Tutankahen Howard Carter ISBN: 0792268903 History/Archaeology 2003 286 pgs $14. Paid $5.98
Howard Carter 1873-1939 "I found myself, after years of comparatively unproductive labor, on the threshold of what might prove to be a magnificent discovery. Anything, literaly anything, might lie beyond that passage..."
The Tomb of Tutankhamen It was the greatest archaeological find in history. In 1922 Howard Carter discovered the undisturbed tomb of a pharaoh in Egypt's Vally of the Kings. Through it had been ransacked in antiquity, the tomb of Tutankhamen offered a never-before seen glimpse of the splendor of the lives - and deaths - of the pharaohs, yielding more than 32,000 priceless treasures that had lain undisturbed for more than 3,000 years. Carter's story of the thrilling discovery and painstaking excavation of the tomb, originally published in three volumes between 1923 and 1933, was written for the curious public and reads like and adventure tale; Carter himself can barely suppress his astonishment at glimpsing the golden treasures behind the sealed door of the tomb, and finding the pharaoh's mummy intact. Published in a single volume for the first time in paperback, this edition of the The Tomb of Tutankhamen deftly captures the thrill of a discovery that may never again be equaled.
The Greatest Adventure books of all time selected by National Geographic Adventure.
National Geographic Adventure Classics is a series that celebrates the "100 greatest adventure books of all time" as compiled by a panel of experts for National Geographic Adventure. These titles have been carefully selected for their adrenaline quotient and their status as classics of the adventure genre.
This has actually very few b/w photos. But it is very discriptive in his telling what he finds.
The Illustrated Book of Signs and Symbols Miranda Bruce-Mitford ISBN: 0760762325 Reference $9.98 2004 b&n Inc.
128 pgs A fully illustrated guide to the secret language of signs and symbols and a rich source of information for the genertal reader. Explains the origins and meanings of thousands of symbols, from the horseshoe to the rose. Includes signs and symbols form the arts, religion, and folklore of many cultures worldwide. An indispensable book for understanding and decoding dream symbols. Comprehensively cross-referenced, color-coded, and indexed.
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