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Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come, 2nd Edition

9 reviews
Norman Cohn

Yale University Press, 2001

introductory, brief, excellent
This is an elementary introduction to ancient religion, focusing on the issues in the title: cosmos, chaos, and the world to come. It considers ancient Egyptian religion, Mesopotamian religion, Vedic religion, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and very early Christianity--all extremely briefly, focusing only on the issue of the cosmic struggle against chaos, and the development of the apocalyptic ...

God and Philosophy, Second edition

5 reviews
Etienne Gilson

Yale University Press, 2002

Still one of the best introductions
Thales of Miletus, whom tradition regards as the first Western philosopher, is well-known for the rationalist view that the first principle is water, and the religious statement, "all things are full of gods." (p. 1) For Gilson, this epitomizes the problems of relating philosophy and religion. How can religious and philosophical statements about God be reconciled? For Thales and the Greeks, ...

The Complete Poems

4 reviews
Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot

Yale University Press, 2002

One of the Great Neglected Ones
The Earl of Rochester lived a life worthy of Tom Jones. He was indeed a deabauched libertine, slightly less worthy of censure than the Marquis de Sade. Yet he was something that De Sade was not, a great wit. Though nowhere near the range or genius of Pope or Swift, he nevertheless compiled a great body of satirical poetry in the Juvenalian tradition. His "Satyre Against Mankind," Like Swift's ...

Livingstone (Yale Nota Bene)

3 reviews
Tim Jeal

Yale University Press, 2001

If Only Our Novelists Could Write So Well
Jeal's biography became an instant classic upon publication some years ago. It is doubtful that Livingstone will ever be so fully portrayed, "warts and all," as the saying goes. Quite apart from the life depicted, this biography is a work of art. The prose is gorgeous, quite simply among the best biographies of the decade. One is simultaneously gripped and repelled by the author's extraordinary ...

Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary

8 reviews
K.M. Elisabeth Murray

Yale University Press, 2001

"J. Murray more major than W.C. Minor"
Elizabeth Murray, the granddaughter of James Murray, who was the chief editor of the huge Oxford English Dictionary on which every serious scholar of English continues to depend, has written an excellent biography of the greatest English lexicographer, and done more: she has also given an insight into his personality, and, yet more importantly, into the whole scholarly world of philology, ...

Birds of Prey: Sensei & Student (Birds of Prey)

9 reviews
Gail Simone, Ed Benes, 2008

Gail Simone's Birds of Prey...
... simply rocks. Sensei and Student was the second major arc of Gail Simone's when she was writing Birds of Prey. Simply put, it is essentially everything good about comics. Great action, great pacing, great dialogue. it is all there. Not to mention that the series stars female characters... something you rarely see in comics, let alone done well. Gail makes her characters ones you can relate ...

Curiosa : Celebrity Relics, Historical Fossils, and Other Metamorphic Rubbish

5 reviews
Barton Lidice Benes, 2002

Fascinating and not a little strange
I think that readers will most enjoy this book if they, like Benes, have a compulsion for keepsakes. But this book is not a typical museum (even though Benes calls his curio cabinets "museums"-probably ironically?). He preserves mostly mundane everyday objects that are identifiable as extraordinary only by descriptive captions; this is what makes his work fascinating. But Benes doesn't approach ...

Mangia Bene!: The Italian American Family Cookbook (New American Family Cookbooks)

3 reviews
Kate Devivo

Capital Books, 2002

great recipes for the home cook
I thought that I would never make my own pizza with homemade dough and sauce, but because the pizza recipes in this cookbook seemed easy enough for the home cook, I gave one of the recipes (Grandma's Pizza) a try. The pizza was absolutely delicious! My family enjoyed it and said they preferred it to takeout pizza. The pizza was healthy too because it needed only a light sprinkling of cheese. This ...

Fixing Intelligence: For a More Secure America, Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene)

4 reviews
William E. Odom

Yale University Press, 2004

Clearly There's an Intelligence Problem
It usually takes a disaster to create change in large organizations. And no one could possibly consider the terrorist attacks on 9/11 to be anything but a disaster. But what to change and how to change it. ==In this book, William Odom a former director of the National Security Agency looks at how the American intelligence agencies are organized and makes recommendations on how to fix the ...

Shakespeare's Sonnets (Yale Nota Bene)

8 reviews
William Shakespeare

Yale University Press, 2000

Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written embassage, To witness duty, not to show my wit. (Sonnet 26.) How to do justice to the legacy of literary history's greatest mind - moreover in such a limited review? Forget Goethe's "universal genius" and his rebel contemporary Schiller; forget the 19th century masters; forget contemporary literature: with the possible (!) ...

America's Inadvertent Empire (Yale Nota Bene)

2 reviews
William E. Odom, Robert Dujarric

Yale University Press, 2005

A look at America"s worldwide supremacy
This book does a brillint job of showing why the liberal institutions in the US give us the flexibility to dominate economically, educationall and in the media. It also goes into the prominent role the US plays in maintaining the inernational order. The book also claims that a strong militay and worldwide bases play an important role in peventing international anarchy. The case is made that the ...

Salvaged Pages: Young Writers` Diaries of the Holocaust (Yale Nota Bene)

3 reviews

Yale University Press, 2004

Intense collection
This collection provides 14 generous excerpts from journals of young people during the Shoah; the earliest diaries are from adolescents who got out before or just as things were getting bad, but as we go further on, the diaries get more intense in scope, moving from adolescents who weren't quite sure what was to come, to people who had some inkling but weren't quite sure the rumors were true, to ...

Dropped from Heaven: Stories

2 reviews
Sophie Judah

Schocken, 2007

Old Fashioned in the Best Sense of the Term
This book of connected tales that take place in the Bene Israel community in India offers a sense of timelessness, despite the stories being grouped by date. Judah's writing is deceptively simple, like the Tao te Ching, and she creates a community in the same way Damon Runyon evokes Broadway hustlers and Giovanni Guareschi's Don Camillo novels give us an aperture to view the lives of the people ...

Faith, Science and Understanding

2 reviews
John Polkinghorne

Yale University Press, 2001

Recommended for students of science and theology.
How can science be reconciled with a belief in a God active in creation, not evolution? Faith, Science & Understanding explores different aspects of science and theology, defending the place of theology in the scientific world and discussing how religious ideas and can still coexist within the scientific framework. Recommended for any interested in the science/theology debate.

Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson

2 reviews
Robert Louis Stevenson

Yale University Press, 2001

Henry James enjoyed hearing from RLS and so will you.
Some of the best writers of his time--Henry James, for one--looked forward eagerly to getting letters from Stevenson, as he traveled around the world, looking for a place that might improve his health. (From boyhood on, he suffered from severe lung problems.) Dip into this book at random, and you'll see why. Stevenson put himself into his letters unreservedly--there's a confidential tone of ...

Piano Roles: A New History of the Piano

2 reviews
James Parakilas

Yale University Press, 2002

A delightful, lively, entertaining history.
Three hundred years of piano history are presented in a fine book which considers the place of the piano in classical and popular music alike. From the design, manufacturing and styles of the piano to the individuals who made their mark in music history with the piano, this includes a delightful range of color drawings and illustrations along with a lively history certain to delight any avid ...

Season of Joy: Chicago Celebrates the Holidays

2 reviews
Jim Benes

Cornerstone Press Chicago, 2005

Season of Joy is a year-round gift
"Season of Joy" takes a multidimensional approach to the subject of how Chicagoans celebrated Christmas from 1674 until the present. It's packed with heartwarming descriptions of the rich helping the poor, and families coming together over dinner tables loaded with roast turkey, glazed vegetables, and plum pudding, while a gift-ringed Christmas tree glitters and winks in the background. Benes ...

Chicago Christmas: 100 Years of Christmas Memories

2 reviews
Jim Benes

Cornerstone Press Chicago, 2000

A Trip Through Time
This book takes its readers on a trip through time to visit Christmas in past years. It is filled with stories of Chicago's past - some funny, some poignant, some sad - but all entertaining. I heartily recommend this book to anyone who loves Chicago and loves Christmas. I've bought multiple copies for gifts and would recommend it to anyone searching for a unique gift.

Thundering Hooves

2 reviews
Terry A. Del Bene

Amazon, 2007

The Buffalo Stomp
Terry Del Bene's Thundering Hooves is an intense thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you quickly turn the pages to find out what happens to the characters. It's a graphic story that when you're finished you'll want to read more of Terry Del Bene's writing.

Walden (Yale Nota Bene)

2 reviews
Henry D. Thoreau

Yale University Press, 2006

The best available edition by far
Beautiful, affordable, and edited by an undisputed expert on Thoreau's writings, this is by far the best edition available of this classic work. I cannot recommend it too highly, especially to anyone who, like me, re-reads WALDEN on a regular basis. Good size to fit into a bag or purse yet large enough for ease of reading, Cramer's scholarship is worn lightly so that the beauty of the words can ...

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