Sexual Behavior in the Human Male3 reviews
Alfred Charles Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, ...

Indiana University Press, 1998

A CLASSIC Read

+ Pioneering Work
+ Fun book!

Recent attempts to discredit Kinsey originally drove me to read Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. I'm not a scientist and was worried about Kinsey's accessibility. But like Freud, he is a great writer with an empathic style. Kinsey builds a lyrical momentum that carries the reader to each new ...
  
  











  



  
The Collected Dialogues of Plato: Including the Letters (Bollingen Series LXXI)12 reviews
Plato

Princeton University Press, 2005

it's better than...

+ PLATO WAS AN UNPARALLELED GENIUS OF THE GREATEST MIND EVER DEVELOPED BY WESTERN CIVILIZATION
+ "Discovering things that might also be remembered". Good Book
+ I Hate Plato
  
  











  



  
Encyclopedia of Homosexuality Vol 1 A-L3 reviews
Dynes

Garland, 1990

very recommendable book

+ a comprehensive survey
+ An indispensable resource

This encyclopedia is the best one of all enkyklopaidiai on the topic=homosexuality. Very well documented and researched , in addition well edited. I recommend the encyclopedia for everybody. Howevwer, I hope Mr. Dynes will edit a new revised-version of "THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HOMOSEXUALITY", because ...
  
  











  



  
Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity (Ideologies of Desire)5 reviews
Craig A. Williams

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

The New Standard Reference

+ Excellent as Expected
+ All information needed.
+ What the ancients thought about gender is important- buy it.
  
  











  



  
The Crucifixion of Hyacinth: Jews, Christians, and Homosexuals from Classical Greece to Late Antiquity5 reviews
Geoff Puterbaugh

Authors Choice Press, 2000

More than just a "homosexual Issue"

+ Excellent Outline
+ Readable history--I loved it
+ from White Crane: A Journal of Gay Men's Spirituality
  
  











  



  
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini17 reviews
Benvenuto Cellini

Modern Library, 1985

One of the all-time greats

+ Excellent Audio Book
+ this auto bio is astounding. jaw dropping.
+ fantastic
  
  











  



  
Edward II5 reviews
Christopher Marlowe

Nick Hern Books, 1999

Marlowe outdoes himself!

+ A very interesting read
+ A History Play that Rivals Shakespeare's History Plays!!!
+ The troublesome reign and Lamentable death of Edward
+ Shakespeare? Who? Marlowe was far better!
  
  











  



  
The Last of the Wine43 reviews
Mary Renault

Vintage, 1975

The End of the City...

+ Good novel for GLBT young adults.
+ Perfection
+ A great book for anyone interested in the Peloponnesian War
+ Drought with dream
  
  











  



  
Greek Homosexuality: Updated and with a new Postscript6 reviews
K. J. Dover

Harvard University Press, 2007

The social uses of homosexual pursuit

+ The Original History of Man-Boy Relations in Antiquity
+ Well researched

What I found particularly informative was Dover's fascinating theory on the social use of Homosexual pursuit among the citizen class. Particularly the information that hubris was a crime in democratic Athens. What has this to do with homosexuality, you ask? the first half of the book explains. ...
  
  











  



  
Iolaus: An Anthology of Friendship

Inland Book Co, 1982

"If any one should importune me to give a reason why I loved him [Stephen de la Boëtie] I feel it could no otherwise be expressed than by making answer, 'Because it was he; because it was I.'" -from "Montaigne on Friendship" Socialist advocate, progressive educator, and amateur mystic, Edward Carpenter is perhaps best remembered today for his conflicted homosexuality, and his name remains a ...
  
  











  



  
Jonathan Loved David: Homosexuality in Biblical Times4 reviews
Thomas Marland Horner

Westminster John Knox Press, 1978

a well done scholarly approach

+ WHy do Christians keep spewing such hatred?
+ Very Enlightening
+ very recommendable book
  
  











  



  
Bisexuality in the Ancient World2 reviews
Eva Cantarella

Yale University Press, 1994

lots of good stuff, a few problems

+ Not as recent as some might have us believe...

First the problems. When a scholar uses such a wide range of sources, it is inevidentual that some will be used better than others. I think Cantarella has a good grasp of the legal and epigraphical evidence but her use of literature and plays is more tenuous. Likewise she crosses over from ...
  
  











  



  
Bisexuality in the Ancient World2 reviews
Eva Cantarella

Yale University Press, 1994

lots of good stuff, a few problems

+ Not as recent as some might have us believe...

First the problems. When a scholar uses such a wide range of sources, it is inevidentual that some will be used better than others. I think Cantarella has a good grasp of the legal and epigraphical evidence but her use of literature and plays is more tenuous. Likewise she crosses over from ...
  
  











  



  
Jonathan Loved David: Homosexuality in Biblical Times4 reviews
Thomas Marland Horner

Westminster John Knox Press, 1978

a well done scholarly approach

+ WHy do Christians keep spewing such hatred?
+ Very Enlightening
+ very recommendable book
  
  











  



  
Edward II5 reviews
Christopher Marlowe

Nick Hern Books, 1999

Marlowe outdoes himself!

+ A very interesting read
+ A History Play that Rivals Shakespeare's History Plays!!!
+ The troublesome reign and Lamentable death of Edward
+ Shakespeare? Who? Marlowe was far better!
  
  











  



  
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male3 reviews
Alfred Charles Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, ...

Indiana University Press, 1998

A CLASSIC Read

+ Pioneering Work
+ Fun book!

Recent attempts to discredit Kinsey originally drove me to read Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. I'm not a scientist and was worried about Kinsey's accessibility. But like Freud, he is a great writer with an empathic style. Kinsey builds a lyrical momentum that carries the reader to each new ...
  
  











  



  
The Last of the Wine43 reviews
Mary Renault

Vintage, 1975

The End of the City...

+ Good novel for GLBT young adults.
+ Perfection
+ A great book for anyone interested in the Peloponnesian War
+ Drought with dream
  
  











  



  
Encyclopedia of Homosexuality Vol 1 A-L3 reviews
Dynes

Garland, 1990

very recommendable book

+ a comprehensive survey
+ An indispensable resource

This encyclopedia is the best one of all enkyklopaidiai on the topic=homosexuality. Very well documented and researched , in addition well edited. I recommend the encyclopedia for everybody. Howevwer, I hope Mr. Dynes will edit a new revised-version of "THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HOMOSEXUALITY", because ...
  
  











  



  
Greek Homosexuality: Updated and with a new Postscript6 reviews
K. J. Dover

Harvard University Press, 2007

The social uses of homosexual pursuit

+ The Original History of Man-Boy Relations in Antiquity
+ Well researched

What I found particularly informative was Dover's fascinating theory on the social use of Homosexual pursuit among the citizen class. Particularly the information that hubris was a crime in democratic Athens. What has this to do with homosexuality, you ask? the first half of the book explains. ...
  
  











  



  
The Collected Dialogues of Plato: Including the Letters (Bollingen Series LXXI)12 reviews
Plato

Princeton University Press, 2005

it's better than...

+ PLATO WAS AN UNPARALLELED GENIUS OF THE GREATEST MIND EVER DEVELOPED BY WESTERN CIVILIZATION
+ "Discovering things that might also be remembered". Good Book
+ I Hate Plato