The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales23 reviews Brothers Grimm, Josef Scharl Pantheon, 1972 Looking for the real deal? This is for you + There are monsters in the dark woods + The brothers Grimm + Grimm's Fairy Tales             The New Jerusalem Bible: Standard edition90 reviews Henry Wansbrough Doubleday, 1999 NJB or NRSV? + Great notes, great translation, great study Bible + the jeruselum bible + New Jerusalem bible + His Holy Name!!             Patterns of Culture4 reviews Ruth Benedict Mariner Books, 2006 a classic in the field + This Book Has At Least One Significant "Insight" This book describes several diverse cultures in depth and detail. The emphasis is on overall world view and the conceptual foundations of each culture. The writing is lucid, involving and evocative. This book sheds more light on the issue of what is basic to all human nature, and what is ...             The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life10 reviews Richard Wilhelm Harvest Books, 1962 Truly A great Read + The Secret of Life + The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life The translation of the book is more than worth the price. With the commentary and explanation of the terms it exceeds the price paid. The subject matter and the commentary by Jung makes it pricless. I am familiar with many meditation styles and i must say this is a gem. I would recommend that ...             Oedipus Tyrannus: A New Translation. Passages from Ancient Authors. Religion and Psychology: Some Studies. ...2 reviews Sophocles W. W. Norton & Company, 1970 Oedipus Rules + As modern today as it was in Ancient Greece This translation facilitates the modern reader's understanding of this crucial and difficult ancient play. What's most impressive is that this edtion includes really helpful information and criticism for the general reader and the scholar. Not only will students and teachers benefit from the ...             The Dance Of Siva2 reviews Ananda Coomaraswamy Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006 Closely reasoned, deeply profound Surely, this book addresses an audience with serious and genuine interest in the ancient Indian art, architecture and culture. Coomaraswamy boldly puts forward his thoughts, understandings and conclusions in a systematic form. Some of his observations may border on being provocative. He discusses ...             The Analects of Confucius7 reviews Arthur Waley Vintage, 1989 "A proper man is inclusive, not sectary." + Confucius, Waley ... and Marx (!?) + A Wonderful Starting Point in Exploring Confucius + Confucius Taught The Golden Rule in 500 BC! + The first stop on the Way             Tales of the North American Indians2 reviews Stith Thompson Dover Publications, 2000 Excellent collection and scholarly treatment + An Important Resource for Native American Folklore Studies Though originally published in 1929, and reissued once before in 1966 by Indiana Press, I'm glad Dover has made this important collection available again: it's still one of the best, most comprehensive, and best annotated selection of Indian folktales ever published. Stith Thompson, world famous as ...             Euripides I: Alcestis, The Medea, The Heracleidae, Hippolytus (The Complete Greek Tragedies)4 reviews Euripides University Of Chicago Press, 1955 Euripides plays about Hercules, Jason, and Theseus + Solid Tragedies + Three breath-taking Greek tragedies! + Cyclops and gargoyles oh my!             Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)244 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 2001 beowulf + Excellent Translation + Beowulf Review + "fate hovered near, unknowable but certain" (line 2421) + Sweet!             Zen in the Art of Archery60 reviews Eugen Herrigel Vintage, 1999 Zen in practice + Great book; not supposed to teach you how to release an arrow! + A Book for all Artists + wonderful insight...             The Mabinogion (Penguin Classics)16 reviews Anonymous Penguin Classics, 1976 The Mabinogion + Wonderful Classic + Great collection of early Arthuriana, but a somewhat stilted translation An excellent collection of Welsh tales from the high Middle Ages. Like the contemporary Gaelic mythology it leaves one pondering the meanings of so many of the storys' details long after they finish reading it; I think the significance of so much of their content is lost on us modern readers, and ...             Phaedrus5 reviews Plato, Alexander Nehamas, ... Hackett Publishing Company, 1995 Phaedrus + Socrates is cocky + Without deepest contemplation of the Soul, all is in error. + Division and Gathering: The Cycle Within the Life             They Wrote on Clay: The Babylonian Tablets Speak Today (Phoenix Books)3 reviews Edward Chiera University Of Chicago Press, 1956 An excursion into the life of a vanished civilization + much useful information + The perfect introduction to Ancient Babylon THEY WROTE ON CLAY : The Babylonian Tablets Speak Today. By Edward Chiera. Edited by George G. Cameron. 235 pp. Chicago and London : The University of Chicago Press, 1964 (1955). (pbk.) The civilizational achievements of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians only started to become known ...             Prometheus Bound (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)10 reviews Aeschylus Oxford University Press, USA, 1990 Stunningly Modern Translation + About the Heritage Press Edition in Slipcase + A surprisingly easy to grasp translation... + Great read             The Bhagavad Gita (Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press)) Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 The Bhagavad Gita is the most widely read Hindu religious text in the Western world and a key work for understanding Indian religions and the way Hinduism has been represented in modern India and the West. The poem considers social and religious duty, the nature of sacrifice, and the relationship of human beings to God, and continues to inspire a wide variety of interpretations, both within India ...             African Genesis: Folk Tales and Myths of Africa1 review Leo Frobenius, Douglas C. Fox Dover Publications, 1999 An excellent introduction to African folk tales and myths. Leo Frobenius and Douglas C. Fox's African Genesis covers the folk tales and myths of Africa, providing a range of simple stories and illustrating them with adaptations of prehistoric rock paintings and portraits of modern Africans. An excellent addition to any ethnic collection.             The Book of Tea (Stone Bridge Classics)27 reviews Kakuzo Okakura Stone Bridge Press, 2007 The Tao of Tea + Japanese culture in a teacup + Insight into Japanese Culture + History, Philosophy, Poetry, and Religion - All In A Cup Of Tea + The Philosophy Of Tea             The Koran (Penguin Classics)78 reviews Anonymous Penguin Classics, 2004 Dawood Koran from Penguin Classics + Thank the Lord for His Light + Is This a First-Rate Translation? OK, I have an Arabic speaking friend who criticizes all English translations of the Koran. Because Dawood wasn't available online, as are Pickthal, Shakir, and others, I bought a copy, and as far as translations go, it's probably as good as you're going to get in English. Yusuf Ali is *soft* in ...             Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti10 reviews Maya Deren McPherson, 1983 magic and cinema + Just try to find a book about Voudoun aka Vodou, etc. + Excellent! + Very Brave