The Allegory of Love - A
Study in Medieval Tradition Paperback – January 1, 1963
by C.
S. Lewis (Author)
Love is the commonest theme
of serious imaginative literature and is still generally regarded as noble and
ennobling passion. Love has not always taken such precedence, however, and it
was in fact not until the eleventh century that French poets first began to
express the romantic species of passion which English poets were still writing
about in the nineteenth century. This book is intended for students of medieval
literature from A-level upwards. Anyone interested in the "Courtly
Love" tradition. Fans of C.S. Lewis's writings. – Amazon
I’ve had a copy of this for
donkey’s years: badly marked up and with a cracked spine. The copy I got yesterday
was just as old, and except for some fading on the cover is almost pristine.
The vagaries of time, eh? I guess I can retire the ‘old’ one.
The Golden Ass: The
Transformations of Lucius (FSG Classics) Paperback – March 31, 2009
by Apuleius (Author), Robert
Graves (Translator)
The story of The
Golden Ass is that of Lucius Apuleius, a young man of good birth who
encountered many strange adventures while disporting himself along the roads to
Thessaly. Not the least of these occurred when Apuleius offended a priestess of
the White Goddess, who turned him into an ass. The tale of how Apuleius dealt
with this misfortune and eventually resumed human form is conveyed by Robert
Graves in modern English that is infused with a bawdy wit and sense of
adventure that is "itself a small masterpiece of twentieth-century
prose" (Kenneth Rexroth, Saturday Review). - Amazon
I have an unwieldy copy of
this. The fact that this was a Robert Graves translation really drove the sale.
The Crystal Cave by Mary
Stewart (Author)
Born the bastard son of a
Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys -- or as he would later be known, Merlin --
leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has
great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High
King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon . . . and the conception of
Arthur -- king for once and always. – Amazon
Getting a hardback copy that
looks exactly like the copy I read back in middle school is great. Should be
easier (certainly more nostalgic) to read than in my aging paperback.
The Dilbert Future: Thriving
on Business Stupidity in the 21st Century
by Scott
Adams (Author)
Step aside, Bill Gates! Here
comes today′s real technology guru and his totally original, laugh-out-loud New
York Times bestseller that looks at the approaching new millennium and boldly
predicts: more stupidity ahead.
In The Dilbert Principle
and Dogbert′s Top Secret Management Handbook, Scott Adams skewered the
absurdities of the corporate world. Now he takes the next logical step, turning
his keen analytical focus on how human greed, stupidity and horniness will
shape the future. Featuring the same irresistible amalgam of essays and cartoons
that made Adams previous works so singularly entertaining, this uproariously
funny, dead-on-target tome offers half-truthful, half-farcical predictions that
push all of today′s hot buttons - from business and technology to society and
government.
Children - they are our
future, so we′re pretty much hosed. Tip: Grab what you can while they′re still
too little to stop us.
Human Potential - we′ll
finally learn to use the 90 percent of the brain we don′t use today, and find
out that there wasn′t anything in that part.
Computers - Technology and
homeliness will combine to form a powerful type of birth control. – Amazon
With the recent passing of Scott
Adams, I’ve become more keenly aware of the need to sip deeply from the coffee
cup of knowledge, and since we have no longer the living fount, we at least
have in his books "the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed
and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life", as it were. There is
an AI version of the man online which John tells me is good, but I’m still a
little suspicious that extraneous content might start leaking in. I’m stodgy
enough to trust books more for now.
Walt Kelly's Pogo Revisited:
Instant Pogo / The Jack Acid Society Black Book / The Pogo Poop
Book Paperback – June 25, 1974
by Walt
Kelly (Author)
The cartoon antics of Pogo
the Possum and his friends in Okefenokee provide a witty and satirical view of
American politics, morality, social values, and behavior. -Amazon
Now this, this is probably
the jewel in the crown of our day’s harvesting. Pogo books were hard to come by
in the days of our youth, and only got scarcer and harder to obtain as the
years went by. To actually get an old volume (and in very good shape, too) for
so little seems nothing short of a miracle. Jack Acid and Poop? You sly old
dog, Mr. Kelly!
The Works of Josephus Hardcover – Unabridged
by Flavius
Josephus (Author), William
Whiston (Translator)
Josephus’s writings on
ancient Jewish thought, background, and history are now more accessible than
ever!
This renowned reference book has served scholars, pastors, students, and those
interested in the background of the New Testament for years. The insight given
into the Essene community, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the
interpretations and traditions of the Old Testament in first century Judaism is
invaluable. The outlook of Josephus, a late-first-century Pharisee and
historian, on Jesus and the New Testament documents is enlightening and
provocative. As an original reference, The Works of Josephus is
essential to a full understanding of the first century, the time of Christ, and
the New Testament. - Amazon
I’ve been wanting to get a
volume of Josephus for a long time but have never found one for the right price
(practically nil). To have all his work, in hardback, in one book – amazing.
Sure, it’s in teeny-tiny eye-strain-o-vision, but nobody’s perfect. It’s a
handy and intriguing doorstopper from the Ancient World.
Dilbert Gives You the
Business (Paperback – January 1, 1999)
by Scott
Adams (Author)
Dilbert in ... business!!?? –
Amazon’s succinct review. A collection of business and office-themed comic
strips, arranged by category, from Bosses to Teamwork.
Riddle of Stars (The Quest
of the Riddle-Master Trilogy) Hardcover – October 1, 1979
Issued by the Science
Fiction Book Club in October 1979. Collects the three books in the trilogy for
the first time; The Riddle-Master of Hed (1976), Heir of Sea and Fire
(1977) and Harpist in the Wind (1979). With an essay, "People and
Places" by the author. - Amazon
I sold my old copy a few
years back, but to find one in library binding, to have all three books in one
cover (I have them in separate paperbacks), well I found that suddenly
irresistible. I passed it by the last time we went; if it had been gone that
would have been that. But to be presented with a second bite at the apple! I
also have the lame excuse that it would make a good loner copy.
So we went to the Second Chance Bookstore near Geronimo before we had Movie Night (it was Network (1975), a film I had never seen, but one of John’s favorites) yesterday, and this time Kameron was with us. So I found these books, and I bought Kameron 4, and since John only found 1 we added it to the pile for ease of ringing up. To remind you of the deal, books here are sold by weight, $2 for every pound. The total was a tad over $32, so about 16 pounds of books. You can hardly order one new book for under $32. A steal of a deal! As I explained to Kameron, you can’t go in hoping to find one expected book; the joys of the place are the unexpected windfalls and the thrill of the hunt.
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