February 10, 2008

My book list

I have started feeling back to normal.   So while I have been working on school I have also been finally cataloging my book collection.  Here is just a small sample of my books - which are probably my main prized possessions next to my PCs.

Book Catalog:

 

CLASSICS

Fourteen Byzantine Rulers – Michael Psellus

Chronicles of the Crusades – Joinvilleand Villehardouin

The Portable Greek Historians

The Agricola and The Germania – Tacitus

History of the Peloponnesian War – Thucydides

The Digest of Roman Law (theft, rape, damage and insult) – Justinian (Emperor)

Candide – Voltaire

The Campaigns of Alexander – Arrian

City of G-d – St. Augustine

Five Dialogues – Plato

The Meditations – Marcus Aurelius (Emperor)

Epitome of Roman History – Lucius Annaeus Florus & The works of Cornelius Nepos

The Metamorphoses – Ovid

On Duties – Cicero

Murder Trials – Cicero

The Consolation of Philosophy – Boethius

The Later Roman Empire (354-378 ce) – Ammianus Marcellinus

The Rise of the Roman Empire – Polybius

A History of the laceName>English laceName> laceType>Church laceType> and People – Venerable Bede

The Prince – Niccolo Machiavelli

The Age of Alexander – Plutarch

On the Nature of the Universe – Lucretius

The Histories – Herodotus

On War - Carl Von Clausewitz

The Federalist Papers – Madison, Hamilton, and John Jay

Uncle Tom’s Cabin or Life Among the Lowly – Harriet Beecher Stowe

 

ROMAN HISTORY

Rubicon:  The last years of the laceName>Roman laceName> laceName>Republic laceName> – Tom Holland

Roman Literature and Society – RM Ogilvie

 

PHILOSOPHY

Handbook in the History of Philosophy:  A Chronological survey of Western Thought from 3500 BC to the present – Albert Avey

The Everything Philosophy Book – James Mannion

 

ISRAEL

Israel:  From the Air – Itamar Grinberg

The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilzation – Josephine Bacon

Voices of the American Jewish Experience:  Jewish Times – Howard Simons

From Beirut to Jerusalem – Thomas L Friedman

The Jewish Book of Why – Vol 1 & 2 – Alfred J Kolatch

 

BYZANTINE EMPIRE

1453:  The Holy War for Constantople – Roger Crowley

Sailing from Byzantium – Colin Wells

 

 

GENERAL HISTORY

The Pessimist’s Guide to History – Stuart Flexner

Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of World History – Richard Shenkman

The Idea of history – RG Collingwood

Infidel – Ayaan Hirsi Ali

An Encyclopedia:  The Wines and Domaines of France – Clive Coates MW

 

 

US HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

The Politics of Congress – David Vogler

 


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