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Arden Shakespeare: King Richard III: (2nd Series)
Published in Hardcover by Arden Shakespeare (17 December, 1981)
Authors: Antony Hammond and William Shakespeare
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fantastic
The Naxos recording is an excellent rendition of RIII. The characterization is rich and well done. Full of passion and rage, you don't need to see the actors to "see" the play. The scene with Anne is particularly good.


The Arthurian legend in the literatures of the Spanish Peninsula
Published in Unknown Binding by Kraus Reprint Co. ()
Author: William J. Entwistle
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A spectacular achievement!
This is one of the very few places that it's even possible to find information about the Arthurian and Grail traditions as they were known in the Spanish Peninsula. Entwistle discusses the Spanish and Portuguese variants of the Grail history and quest, Merlin, and Lancelot, examining the texts and detailing how the stories of the Round Table came to be in the Spanish Peninsula. His comments are insightful and thoroughly documented. This is a fine presentation of an area of Arthurian studies that many people don't seem to know exists let alone have any direct knowledge of the topic. This work is a true gem and should be a part of any serious collection of works on the subject of King Arthur.


Babylonian Religion and Mythology
Published in Paperback by Fredonia Books (NL) (April, 2003)
Author: Leonard William King
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Better than Greek
This book really paints a great picture of where the Babylonians came from. To purely appriciate it, you must open your imagination and be prepaired to embark on a fantastic voyage.


Barney Oldfield: The Life and Times of America's Legendary Speed King
Published in Hardcover by Brown Fox Books (October, 2002)
Author: William F. Nolan
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Written with enthusiasm, vigor, and respect
Now in a significantly revised and expanded new edition which features forty pages of black-and-white photographs, William F. Nolan's Barney Oldfield: The Life And Times Of America's Legendary Speed King is an exciting and ambitious biography of the nigh-legendary pioneer race car driver. It was Barney Oldfield who was the first man in history to travel 131 miles per hour! Written with enthusiasm, vigor, and respect for this great and daunting figure in American race care history, Barney Oldfield is enthusiastically recommended reading for automotive history enthusiasts and race car history buffs.


Cabbages and Kings (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Published in Paperback by Penguin USA (Paper) (July, 1993)
Authors: O. Henry and Guy Davenport
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I'm glad O Henry escaped prison
I am glad O Henry escaped from his Texas prison, because his period of exile in Honduras provided him with beautiful fodder for this book. Actually, it is a series of linking vignettes about a mythical town (Coralio) in the mythical Central American "Banana Republic" of Anchuria. The protagonists are American and other foreign misfits who have formed a colony along the disease ridden coast of Anchuria. Achingly funny stories populate Cabbages and Kings, especially the one about an Irish Soldier of Fortune who gets swindled by a Guatemalan general and seeks revenge. Although extremely humourous, Cabbages and Kings is historically valuable as well. It provides an accurate representation of turn-of-the-century life in Caribbean Honduras.


Challenge of the Big Trees: A Resource History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Published in Paperback by University of Arizona Press (January, 1991)
Authors: Lary Dilsaver and William Tweed
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Best Sequoia history book
This is the most complete book available on the human history of Sequoia National Park and describes the struggle to protect the giant sequoia.


Charles Williams (Arthurian Poets)
Published in Hardcover by Boydell & Brewer (November, 1991)
Author: David Llewellyn Dodds
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A Worthy Collection
This is an excellent collection of poems by one of the often overlooked members of the the Inklings. Mr. Dodds' useful introduction and organization of these vibrant poems is very helpful, and it's too bad that this book will be read primarily by academics.


Chronicles and Its Synoptic Parallels in Samuel, Kings, and Related Biblical Texts
Published in Paperback by Liturgical Press (November, 1998)
Authors: John C. Endres, William R. Millar, John Barclay Burns, Corrine Patton, Pauline A. Viviano, and Jim Fitzgerald
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Solid biblical reference
This book is an easy to use reference book which pulls together the various renderings of the content of Chronicles in other Biblical books. There are charts which succinctly show the emphasis of particular accounts by charting the number of verses in particular books spent on the history of specific individuals. The book makes it easy to study the historical period covered by Chronicals as a single unit rather than the hop-scotching that reading the Bible straight through provides.

Highly recommended for anyone studying Chronicles - whether you call it Tanak or Old Testament.


The Classic Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Published in Hardcover by Courage Books (September, 1997)
Authors: Sheila Black, Erin Augenstine, Andrew Babanovsky, Richard Bernal, Arlene Klemushin, Robyn Officer, Karen Pritchett, Richard Walz, Hans Christian Andersen, and William King
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My kids loved this book!
This book contains many tales by Hans Christean Anderson that entertain children of all ages. My children did a play about Hans Christean Anderson and after reading the book they love his stories even more. It is a wonderful book that brang enjoyment to my whole family! I recommend it for your kids as well!


The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Published in Paperback by Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref) (September, 1993)
Authors: William Brashler and Peter C. Bjarkman

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