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Allen, Philip Schuyler: The Romanesque Lyric : Studies in its background from Petronius to the Cambridge songs, 50-1050
Hardcover, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1928
Very Good-, Large red-cloth hardcover, minor edge wear. Two small red marks at bottom of page ends (visible when book is closed), and a few light spots on page ends. Text clean and unmarked. An exhaustive study, covering Gaul, the Gallo-Roman world, Irish lyrics and ballads, the Near East, mimes, monks and minstrels, the Cambridge Songs, and Latin texts of the translations.
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Barnes, Kim: Hungry for the World : A Memoir
Hardcover, Villard, New York, NY, 2000 0375502289 / 9780375502286
Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket, 0.9 x 8.7 x 6 Inches; 256 pages; Two small red marks on jacket on spine. Minor edge wear to jacket. "This memoir, revisiting territory that Barnes first explored in 'In the Wilderness', focuses on her establishing her independence from her Pentecostal family. Growing up in rural Idaho, she felt bound by the dictates of her father and their religion and rebelled because she was hungry for the larger world outside those confines."
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Canizares, Raul: Walking With the Night : The Afro-Cuban World of Santeria
Softcover, Inner Traditions Destiny Books, Rochester, VT, 1992 0892813660 / 9780892813667
Very Good, 0.55 x 8.9 x 5.98 Inches; 160 pages; Slight edge wear, text clean and unmarked. Includes color plates of artwork depicting the orishas such as Eleggua, Ogun, Oshun and others. "Initiated into the Santeria priesthood at the age of seven, Raul Canizares unveils in Cuban Santeria the secret and seductive world of this rapidly growing, yet largely misunderstood, Afro-Cuban religion. With the knowledge of an insider and the insight of a scholar, Canizares astutely examines the practice of Santeria, revealing many of its hidden dimensions while simultaneously providing a fascinating account of its unique textured mix of African, Cuban, and Catholic traditions. "
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Christ, Carol: Laughter of Aphrodite : Reflections on a Journey to the Goddess
Softcover, HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, CA, 1988 006250147X / 9780062501479
Very Good-, 0.7 x 7.8 x 5.3 Inches; 258 pages; Minor edge wear, very minor pencil underlining on less than 5 pages. Small red mark on spine. "These essays by the influential feminst author of "Diving Deep and Surfacing" deal, first, with her increasingly problematic dialogue with the God and institutions of the Judeo-Christian tradition and, second, with her emerging identification with the "Goddess" movement, which she finds more suitable to the spiritual needs of a nuclear age."
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Covington, Dennis: Salvation on Sand Mountain : Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
Softcover, Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1996 0140254587 / 9780140254587
Very Good-, 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 Inches; 272 pages; Some edge wear, tiny tear at top corner of spine. A few light scuffs on back cover. Text clean and unmarked. Includes b&w photos. " 'Salvation on Sand Mountain' is a story of snake handling and strychnine drinking, of faith healing and speaking in tongues. It is also the story of one man's search for his roots--and, in the end, of his spiritual renewal. Writer Dennis Covington came to this ecstatic form of Christianity as a reporter covering a sensational murder case; Glen Summerford, pastor of the Church of Jesus with Signs Following, had been accused of attempting to kill his wife with rattlesnakes. There, in a courtroom filled with journalists and gawking spectators, Covington felt the pull of a spirituality that was to dominate his life for the next several years. Attending Summerford's church out of curiosity, he soon forged close friendships with some of the worshippers, began attending snake-handling services throughout the South, and eventually took up snakes himself. Covington traces the snake handlers' roots in regional history, and writes of the deep spiritual alienation of mountain people from the secular modern world they have so recently joined."
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Cowan, James: A Mapmaker's Dream : The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice
Softcover, Warner Books, New York, NY, 1997 0446673382 / 9780446673389
Very Good-, Minor edge wear, two red marks on spine. First few pages have center crease and one page has tiny stain near edge. Rest of text clean and unmarked. "This accomplished bit of armchair traveling from Australian novelist James Cowan takes the form of a 16th-century Venetian monk's journal. Fra Mauro, a cartographer, is working on a map of the world based on the oral reports of merchants, travelers and ambassadors who visit him in his cell. Oscillating between a dogmatic medieval mindset and a modern tolerance for, and interest in, diverse cultures and races, Fra Mauro hears stories about the far-flung world in the age of exploration."
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Hosmer, James K.: The Color-Guard : Being A Corporal's Notes of Military Service in the Nineteenth Army Corps
Hardcover, Walker, Wise, and Co., Boston, MA, 1864
Good+, Ex-Library; 244 pages; Scarce title. This is the 1864 edition. This copy is ex-library and has been neatly rebound. Library sticker on spine and library bookplate inside cover. Some foxing (brownish spots) to pages. Text clean and unmarked. James Hosmer's memoirs of serving as a corporal in the Fifty-Second Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers in the Civil War. Hosmer was also the pastor of the First Church of Deerfield, MA. These memoirs were sent in the form of letters to his family from the battlefield.
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Housman, Clemence; Anderson, Douglas A. (intro.): The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis
Softcover, Green Knight Publishing, Oakland, CA, 2000 1928999085 / 9781928999089
Very Good+, 0.82 x 8.39 x 5.41 Inches; 320 pages; Minor edge wear, tiny stain at edge of first page only. Text clean and unmarked. "Originally published in 1905 and long unavailable in an affordable format, The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis is a psychological reconstruction of the life of a minor character in Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, showing the dark underside of the Round Table. It is a Job-like tale of the rogue knight Aglovale, son of King Pellinore, and his path toward spiritual redemption. Written in the fine slow prose of contemplation, Sir Aglovale was Clemence Housman's third and final novel. It is also her finest achievement, a work of such impact that famed mystery novelist Ellis Peters called it 'By far the finest work on an Arthurian theme since Malory.' "
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Jordan, David Starr: The Religion of a Sensible American
Hardcover, American Unitarian Association, Boston, MA, 1909
Good+ in Good dust jacket, The Books of David Starr Jordan; Gilt lettering and decoration on cover, top of page ends gilt. Two small red marks on top of page ends. Text clean and unmarked. Jacket has small tear on spine. A few pages are uncut and still attached to each other at fore edge. The President of Stanford University offers his wisdom on the subject of Christianity.
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Kronenberger, Louis: Kings and Desperate Men : Life in Eighteenth-Century England
Softcover, Vintage Books, New York, NY, 1942
Very Good-, Minor edge wear, former owner's name and address inside cover and name in pen across first page. Text is clean and unmarked. "A picture of 18th-century England until the time of the French Revolution. A social chronicle of personalities and ideas, manners and tastes, rather than an orthodox history book. A picturesque, rich and varied portrait."
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Marsden, John: The Fury of the Northmen : Saints, Shrines and Sea-Raiders in the Viking Age
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 1995 0312130805 / 9780312130800
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket, Minor edge wear to jacket, inner flap has creased edge. Small red mark and a few small spots on bottom of page ends (visible when book is closed). Includes color photos and b&w illustrations. "Twelve centuries ago sea-raiders out of the north fell upon the holy island of Lindisfarne, chosen by Saint Aidan as his "Iona in the East" and hallowed as the shrine of its hermit-bishop Cuthbert, the great patron saint of the northern English. The year A.D. 793 is accepted as marking the onset of three centuries of Scandinavian expansion into the British islands still known as "The Viking Age." In its time, it came as nothing short of a cataclysm, the apocalypse made manifest on the sands of Northumbria. By exploring the scant documentary evidence left behind by those who were the most sorely oppressed by the Northmen, Marsden, the author of numerous books on early English history, brings alive the stark reality of the Viking raids that shattered the peace of the British Isles."
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Milton, John; Bush, Douglas: The Portable Milton
Softcover, Penguin Books, New York, NY, N.D. 0140150447 / 9780140150445
Very Good-, Portable Library; 1.37 x 7.76 x 5.11 Inches; 704 pages; Date not stated, likely mid-1990s. Large softcover with some edge wear, price sticker on back cover, light scuffing of cover laminate along edge. Text clean and unmarked. "An authoritative grand tour through the imagination of this prodigal genius, including his central epics 'Paradise Lost', 'Paradise Regained', and 'Samson Agonistes' in their entirety as well as early poems, sonnets, prose works, essays, notes, and glossary."
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Redcay, T. J.: The Old Order Amish in Plain Words and Pictures
Stapled wraps, Americana Souvenirs and Gifts, Gettysburg, PA, 2000 1890541303 / 9781890541309
Very Good, 32 pages; Stapled softcover, 32 pages. Minor edge wear and small smudge at top corner of cover. Many color photos and details of the lives of the Old Order Amish, with sections on history, worship, education, farming, weddings, sources of energy, and more.
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Roberts, Keith: Pavane : A Novel
Softcover, Ballantine Books, New York, NY, 2001 0345440919 / 9780345440914
Good+, Large softcover with minor edge wear. Last 1/4 of book has light water staining to the bottoms of the page corners. Text clean and unmarked. "A classic of alternate history, this novel is set in a twentieth century where the Roman Catholic Church controls the western world, and has done so since Queen Elizabeth was assassinated in 1588. Now technology is held back to the level of the steam locomotive and the primitive radio and the Church of Rome reigns supreme over a world of pastoral beauty." George R.R. Martin, author of "A Game of Thrones", has reviewed this book as "One of the greatest alternate world stories ever told."
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Schneider, Paul: The Enduring Shore : A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket
Softcover, Henry Holt and Company, New York, NY, 2001 0805067345 / 9780805067347
Very Good+, 1.1 x 9 x 6.1 Inches; 384 pages; Large softcover with slight edge wear, front lower corner is creased. Text unmarked. A few tiny spots on two pages. "Billed as the first history of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Elizabeth Islands in 50 years, this animated if loosely organized book blends stories of the region's rich heritage with tales of the author's adventures kayaking the local current-riven waters. A Vineyard resident himself, Schneider begins by describing the culture of the area's Nauset and Wampanoag Indians, noting that they had 125 years of contact with adventurous Europeans before the Mayflower's Pilgrims clambered ashore in Provincetown Harbor in 1620. Schneider identifies the geological machinations of the last ice age, which engulfed the northern half of the continent and sculpted the cape, islands and shoals he clearly loves. He retells the tragedy of the whaleship Essex as he juggles his way through New England's whaling heyday. More contemporary topics--such as the current milieus of the various communities and the ecological ravages of DDT in the 1960s--also emerge and recede in an energetic whirl of information. "
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Sinetar, Marsha: Ordinary People As Monks and Mystics : Lifestyles for Self-Discovery
Softcover, Paulist Press, New York, NY, 1986 0809127733 / 9780809127733
Very Good, 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.3 Inches; 192 pages; Slight edge wear. Small remainder mark at top of page ends, visible only when book is closed. Text clean and unmarked. "Marsha Sinetar has written an inspiring and insightful book about the quest for personal fulfillment, looking at the stories of ordinary people who choose a solitary lifestyle to find wholeness and self actualization."
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Stevenson, Victor: The World of Words : An Illustrated History of Western Languages
Hardcover, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY, 1999 0788192280 / 9780788192289
Very Good+, 0.5 x 9.7 x 7.5 Inches; 200 pages; Hardcover, very slight edge wear. A few top corners of pages near back of book are slightly rippled. Text clean and unmarked. Looks almost new. Many color photos and illustrations. "This is the fascinating story of words on the move. In narrative, maps & photographs, Stevenson brings alive the dynamic process by which language travels & reinvents itself through time, with success & failure along the way. He reveals the relationships between dozens of different languages. The book includes over 140 maps & photographs, with special maps that show who speaks what where. Chapters include: vanished voices; the Indo-Aryans; the mystery of Basque; Greek; Celtic; the legacy of Latium; voices of the north; the Slavonic languages; the Baltic tongues; the outsiders; and Europe's national languages."
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Struik, Dirk J.: Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War
Softcover, Dover Publications, New York, NY, 1991 0486269272 / 9780486269276
Very Good, Large softcover with some edge wear, tiny tear at top corner near spine. Text clean and unmarked. "Thoughtful, readable survey explores "flowering" of science in New England from Colonial times to the Civil War. Describes contributions of scientists Benjamin Franklin and Eli Whitney, engineers George Washington Whistler and Cyrus Field, naturalists Gray, Agassiz, and Dana; medical accomplishments of Holmes, Morton and Jarvis, beginnings of Darwinism, much more."
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