Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:31:44 EST
From: Therion <HZS@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: NIB's

This list may be a bit late for holiday presents, but you may find some
suggestions here for holiday reading.  Once more, we bring you -

   Therion's list of new and interesting books!

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>>> isbn 0500015309
Dames, Michael.
    Mythic Ireland. / Michael Dames. London; New York, Thames and Hudson,
  1992.
    272 p. ill. 25 cm.
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    1. Mythology, Irish. 2. Ireland -- Historical geography. 3. Northern
  Ireland -- Historical geography. 4. Ireland -- Antiquities. 5. Northern
  Ireland -- Antiquities.

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>>> isbn 1872357083
Hutt, Julia.
    Ogi, a history of the Japanese fan. / Julia Hutt and Helene Alexander.
  London, Dauphin, 1992.
    112 p. col. ill. 30 cm.
    "Nihon no sensu no rekishi"--added t.p.
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-107) and index.
    1. Fans -- Japan -- History. 2. Fan painting, Japanese.

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>>> isbn 0713421894
Higham, Robert.
    Timber castles, Robert Higham and Philip Barker. London, B.T. Batsford
  Ltd., 1992.
    390 p. ill. 26 cm.
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    1. Castles -- Europe. 2. Castles -- Great Britain.

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>>> isbn 0810933659
O'Brien, Jacqueline ( Jacqueline Wittenoom. )
    Great Irish houses and castles. / Jacqueline O'Brien and Desmond Guinness.
  New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1992.
    264 p. col. ill. 33 cm.
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    1. Historic buildings -- Ireland. 2. Nobility -- Ireland -- Dwellings. 3.
  Country homes -- Ireland. 4. Architecture -- Ireland. 5. Castles -- Ireland.
  6. Manors -- Ireland.

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>>> isbn 0819184993
Forty old Icelandic tales. / translated with an introduction by W. Bryant
  Bachman, Jr. ; with a foreword by James E. Anderson. Lanham, University
  Press of America, c1992.
    xix, 301 p. 24 cm.
    Includes bibliographical references.
    1. Short stories, Old Norse -- Translations into English.

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>>> isbn 0934802815
Frase, Nancy.
    Bungee jumping for fun & profit. / by Nancy Frase ; illustrations by David
  Gross. Merrillville, IN, ICS Books, c1992.
    x, 179 p. ill. 23 cm.
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175) and index.
    1. Bungee jumping.

   [okay, so maybe it's OOP. But if they'd have had bungee cords, they'd have
    used 'em! #-]

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>>> isbn 0880292628
Langer, Herbert.
    Hortus bellicus. English.
    The Thirty Years' War. / Herbert Langer ; translated from the German by
  C.S.V. Salt. 2nd English language ed. New York, Dorsett Press, 1990.
    262, 18 p. ill. (some col.). 28 cm.
    Translation of: Hortus bellicus.
    Includes indexes.
    Bibliography: p. 279.
    1. Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648. 2. Germany -- Civilization. 3. Germany --
  History -- 1618-1648.

   [not quite so far OOP. Great pictures. A must-read for Simplicissimus fans.]

        The "Song of the Swedes"

        The Swedes have come,
        Have taken everything,
        Have smashed in the windows,
        Have taken away the lead,
        Have made bullets from it
        And shot the peasants.
                                 F.M. Boheme: Deutsches Kinderlied, No. 1625 a

  [they just don't write poetry like that any more - T ]

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>>> isbn 0874365813
Bell, Robert E.
    Women of classical mythology, a biographical dictionary. / Robert E. Bell.
  Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, c1991.
    xii, 462 p. 27 cm.
    1. Mythology, Classical -- Biography -- Dictionaries. 2. Goddesses --
  Dictionaries. 3. Women -- Mythology -- Biography -- Dictionaries.

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>>> isbn 0226064557
Dictionnaire des mythologies et des religions des societes traditionnelles et
  du monde antique. English. Selections.
    Roman and European mythologies. / compiled by Yves Bonnefoy ; translated
  under the direction of Wendy Doniger by Gerald Honigsblum ... et al..
  Chicago, University of Chicago Press, c1992.
    xxi, 319 p. ill. 28 cm.
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    1. Mythology, European -- Encyclopedias. 2. Mythology, Roman --
  Encyclopedias. 3. Mythology, European, in literature -- Encyclopedias.

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>>> isbn 0226064549
Dictionnaire des mythologies et des religions des societes traditionnelles et
  du monde antique. English. Selections.
    Greek and Egyptian mythologies. / compiled by Yves Bonnefoy ; translated
  under the direction of Wendy Doniger by Gerald Honigsblum ... et al..
  Chicago, University of Chicago, c1992.
    xxi, 272 p. ill. 28 cm.
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    1. Mythology, Greek -- Encyclopedias. 2. Mythology, Egyptian --
  Encyclopedias.

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>>> isbn 0803216866
Dhuoda.
    Liber manualis. English.
    Handbook for William, a Carolingian woman's counsel for her son. / by
  Dhuoda ; translated and with an introduction by Carol Neel. Lincoln,
  University of Nebraska Press, c1991.
    xxviii, 152 p. 24 cm.
    Series: Regents studies in medieval culture.
    Translation of: Liber manualis.
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152).
    1. Teenage boys -- Conduct of life -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early
  works to 1800. 2. Teenage boys -- Religious life -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  -- Early works to 1800. 3. Christian life -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --
  Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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>>> lc 92-13214
Atasoy, Nurhan, 1934-.
    Splendors of the Ottoman sultans. / Nurhan Atasoy ; edited and translated
  by Tulay Artan. Memphis, Tenn., Lithograph Pub., c1992.
    271 p. col. ill. 30 cm.
    Exhibition catalog.
    "Presented by WONDERS, the Memphis international cultural series, a
  division of the city of Memphis, Tennessee ... ".
    Includes bibliographical reference.
    1. Decorative arts -- Turkey -- Exhibitions. 2. Decorative arts, Islamic --
  Turkey -- Exhibitions. 3. Sultans -- Turkey -- Social life and customs --
  Exhibitions. 4. Art patronage -- Turkey -- Exhibitions.

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>>> isbn 0312067151
Pollard, A. J.
    Richard III and the princes in the Tower / A.J. Pollard. New York : St.
  Martin's Press, 1991.
    xviii, 260 p. : ill. (some col.), maps : 28 cm.
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.
    1. Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485. 2. Edward V, King of England,
  1470-1483. 3. Richard, Duke of York, 1473-1483. 4. Great Britain History
  Richard III, 1483-1485 Historiography. 5. Great Britain Kings and rulers
  Biography.

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