books about: persephone     books:     Persephone      On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal Mary Taylor Simeti Vintage, 1995 What a treasure! If you are even remotely thinking about going to Sicily, you should read this wonderful book. Deep understanding of this unique, strange amazing island, seen also with an American's eye. I was reading it while I was there, and it opened up everything I saw in ways ...             Paths Not Taken (Nightside, Book 5) Simon R. Green Ace, 2005 Search for Nightside's Origins Paths Not Taken (2005) is the fifth urban fantasy novel in the Nightside series, following Hex and the City. In the previous volume, John Taylor finally discovered the identity of his mother when she visited Strangefellows, but quickly regretted the knowledge. Walker ...             Something Under the Bed Is Drooling Bill Watterson Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1988 A vicarious return to childhood What can be said about Calvin & Hobbes that hasn't already been shouted to the heavens by legions of prematurely grown-up fans ? Calvin is the eternal Child/Id within us all, and Hobbes is his stuffed tiger / best friend / faithful companion in arms come-to-life ...             Anthem Ayn Rand Signet, 1996 Excellent Book If you read only one book this year, read this one. Thought provoking, moving, soul stirring.             Dead To Me Anton Strout Ace, 2008 3.5 stars Reformed thief Simon Canderous has always used his unique talent, psychometric, the ability to instantly get the history of anything with a single touch, as a career. Now employed by the Department of Extraordinary Affairs, every day presents unusual challenges to say ...             My Antonia Willa Cather Mariner Books, 1995 My Antonia My Antonia was written in the 1920's, a fine book by Willa Cather, who was a truly remarkable author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Truly a classic. Ths book characterizes the pioneers who settled Nebraska in days before the plains had been used for farming, a ...             Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein Del Rey, 1985 Not a United States a real American would want any part of . . . . Heinlein uses "comedy" in the Dantean sense, and his tour of the workings of both heaven and hell caused a number of evangelical preachers to fulminate against this book for "blasphemy" when it first appeared. Good for RAH! He does indeed do a sly number on organized ...             Question Quest Piers Anthony, Piers A. Jacob Eos, 1991 Great Introductory book Never read a Xanth book before? This might be a good place to start. This book give a good history for all the major characters leading up to this book. Although it does give away the ends of previous books, it doesn't reveal the plots (and puns) in the other books. ...             Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Persephone Classics) Winifred Watson Persephone Books, 2008 Wonderful & Different If you enjoyed the film version of Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, or if you have read the original book, this unabridged audio version performed by Frances McDormand will also be of interest. While the film necessarily speeds up or even changes the action in places ...             Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind No. 1) Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins Tyndale House Publishers, 1996 I Like It I love this book. I had to force myself to but it down so I don't read though it all at once. I find that the characters are very real, and other than the initial event (the Rapture) all of the following events sound realistically possible (in a novel). I have read ...             Finding Persephone: Women's Rituals in the Ancient Mediterranean (Studies in Ancient Folklore and Popular ... Indiana University Press, 2007 Drawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from ...             Dinner with Persephone: Travels in Greece Patricia Storace Vintage, 1997 Greece warts and all Storace, a Greek speaking writer goes to Athens to work for a year. She visits various islands and tourst sites describing these in interesting detail. Storace also recounts her personal contacts with oversolicitous men who make it very clear that women are meant to ...             Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum, No. 2) Janet Evanovich Pocket Books, 1996 Stephanie's still learning... Likes: 'Two for the Dough' was a fast-paced, exciting read. There was not one boring section in the entire book. Grandma Mazur and the rest of Stephanie's family is hilarious and I liked how they were a lot more involved in this book than they were in the first book. ...             Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt Adventures) Clive Cussler Putnam Adult, 2001 Standard Dirk Pitt This is the last Dirk Pitt book that I really liked. Every other book of his I've read after this one has just seemed to go downhill. This book is fun. It's the standard Dirk Pitt formula: something in the past happens for prolog, Dirk gets in way over his head, ...             Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, ... Yale University Press, 1992 Brilliant Source and Homage to the Mysteries I am a student of Carl A.P. Ruck, who was one of the contributors for this collection. This volume is indeed a collection which covers several sides of the story, touching upon almost every civilization which was influenced by the entheogensis of the mushroom (Amanita ...          products you might be interested in search for books adventures, entheogens, mediterranean, persephone, pettigrew, stephanie      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Adventures in Criminal Justice Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS 15.0 and ...