Who Killed Homer: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom

Victor Davis Hanson

John Heath

Reference

Univ. Of California Pr.

Who Killed Homer?: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom

Argues for the study of the Greek classics in education

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Free Press

What do weight loss, evil emperors and tales of redemption have in common? We readers have many dirty little secrets-and our bestselling books are spilling them all. We can't resist conspiratorial crooks or the number 7. We have bought millions of books about cheese. And over a million of us read more than 50 nearly identical books every single year. In Why We Read What We Read, Lisa Adams and John Heath take an insightful and often hilarious tour through nearly 200 bestselling books, ferreting out their persistent themes and determining what those say about what we believe and how we relate to one another. Some of our favorite (and revealing) topics include: --Repeating the Obvious: Diet, Wealth, and Inspiration --Black and White and Read All Over: Good and Evil in Bestselling Adventure Novels and Political Nonfiction --Soul Train: Religion and Spirituality --Hopefully Ever After: Love, Romance and Relationships --Reading for Redemption: Trials and Triumphs in Literary Fiction and Nonfiction --Controversy and Conspiracy in The Da Vinci Code Explore the nature of what and how we read-and what it means for our psyches, our society and our future.

Why We Read What We Read: A Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Bestselling Books

Lisa Adams

Sourcebooks

Vacation on Mars: The Solar System for Young Explorers - A Musical Play for Children Grades 1-5 (Book & CD)

Science & Math

Ron Fink

Astronomy & Space Science

Bad Wolf Press

2004 BAD WOLF PRESS Spiral-bound SOFTCOVER Musical Play for Kids

U.S. Presidents: Washington to Lincoln, Musical Plays For Muciscally TImid Teachers, Grade 3-8

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