I have a bookcase I keep near my writing desk that keeps stuff I've been using recently. To show you what type of a book geek I am, this is the list of books on just one shelf:
Viking Clothing by Thor Ewing A serious study about the cut and fabrics involved with viking era garments.
Respect the Spindle (a book on using a drop spindle)
Myths and Legends of Japan - Davis
Odysseus Unbound by Bittlestone A big fat book about Homer's Ithaca, and how the author thinks the modern island called Ithaca wasn't Odysseus' home.
The Aegean Bronze Age -Dickenson
Ancient Textiles: Production, Craft and Society ( a very serious book about the archaeology and such of ancient textiles)
Black Thorn, White Rose (modern adult-level fairy tales)
Prehistoric Cooking by Jacqui Wood
The Trojan War by Barry Strauss
British Forts in the Age of Arthur - one of those handy Osprey books
The Celtic Twilight: Faeries and Folklore -Yeats
The Great Fairy Tale Tradition - Ziper
A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures
The Quest of the Holy Grail
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales - Yeats
The Poetic Edda
Norse Mythology - Lindow
Visions of the Cailleach
Trades and crafts in Medieval Manuscripts
Lost Country Life - a book about the old English agricultural year.
A Glastonbury Reader - John Matthews
Scottish Place Names
The Odyssey (Fitzgerald translation)
The complete Bullfinch’s Mythology
The English Housewife - Gervase Markham (this is a reprint of an actual 17th century housekeeping book)
The Uses of Enchantment - by Bethlehem. Another book on folk tale/fairy tales
Concepts of Arthur - Thomas Green
Women's Work - Barber
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This, mind you, is the type of stuff I read for fun. And this is just one shelf. I have 8 full bookcases. Now you know why I'm not quite normal....
Viking Clothing by Thor Ewing A serious study about the cut and fabrics involved with viking era garments.
Respect the Spindle (a book on using a drop spindle)
Myths and Legends of Japan - Davis
Odysseus Unbound by Bittlestone A big fat book about Homer's Ithaca, and how the author thinks the modern island called Ithaca wasn't Odysseus' home.
The Aegean Bronze Age -Dickenson
Ancient Textiles: Production, Craft and Society ( a very serious book about the archaeology and such of ancient textiles)
Black Thorn, White Rose (modern adult-level fairy tales)
Prehistoric Cooking by Jacqui Wood
The Trojan War by Barry Strauss
British Forts in the Age of Arthur - one of those handy Osprey books
The Celtic Twilight: Faeries and Folklore -Yeats
The Great Fairy Tale Tradition - Ziper
A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures
The Quest of the Holy Grail
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales - Yeats
The Poetic Edda
Norse Mythology - Lindow
Visions of the Cailleach
Trades and crafts in Medieval Manuscripts
Lost Country Life - a book about the old English agricultural year.
A Glastonbury Reader - John Matthews
Scottish Place Names
The Odyssey (Fitzgerald translation)
The complete Bullfinch’s Mythology
The English Housewife - Gervase Markham (this is a reprint of an actual 17th century housekeeping book)
The Uses of Enchantment - by Bethlehem. Another book on folk tale/fairy tales
Concepts of Arthur - Thomas Green
Women's Work - Barber
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This, mind you, is the type of stuff I read for fun. And this is just one shelf. I have 8 full bookcases. Now you know why I'm not quite normal....
- Current Mood:
cheerful
Comments
Yes, our bookshelves would mesh quite nicely, LOL!
I also have books on Medieval Hunting, Beowulf, the Gaelic Otherworld, a book on the Druids by Peter Beresford Ellis (along with his giant book of Celtic tales), and a ton of Joseph Campbell. I'll have to take a picture since I'm too lazy to list them out, LOL! XD
This sounds AMAZING. I want this book IMMEDIATELY!
This sounds so intriguing to me for whatever reason, LOL.
I think it's pretty cool that you have such wide-ranging interests and like to explore lots of different things. That doesn't make you weird, that makes you awesome! :P