Lists of Bests: K McQuage's "New Lifetime Reading Plan" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/65945 My version of the list, with the editions I personally want to use and selections from the further reading. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:45:31 GMT en-us 0 50 346 50 0 The Epic of Gilgamesh: An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3244 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3244"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014044100X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6260571 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6260571"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516M1GS6PCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.W. Ceram</div> Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1935126 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1935126"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0226631877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erica Reiner</div> The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2977 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2977"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140275363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122532534_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Homer</div> The Odyssey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2962 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2962"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140268863.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056420501_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Homer</div> The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1292329 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1292329"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/019860081X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. C. Howatson</div> Mythology http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6974 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6974"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316341517.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Hamilton</div> Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture Volume I: Archaic Greece: The Mind of Athens http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2376631 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2376631"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0195004256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056423473_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Werner Jaeger</div> Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Vol II: In Search of the Divine Centre http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2376634 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Werner; Highet, Gilbert Jaeger</div> The Analects (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299222 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299222"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375412042.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1141077104_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Confucius</div> A Short History of Chinese Philosophy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/531883 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/531883"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684836343.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yu-lan Fung</div> The World of Thought in Ancient China (Belknap Press) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1165698 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benjamin I. Schwartz</div> Confucius: The Secular As Sacred (Religious Traditions of the World) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31530 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31530"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1577660102.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herbert Fingarette</div> The Complete Greek Tragedies : A Centennial Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1905686 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1905686"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0226307638.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Grene</div> Greek Tragedy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1289799 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1289799"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0415289645.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. D. F. Kitto</div> Sophoclean tragedy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600603 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. M Bowra</div> Oedipus: The Ancient Legend and Its Later Analogues http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4672370 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4672370"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41M8WQNT9VL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lowell Edmunds</div> Euripides and His Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4054128 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gilbert Murray</div> Euripides and the Tragic Tradition (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5816522 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5816522"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410wN8JYSaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Norris Michelini</div> The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6310801 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6310801"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518Pfrwf8TL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert B. Strassler</div> The Ancient Greek Historians http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600629 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600629"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hhgLJTa9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. B. Bury</div> Herodotus: Father of History. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600636 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.L. Myres</div> The Landmark Thucydides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3587337 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Historical Commentary on Thucydides. 5 Vols. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4685374 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.W. Gomme</div> A Commentary on Thucydides Volume I: Books I - III (Commentary on Thucydides) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2016247 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2016247"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0198150997.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Hornblower</div> A Commentary on Thucydides: Volume II: Books IV-V. 24 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2016248 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2016248"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0199276250.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1099437401_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Hornblower</div> A Commentary on Thucydides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4161080 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Hornblower</div> Sun-Tzu: The Art of War (Classics of Ancient China) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121122 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121122"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/034536239X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44910771_.jpg" /></a></div> The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China (History and Warfare) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757106 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757106"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01GkKVE3H1L.jpg" /></a></div> Four Comedies (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591931 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0472061526.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056448479_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristophanes</div> Three Comedies (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/774140 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristophanes</div> The Dialogues of Plato [Box Set] Translated Into English by B. Jowett, M.A. (unabridged in two volumes) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600689 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Greek Philosophers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1477635 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rex Warner</div> The Trial of Socrates http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314671 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314671"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385260326.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by I.F. Stone</div> The Basic Works of Aristotle (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60715 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60715"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375757996.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aristotle</div> Aristotle and His Philosophy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600701 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600701"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZKQKKTW3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Abraham Edel</div> Mencius (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/826154 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/826154"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014044971X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> Tao Te Ching (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/652409 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/652409"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1853264717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056529088_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lao-Tzu</div> The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume 1: Balakanda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215177 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215177"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/069101485X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057192987_.jpg" /></a></div> The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume 2: Ayodhyakanda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/496285 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shri Valmiki</div> A History Of Indian Literature: From Vedic Times To The Present Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600711 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600711"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416MUA6s2hL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herbert H. Gowen</div> The Wonder that was India: A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600713 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600713"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tiIe8FebL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. L. Basham</div> "Mahabharata" of Vyasa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600781 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P. Lal</div> The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna's Counsel in Time of War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15605 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15605"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553213652.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1086205990_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Miller</div> Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493364 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/493364"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0231081693.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Qian Sima</div> Records of the Grand Historian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2278314 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2278314"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0231081677.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128024310_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sima Qian</div> Ssu-ma Ch'ien: Grand Historian of China. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4812210 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Burton. WATSON</div> Chinese Traditional Historiography http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6029203 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles S. Gardner</div> Historians of China and Japan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6600798 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W.G.; Pulleyblank, E.G. (eds) Beasley</div> The Way Things Are: The De Rerum Natura http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5161 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5161"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/025320125X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lucretius</div>