Book recommendations

[Jeff Lebowski]

My son is taking a world civ class and needs to read a book (novels are OK I think) on something that happened 500+ years ago. Any quick recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

[bigpiney]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

My son is taking a world civ class and needs to read a book (novels are OK I think) on something that happened 500+ years ago. Any quick recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

A condensed version of the Agony and the Ecstasy. I have always been fascinated by Michelangelo. He completed the David over 500 years ago.

Or something else having to do with the renaissance.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

My son is taking a world civ class and needs to read a book (novels are OK I think) on something that happened 500+ years ago. Any quick recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

The bible. The book of mormon. The Iliad. The Odyssey. If you like heavily dramatic ficitonalized history, anything by Rutherford or Michener should do. A man for all seasons. When the world was lit by fire. Through a glass darkly. ANything by Aquinas or augustine.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by creekster

The bible, the book of mormon, the Iliad, the Odyssey, if you like heavily dramatic ficitonalized history.

Now you're talking.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Now you're talking.

Don't you have some work to do?

[Jeff Lebowski]

OK, I was all set to have him read "The Illiad", but it has to have been written since 1970. And it can't be fiction.

He has already read "Guns, Germs, and Steel".

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by creekster

...When the world was lit by fire....

He's narrowed it down to that book, or this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Jews-Cha...993899&sr=1-40

Anyone read this one?

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

He's narrowed it down to that book, or this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Jews-Cha...993899&sr=1-40

Anyone read this one?

I read How the Irish Saved Civilization by the same author. I would give it a thumbs up though it's very basic. It's a good introduction for a 14 year old and I bet would enlighten most adults. This one may be similar. There's also one about the Greeks. These books are part of a series by the same author, and I think the Irish one is the most well reviewed and original. I think this would be a good choice for your son. What about this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Vintage-..._sim_b_title_3

It's an alternate prose interpretation of the Iliad, with the Trojan horse added.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I read How the Irish Saved Civilization by the same author. I would give it a thumbs up though it's very basic. It's a good introduction for a 14 year old and I bet would enlighten most adults. This one may be similar. There's also one about the Greeks. These books are part of a series by the same author, and I think the Irish one is the most well reviewed and original. I think this would be a good choice for your son. What about this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Vintage-..._sim_b_title_3

It's an alternate prose interpretation of the Iliad, with the Trojan horse added.

wouldn't that count as fiction? Was the "How the [blank] saved . . ." the same guy that wrote about how the scots saved civilization? I read that one and it was pretty good. I still prefer world lit by fire, which I quite liked. Either way it looks like he'll get a good book out of it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I read How the Irish Saved Civilization by the same author. I would give it a thumbs up though it's very basic. It's a good introduction for a 14 year old and I bet would enlighten most adults. This one may be similar. There's also one about the Greeks. These books are part of a series by the same author, and I think the Irish one is the most well reviewed and original. I think this would be a good choice for your son. What about this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Vintage-..._sim_b_title_3

It's an alternate prose interpretation of the Iliad, with the Trojan horse added.

He said Homer is off limits. Has to be a history book written since 1970.