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"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read
and nobody has read." -- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
People say you can judge a man by the books he reads. I don't know if that's true or not, but I do enjoy collecting books and videos dealing with some of my favorite subjects, and often have matching books and videos on the same title.
I now have a library of about 500 books on American Indians, several hundred on Vikings, Runes, Scandinavia and languages, and about a hundred old classics in several languages, many of which are not yet listed here.
Since many folks have asked for information on where to buy these books and videos, or in case you just want to see the cover, read a review, or just get more information on a particular book, for your convenience I have added links to places where you can get more information about or even order the book, many of which are at Amazon.com.
Here is a list of some of my books on
Native American Indians | the Arctic | Vikings and Scandinavia
Historical Medieval/Renaissance period in Europe
Central and South America | Africa | India and the Middle East
South Pacific |
Pirates, Ships, and Sea Adventure
Circuses and Clowns | Animals, Birds, and Animal Behavior and Training
Old Classics | Old Reference Books | Bibles in Various Languages
Germanic/Scandinavian Classics or Classics in German/Scandinavian Languages
So throw another log on the fire, put on your favorite sweater, pull up a comfortable chair, pour yourself a cognac, and dust off an old classic for the evening...
Arctic Classics
American Indian Classics
- Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper (1919)
- The Deerslayer - James Fenimore Cooper (1889)
- The Pathfinder - James Fenimore Cooper
- Song of Hiawatha - Longfellow
- People of the Deer - Farley Mowat (1952)
Vikings, Runes, Mead, - Historical Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark through Medieval Times
- Beowulf
- The Heliand
- The Norse Atlantic Sagas (Gwyn Jones)
- The Poetic Edda
- Heimskringla
- Vinland Suite
- Eiik The Red (Gwyn Jones)
- Kristin Lauransdatter - Sigrid Undset (1929)
- Die Renaissance - Gobineau (German)
- History of Iceland - Knut Gjerset (1924)
- Medieval Iceland
- Det Danske Folks Historie (Danish) (1927)
- The Germanic People
- Den Svenska Historien
- A History of the Swedish People
- Swedish Vikings
- Birka
- Haithabu
- Kaupang
- The Vikings
- Viking Mythology
- Scandinavian Mythology
- The Vikings
- Erik the Viking
- The Viking Ships
- Five Viking Ships From Roskilde Fjörd
- A Viking Voyage (Hodding Carter)
- The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation
- The Norse Discovery of America (Helge Ingstad)
- Westward from Vinland (Hjalmer Holand - signed 1st ed.)
- Norse Discoveries and Explorations in America 982-1362 (Hjalmer Holand)
- Viking America
- Voyagers West
- Lodestone and Evening Star
- The Great Explorers
- The Brendan Voyage
- Before Columbus (Gordon)
- Columbus
- Columbus and Cortez, Conquerors for Christ
- The Farfarers - Before the Norse - Farley Mowat
- In Northern Mists
- (A few hundred more titles and links to be added soon!)
Pirates, Tall Ships, and Sea Adventure
- Moby Dick - Herman Melville
- In Search of Moby Dick - Tim Severin
- Of Whales and Men
- Mutiny On Board H.M.S. Bounty - Captain William Bligh
- Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian
- Mutiny On the Bounty - Charles Nordhoff
- Pitcairn's Island - Charles Nordhoff
- Men Against the Sea - Charles Nordhoff
- Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
- Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson (1918)
- Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Prince Otto - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe (1920)
- Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss (1909)
- The Sinking of The Titanic and Great Sea Disasters (1912)
- Beam Ends - (Errol Flynn, New Guinea, 1937)
- Fatu-Hiva - Thor Heyerdahl
Adventure Travel - South Pacific
- Our Days in New Guinea 1929-1936 (Frieda Foege, New Guinea)
- Beam Ends - (Errol Flynn, New Guinea, 1937)
- Cannibal Caravan (New Guinea, 1939)
- The Last Cannibals (Jens Bjerre, New Guinea 1957)
- Mission Possible (Marilyn Laszlo, signed by the author)
Adventure Travel - Africa
- Out of Africa - Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen
- Letters From Africa - Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen
- For the Heart of Africa - Christiansen
- Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914)
- Animal Stories - P.T. Barnum (1926)
- African Game Trails - Theodore Roosevelt (1920)
- Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter - Theodore Roosevelt (1920)
- Memories of an African Hunter - Denis Lydell
Adventure Travel - Middle East/India
- The Arabian Nights - Edward William Lane (1927)
- Tales From The Arabian Nights - Capt. Richard Francis Burton
- The Book of the Sword - Capt. Richard Francis Burton
- Falconry in the Valley of the Indus - Capt. Richard F. Burton
- Sir Richard Burton's Travels in Arabia and Africa
- Erotic Traveler - Capt. Richard Francis Burton
- Kama Sutra - Capt. Richard Francis Burton
- Death Rides a Camel - Biography of Sir Richard Burton - Allen Edwardes
- Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton - Edward Rice
- Burton - A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton - Byron Farwell
- Catalog of the Library of Sir Richard Burton
- Gunga Din and other Great Kipling Stories - Rudyard Kipling (1936)
- Rudyard Kipling's Verse Inclusive 1885-1918 - Rudyard Kipling (1918)
- Sorcerer's Apprentice - Tahir Shah
- Travels of Marco Polo
- John Cameron's Odyssey - A True Narrative of his Trip Around the World (1928)
- Land Below the Wind (Borneo) - Agnes Newton Keith (1939)
Adventure Travel - Central/South America
- Spirit of the Rainforest
- Vagabonding Down the Andes - Harry A. Franck
- Aztec - Gary Jennings
- Carpenter's Geographical Reader - South America (1899)
- Into the Strange Unknown - Ormond
Classics
- Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott (1899)
- Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (1940)
- De Tre Musketörarna - Alexandre Dumas (Swedish)
- Man in the Iron Mask - Alexandre Dumas
- Cyrano De Bergerac - Edmond Rostand (1931)
- The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe
- Selected Works - Edgar Allan Poe
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
- On Walden Pond - Henry David Thoreau
- David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (Danish) (1920)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe (English)
- Onkel Toms Stuga - Harriet Beecher Stowe (Swedish) (1895)
- Fifty Famous Stories Retold (Robin Hood, Pocahontas, William Tell) - (1896)
- Robin Hood - (1904)
- Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (1926)
- Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
- Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
- Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Science Fiction Treasury - H.G. Wells
Classics by Germanic/Scandinavians
- Beowulf
- Wilhelm Tell (German) (1894)
- Grimm's Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen
- Out of Africa - Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen
- Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen (First Edition 1938)
- Letters From Africa (1914-1931) - Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen
- Winter's Tales - Isak Dinesen
- Babette's Feast - Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen (English)
- Babettes Gæstebud - Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen (Danish) (1952)
- Sneen's Datter - Jack London (Danish)
- Jordens Opdagelseshistorie - Jules Verne (Danish) (1879)
- Lady Inger of Österåt - Henrik Ibsen (1911)
- The Feast at Solhoug - Henrik Ibsen (1911)
- Peer Gynt - Henrik Ibsen (1911)
- Kristin Lauransdatter - Sigrid Undset (1929)
- Geschichten des Alten Testaments (German) (1850)
- Der Kleine Psalter (German) (1877)
- Biblische Historien (German)
- Der Praktische Rathgeber (German) (1907)
- Werner Second German Book (1896)
- Die Renaissance - Gobineau (German)
- History of Iceland - Knut Gjerset (1924)
- Det Danske Folks Historie (Danish) (1927)
- Store Nordiske Konversations Leksikon (Danish) (1916)
- Østerspigen - Norman Lindsay (Danish) (1939)
- Markings - Dag Hammarskjold
- Fatu-Hiva - Thor Heyerdahl
Historical Books - Medievel, Renaissance Period
Circuses, Clowns, Juggling, SideShow, Circus Arts
- The Circus, Ideals Publishing (1961)
- One-Ring Circus, by Earl E. Bonham, E.E. Bonham Circus (1968)
- Circus Days, by Jill Freedman, Crown Publishers (1975)
- Mud Show, by Fred Powledge, Hoxie Bros (1975)
- Born on the Circus, by Fred Powledge, Hoxie Bros (1976)
- The Colorful World of the Circus, by David Jamison/Sandy Davidson (1980)
- Behind The Big Top, by David Lewis Hammarstrom (1980)
- Clowns, by John H. Towsen (1976)
- The World of Clowns, by George Bishop (1976)
- The Book of Clowns, by George Speaight (1980)
- How to Be A Clown, by Charles R. Meyer, Ringling Bros (1977)
- How to Be A Compleat Clown, by Toby Sanders (1980)
- Clown for Circus and Stage, by Mark Stolzenberg (1989)
- Be A Clown, by Turk Pipkin (1989)
- Clownen, Stig O. Blomberg (Swedish) (1980)
- Ringmaster! My Year on the Road with "The Greatest Show On Earth", by Kristopher Antekeier (1989)
- P.T. Barnum, America's Greatest Showman
- Barnum's Own Story, The Autobiography of P.T. Barnum, by P.T. Barnum (1927, reprinted 1972)
- Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Exposé by Harry Houdini (1920, 1929, reprinted 1981) (Complete online version)
- Thrilling Magic by Leonard H. Miller, 14 pages, published by Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., Colon, MI. (1959)
- Step Right Up!, by Daniel Mannix (1950)
- Memoirs of a Sword Swallower by Daniel Mannix (1964) (Amazon.com)
- A Collectors Guide to Swords, Daggers, and Cutlasses
- Handbok för Självplågare by Jaime Perez, published in Sweden, ISBN 91-970348-0-0, 112 pages (1979)
- Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women by Ricky Jay (1989)
- My Very Unusual Friends, by Ward Hall, signed (1991)
- Side Show, My Life with Geeks, Freaks, & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade, by Howard Bone, with Daniel Waldron (2001)
- Freaks, Frauds and Fakirs by Slim Price (unpublished)
- Circus of the Scars by Jan T. Gregor and Tim Cridland (1998) (Amazon.com)
- Freak Like Me, autobiography of Jim Rose
- Freaks: We Who Are Not As Others, by Daniel P. Mannix (1976)
- The Two-Headed Boy and Other Medical Marvels, by Jan Bondeson
- Shocked and Amazed, James Taylor, Vol. 1, (1995)
- Fire Magic, by Clettis V. Musson (1952)
- How to Eat Fire, by Benjamin Garth with Jeffrey Cowan (1990)
- Fire Eating, A Manual of Instruction, by Benjamin "Garth" Mack (2000)
- Sorcerer's Apprentice - Tahir Shah
- Ripleys' Believe It or Not! (Book released Aug 5, 2008 - I am featured on page 99!)
Animals, Birds, and Animal Behavior/Training
- A View From the Zoo
- My Wild World (Joan Embry)
- Ranch of Dreams (Cleveland Amory)
- Simon & Schusters Guide to Mammals
- Wild Mammals in Captivity
- A Practical Guide to Impractical Pets
- Volunteering With Your Pet: How to Get Involved in Animal-Assisted Therapy With Any Kind of Pet
- The Illustrated Veterinary Guide
- Manual of Exotic Pets
- A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico
- A Guide to the Carnivores of Central America
- The Red Panda, Olingos, Coatis, Raccoons and their Relatives
- Raccoons and Their Relatives
- Raccoon Family Pets (1954)
- Raccoons are the Brightest People - Sterling North (1966)
- Rascal - Sterling North
- Blinky, a Biography of a Ringtail (1935)
- Bimbo, a Little Kinkajou (1970)
- Barnaby the Kinkajou (1963)
- Phoebe the Kinkajou
- Kinkajou on the Town (1967)
- What Do You Do With a Kinkajou? (1976)
- Jaguarundi (juvenile)
- The Desert Fox Family Book
- Desert Dogs: Coyotes, Foxes and Wolves
- Foxes
- A Guide to Raising Llamas
- Caring for Llamas and Alpacas: A Health & Management Guide
- Is Your Mama a Llama?
- Tu Mama Es Una Llama? (Is Your Mama a Llama?)
- The Mute Swan
- Parrots of the World
- Encyclopedia of Macaws
- Handbook of Macaws
- The Complete Book of Macaws
- The Parrot Who Owns Me
- The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots
- The Parrot's Lament - and Other True Tales of Animal Intelligence
- Bird Brains - The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays
- The American Crow and the Common Raven
- Owls, The Silent Flyer
- How to Spot an Owl
- Owls in the Family (Farley Mowat)
- North American Owls
- Hawks, Eagles and Falcons of North America
- North American Falconry and Hunting Hawks
- Hawks in the Hand
- The Red-Tailed Hawk
- Falconry for Beginners
- Encyclopedia of Falconry
- California Hawking Club
- The Lure of the Falcon
- Equinox - Love, Life, and Birds of Prey
- Falconry in the Valley of the Indus - Capt. Richard F. Burton
- Downloadable list of books, videos and other resources on kinkajous, raccoons, coatimundis, ringtails, cacomistles, and other Procyonids in Word document format Procyonid_Resources.doc (100 kb Word document - Shift and right-click on this link to download)
Miscellaneous Reference, Bibles
- Home Made Beverages (1919)
- Autobigraphy of Benjamin Franklin
- National Geographic (Hardbound Collection) (1908-1942)
- The Heliand
- PsálmaBók 1589 (Icelandic) (1889)
- Die Bibel (German) (1800's)
- Die Bibel (German) (1962)
- Geschichten des Alten Testaments (German) (1850)
- Der Kleine Psalter (German) (1877)
- Biblische Historien (German)
- Der Praktische Rathgeber (German) (1907)
- Werner Second German Book (1896)
- Das Neue Testament/Le Nouveau Testament (German/French) (1956)
- Det Nye Testamente/Das Neue Testament (Danish/German) (1948)
- Det Ny Testament (Danish) (1926)
- Det Nye Testamente Norsk Bibel (Norwegian) (1992)
- Bibeln (Swedish) (1883)
- Bibeln (Swedish) (1892)
- Levande Testamentet (Swedish) (1974)
- Santa Biblia (Spanish/English)
- Nuevo Testamento (Spanish/English)
- New Testament (Hindi)
- Nupela Testamen Bilong Bikpela Jisas Kraist (Pidgeon Papua New Guinea) (1969)