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	Great Books of the Western World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Books of the Western World (ISBN 0852295316) is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. in an attempt to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes.
		The next two volumes, "The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon", were conceived by Adler as a way of emphasizing the unity of the set and, by extension, of Western thought in general.
		In 1990 a second edition of the Great Books of the Western World was published, this time with updated translations and six more volumes of material covering the 20th century, an era of which the first edition was nearly devoid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_World (1397 words)

	Great Books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Books refers to a curriculum and a book list that came about as the result of a discussion among American academics and educators, starting in the 1920s and 1930s and begun by Prof.
		the book is relevant to a large number of the great ideas and great issues that have occupied the minds of thinking individuals for the last 25 centuries.
		The books are licensed by Mortimer Adler and others through the Great Books Foundation, and many of the books in this collection were translated into English for the first time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Books (608 words)

	Great Books Movement
		Through their books, the thought of the authors of the classics continually influences the living, in each generation right up to our day, to the extent they are read and discussed.
		A great books program for adults and the Great Books Foundation were begun in Chicago, both still actively promoting the great books approach to education.
		Great books discussion groups for adults continue in many cities, and Nina Houghton at the Aspen Institute puts on "Adler Reunion seminars" every year, assisted by Charlene Costello, while Max Weismann at the Center for the Study of the Great Ideas conducts on-line discussion groups on the Great Ideas.
	www.angelicum.net /html/great_books_movement.html (3053 words)

	Other Great Books Programs
		Great Books / Liberal Studies Program provides an opportunity for the exploration and discussion of those questions which arise when education is directed towards the freedom of the fully examined life.
		The Great Books curriculum of nine courses is one of two General Education tracks in the College of Liberal Arts.
		The Great Books Colloquium is a four-course sequence on masterpieces of Weatern civilization, designed to engage students in close, critical reading and small-group discussions of selected works from the time of the Greeks to the modern day.
	www.mercer.edu /gbk/gbk/othergbk.html (3485 words)

	Homeschooling - Great Books Academy
		Our entire curriculum - consisting of books, lesson plans and tests for each course, and Great Books study guides [for high school levels] - are organized in our bookstore by subject, and grade level.
		In giving your children the opportunity to grasp this wisdom from the past, they cannot help but be led to a greater appreciation and understanding of virtue and the wonder and beauty of life, and the ability to participate in the intellectual life of our culture.
		The Great Books Academy is a complete, nursery through 12th grade, classical, liberal arts homeschool program.
	www.greatbooksacademy.org (785 words)

	SBC Webtime Stories : Great Books
		Dozen's of popular children's books including "The Whipping Boy", "Catherine Called Birdy" and "The Giver" are reviewed by critics ages 10 to 14.
		You'll find information on current winners and honor books, a printable list of winning books from 1938, and learn the history of the medal and the selection process.
		The Horn Book Magazine has celebrated notable achievements in the writing and illustrating of books for children.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/webtime/great.html (347 words)

	Access The Great Books
		From the ancient classics to the masterpieces of the 20th century, the Great Books are all the introduction you’ll ever need to the ideas, stories, and discoveries that have shaped modern civilization.
		Great books lists are not meant to be exclusive of any tradition or culture, but rather form a foundation of knowledge on which to stand.
		Reading the great books allays the "busyness" of modern life; encourages self-examination, increases reflection, and provokes intellectual curiosity.
	www.anova.org (664 words)

	Great Books for Boys: Book List
		This lively book combines adventure, magic, slapstick humor, and droll illustrations to appeal to even the most reluctant readers.
		Three boys use a magical book to travel back in time and confront a knight, a giant and a dragon.
		He leaves his home with a kind enchanter to go on a great adventure where he fights battles, makes unlikely friends, and changes his views on heroism.
	www.randomhouse.com /BB/promos/greatbooks/boys/booklist.html (727 words)

	Great Books
		This book and Barbara Gowdy surprised me in the ingenious way the elephant characters were woven in to the story with elephant knowledge and lore to form the distinct personalities of each individual.
		Written in the 70's by two of the most renowned elephant experts, this book is a gem that can take you back to the "old days" and open your mind to the progress and history of Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton and their work for elephants.
		The book takes you through the drama of the author's lives, is packed with great information on elephants, and is a historical masterpiece.
	elephant.elehost.com /Books/Great_Ele-Books/great_ele-books.html (1499 words)

	Great Books
		Below is the description of the Great Books Qual produced by the Education Office in January 2000, including general information, guidelines, and the 2000 list of books.
		One value of the book is the citation of hundreds of sources from 1844, 1907, or 1932 that few of today's scholars of higher education know about.
		Though Lipset admits in the book that he had been a member of and later adviser to the Young People's Socialist League, Rebellion in the University is an extraordinary effort to look objectively at the several origins of and explanations for the sit-ins and revolutionary actions of the late 1960s.
	www.cgu.edu /pages/1015.asp (5375 words)

	Great Books to Read, Independence Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Most of the books in the "pre-school and younger" section above are suitable for early grade elementary students to read to themselves.
		This book provides some much needed balance in an era where politically correct, and shallow, revisionist histories are all the rage.
		The book cover the Taliban from their creation to 1998, addressing such issues as how they rose; their oppression of women; the role of other Saudi Arabia, Russia, and others; the problems of foreign aid agencies; and how radically different the Taliban were from all previous Afghan governments.
	www.davekopel.com /book.htm (6792 words)

	Great Books Index - Book Links
		These are the books which Francis Bacon would advise one to devour.
		The Great Books of Western Civilization (Mercer University)
		See also the home page of Brock's Great Books/Liberal Studies Programme, the list of books read in the programme, and their links to other great books sites.
	www.mirror.org /books/gb.links.html (581 words)

	Great Books
		This website was founded in 2000 by a young and naive college freshman and English major who was bound and determined to revolutionize the way the world saw books.
		The young and naive freshman has since become a Classics and Literature teacher pursuing her MA on the side, and although she still dreams of revolutionizing the way the world sees books, she has more or less come to realize that her teaching is more effective than her website (and also more rewarding).
		Generally speaking, the picture book classification denotes an illustrated book probably designed to be read aloud, while the category entitled "children's fiction" encompasses most things from "I Can Read Books" up through books suitable for ages 10-12.
	www.greatbooks.iwarp.com (504 words)

	ERCB: Great Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After all, people only read books once, or at most a few times, but use word processors, operating systems, and the like thousands upon thousands of times.
		There is one other explanation for the apparent scarcity of "Great Books" in computing: Perhaps the fortune tellers actually got it right for once -- computers have made books obsolete.
		However, like political tracts from a century ago, these books seldom interest present-day readers, for whom many of the technical points are either obvious (in the mathematician's sense of a difficult problem that has been worked out for you) or irrelevant.
	www.ercb.com /feature/feature.0013.html (969 words)

	Great Books Index - List of Titles
		Note: This great books index is a personal interest project, and is not sponsored by or associated with the Encyclopaedia Britannica corporation.
		It is not the same list of authors and works that was included in the Great Books of the Western World.
		Acknowledgement is made to Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc for permission to reprint portions of the author list and title list of Great Books of the Western World.
	books.mirror.org /gb.titles.html (548 words)

	The World's Greatest Books!
		Promotes the book "The Seagull Who Was Afraid To Fly." The book emphasizes the importance of friends and friendships in conquering fear and overcoming obstacles.
		These are some books I have read and highly recommend to those wanting to understand the meaning of concepts like justice, liberty, freedom and the natural rights of men and women.
		President Ronald Reagan pointed to that Amazing Book and said, "Indeed, it is an indisputable fact that all the complex and horrendous questions confronting us at home and worldwide have their answer in that SINGLE BOOK." Napoleon said about that Amazing Book, ".
	r.webring.com /hub?ring=greatbooks (2452 words)

	Great Book - Reviews
		This book is a collection of 48 out-of-print essays and letters dealing with general apologetics, ethics and morality, Christian philosophy and social commentary.
		The book is split into sections, each dealing with a single virtue and containing a mixture of Bible, fiction, essays, Aesop, myth, and poetry which exemplifies and lauds that virtue and demonstrates the consequences of a lack thereof.
		This book is experiencing a surprising wide popularity--even Ted Kennedy gave it a glowing recommendation, expressing surprise that it could be produced by a "narrow-minded" conservative.
	www.swcp.com /~vogs/books.html (4796 words)

	Architecture Books - Books on Architects - Design - History - Great Buildings
		More than 750 great buildings and hundreds of architects from around the world and across history, with literally thousands of photos, thousands of drawings, dozens of digital video clips, and hundreds of live 3D walkthrough building models.
		This insightful new book (by a major Great Buildings contributor) provides a rich, humane, and cogent perspective on the cultural ecology of building and design.
		But this book for film makers treats the functional and emotional aesthetics of how to see, move, and present with more detail and depth than I've ever seen in a university school of architecture.
	www.greatbuildings.com /books.html (996 words)

	Classical Christian Education Support Loop: 100 Great Books List
		These books were originally written, for the most part, to be understood by the intelligent layperson of the day, after all.
		Wes Callihan, of Schola Classical Tutorials, an experienced and qualified literature and Great Books instructor, believes that many of the Great Books require a rhetoric level of maturity in order to glean the full benefit from reading them, therefore his Great Books program is four years, meant for 9th through 12th graders.
		We really feel it is up to the individual parents to decide when to begin the Great Books with their children, taking the experience of these experts into consideration.
	www.classical-homeschooling.org /celoop/100.html (993 words)

	Great Books
		The study of Great Books allows the past to speak for itself, combining history, creative writing, philosophy, politics, and ethics into a seamless whole.
		Remember again that the goal of the classical education is not an exhaustive exploration of great literature.
		We have supplied lists of Great Books for each year of study; the ninth grade list is the shortest, the twelfth-grade list the most complex.
	www.welltrainedmind.com /greatbooks.html (588 words)

	Malaspina Great Books - Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pietro Antonio Locatelli was born in Bergamo and probably studied with Corelli, in Rome.
		The result is an integrated multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary database built upon the framework of a Great Books Core List developed by Mortimer Adler (1902-2001).
		This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books Copyright 1995-2005.
	www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=918 (527 words)

	great books!
		But Einstein's thinking is almost a century old now, and the book goes on to show where his theories break down and how a newer, still-evolving approach may finally yield a "theory of everything" that explains the working of the universe at every scale, from the smallest to the largest.
		Throughout this book, the emphasis is on exploration and experimentation with the greatest possible degree of safety, so you're given full information on backing up the Registry before the authors show you how to start paring away at its branches and leaves.
		A book that is a good introduction to cryptography and cryptanalysis, with real life stories.
	www.langa.com /books.htm (3784 words)

	Great Books of the Western World, 2nd ed.
		See also Mortimer Adler's statement on how the Great Books of the Western World were chosen.
		This list may not include your favorite author, but he or she may be on other Great Books lists.
		See the Great Books FAQ for more about the Great Books and these lists of them.
	www.interleaves.org /~rteeter/gbww.html (340 words)

	The Common Review: The Common Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Firmly committed to reading and discussing books that have stood the test of time, we also recognize that the task of intellectual and cultural engagement cannot stop with yesterday's news–or even yesterday's classics.
		In our pages you will find information about books published by the Foundation, as well as seminars and other cultural events we sponsor in your community and schools.
		Copyrights to some of the materials contained herein are also retained by persons who have submitted work to the Great Books Foundation.
	talk.greatbooks.org /tcr (266 words)

	The Great Books of Western Civilization
		n the early 1980’s, Mercer University began the Great Books Program, modeled after the course of study at St John's College, as an alternative to the standard distributional track of basic courses needed to graduate.
		For the most current and official great books curriculum at Mercer University, please visit the official program web site at http://www.mercer.edu/gbk/index.html.
		The purpose is to provide you, the great books reader, with an online opportunity to purchase the books you want to read yourself, or to give as gifts.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Atlantis/4360 (869 words)

	Classical Christian Education Support Loop: 1000 Good Books List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is a listing of the books that 25 homeschooling mothers have come up with over the course of a year’s time through discussions of criteria to use in choosing a good book, and many other discussions about individual titles to include or exclude.
		If you know of books that are good that are not included in this list, by all means, do not let their exclusion stop you from reading them with your children.
		A final note: one of the things that makes a good book “good” is its timeless quality, and its ability to cross age barriers from preschool children to great-grandparents.
	www.classicalhomeschooling.org /celoop/1000.html (789 words)

	Great Books for History Buffs
		The books listed in the bibliography section have been chosen for both their historical importance and their readability.
		Therefore, they're not only intended for professional historians and students, but can be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in the subject.
		My specialites were Vietnam-era American foreign policy and US labor history in the first half of this century.
	www.geocities.com /johnnybravo00_99 (83 words)

	Reference: Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Thesauri, Usage, Quotations, and more. Bartleby.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Believing that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference book is a must-have for any student or writer.
		The 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse that constitute the unrivaled literary cornerstone of Western civilization.
		Historical treatment of the development of the “Great American Novel.”
	www.bartleby.com /reference (739 words)

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