Gentrain Books and 'Great Books' Disc Library
These Books, CDs and DVDs are available to be borrowed by students in a Gentrain class and by Gentrain Society members. To borrow an item, send an email to the Librarian. Be sure to indicate that you are enrolled or a member of the Gentrain Society! A selection of items will also be available during Tuesday and Thursday classes.
Please see me if you have items to donate.
BooksSemester One; Unit 1
- INANNA; Queen of Heaven and Earth, Wolkstein and Kramer
- INANNA: Lady of Largest Heart, Meador
- GILGAMESH, Stephen Mitchell
- MOSES AND MONOTHEISM, Sigmund Freud
- PRIMITIVE MYTHOLOGY: The Mask of God, Joseph Campbell
- A SHORT HISTORY OF MYTH, Karen Armstrong
- PRIMITIVE MAN AS PHILOSOPHER, Paul Radin
- PREHISTORY; THE MAKING OF THE HUMAN MIND, Colin Renfrew
- GODS AND MEN IN EGYPT, 3000 BC to 395 CE, Frnçoise Durand and Christiane Zivie-Coche
- HERITAGE: Civilization and the Jews, Abba Eban
- WORSHIPPING POWER, Peter Gelderloos
- AGAINST THE GRAIN, James Scott
- AFFLUANCE WITHOUT ABUNDANCE, James Suzman
- STONEHENGE; A NEW UNDERSTANDING, Mike Pearson
- THE HITTITES, O.R Gurney
- THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD, Robin Winks and Susan Mattern-Parkes
- THE GREATNESS THAT WAS BABYLON, H.W.F. Saggs
- THE BIRTH OF CIVILIZATIO IN THE NEAR EAST, Henri Frankfort
- WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS, Vol I, Joshua Cole and Catol Symes
- THE FACE OF THE ANCIENT ORIENT, Sabatino Moscat
- ORIGINS OF THE BOOK, Mohamed Hussein
- THE WORLD OF ANCIENT TIMES, Carl Roebuck
- THE MIND IN THE CAVE, THames & HUdson
- A WORLD HISTORY, William McNell
- ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LITERATURE, John Foster, trans
- ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LITERATURE; old and Middle Kingdoms, M. Lichtheim, trans
- LOVE SONGS OF THE NEW KINGDOM John Foste, trans
SEMESTER 1; Unit 2
- THE HITTITES, O.R. Guerney
- THE HITTITES, J.G. Macqueen
- THE HITTITES AND THEIR WORLD, Billie Collins
- TROY AND ITS REMAINS, Heinrich Schliemann
- MINOAN AND MYCENAEN ART, Reynold Higgins
CDs- The Old Testament Vol 1 (6 CD’s) Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University Divinity School (SP)
- The Old Testament Vol 2 (6 CD’s) Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University Divinity School (SP)
- The New Testament Vol 1 (6 CD’s) Bart D. Ehrman, U. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill (SP)
- The New Testament Vol 2 (6 CD’s) Bart D. Ehrman, U. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill (SP)
- Foundations of Western Civilization II, a History of the Modern Western World (starts with Renaissance) (24 CD’s) Robert Bucholz, Loyola University of Chicago (BE)
- Turning Points in Medieval History (12 CD’s) Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University (BE)
- The Skeptic’s Guide to American History (12 CD’s) Mark Stoler, University of Vermont (BE)
- European and Western Civilization in the Modern Age (starts with enlightenment and French Revolution) (24 CD’s) Thomas Childers, University of Pennsylvania (BE)
- The Long 19th Century; European History from 1789 to 1917 (18 CD’s) Robert Wagner, Lafayette College (BE)
- A Day’s Read, (discussion of 36 short pieces of fiction by well-known writers) Various lecturers, (18 CD’s) (BE)
- The Early Middle Ages, (approx 300 AD to 1000 AD) (12 CD’s) Philip Daileader, College of William and Mary (BE)
- The High Middle Ages (Approx 1000 AD to 1300 AD) (12 CD’s) Philip Daileader, College of William and Mary (BE)
- The Late Middle Ages (Approx 1300 AD to 1500 AD) (12 CD’s) Philip Daileader, College of William and Mary (BE)
- American Revolution (12 CD’s) Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College (BE) The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their Origins (18 CD’s) Ann Curzon, University of Michigan (BE)
- The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest (18 CD’s) Jennifer Paxton Catholic University of America (BE)
- The Development of European Civilization (Medieval to post-war era) (24 CD’s) Kenneth Bartlett, Univ of Toronto )
- Language and Society: What Your Speech Says About You (12 CD’s) Valerie Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno(BE)
- Great Presidents (24 CD’s) Allen Lichtman, American University(BE)
- History of the United States, 2nd Ed. (42 CD’s) Multiple speakers(BE)
- The Skeptics Guide to the Great Books, (6 CD’s) Grant Voth MPC (BE)
- Understanding Cultural and Human Geography, (12 cd’s) Paul Robbins, University of Wisconsin - Madison (BE)
- Turning Points in American History (24 CD’s) E. T. O’Donnell, College of the Holy Cross (BE)
DVDs- World War II: A Military and Social History (5 DVD’s), Thomas Childers, Univ of Pennsylvania (BE)
- A History of Hitler’s Empire (2 DVD’s), Thomas Childers, Univ of Pennsylvania (BE)
- Churchill (2 DVD’s) J. Rufus Fears, University of Oklahoma (BE)
- A Brief History of the World (6 DVD’s) Peter Sterns, George Mason Univ. (BE)
- America and the World: A Diplomatic History (4 DVD’s) Mark Stoler, University of Vermont (BE)
- A History of the England From the Tudors to the Stuarts (8 DVD’s) Robert Bucholz, Loyola University Chicago(BE)