Best of
School

1952

Twenty and Ten


Claire Huchet Bishop - 1952
    Will the children be able to withstand the interrogation and harassment?

Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt


Ruth Fosdick Jones - 1952
    So it was with Kaffe, an Egyptian boy of long ago. With his friend Sari, a slave-girl, Kaffe had many adventures—the harvest feast, the fight of the bulls, the flood. Then came the mystery of the pyramid’s missing jewels and a dark night when Kaffe, his father, and Sari set out to catch the thief.

Eric Sloane's Weather Book


Eric Sloane - 1952
    This beautifully illustrated and practical treasure trove of climate lore will enlighten outdoorsmen, farmers, sailors, and anyone else who has ever wondered what a large halo around the moon means, why birds "sit it out" before a storm, and whether or not to take an umbrella when leaving the house.

Buffalo Bill


Ingri d'Aulaire - 1952
    Recommended in Laura Berquist Second Grade Syllabus Author: Edgar D Aulaire Grade: 1-6 Pages: 42, Paperback Publisher: Beautiful Feet Books ISBN: 0-9643803-7-4

Homer (Great Books of the Western World, #4)


Homer - 1952
    At its centre is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles' close friend Patroclus, he storms back into battle to take revenge - although knowing this will ensure his own early death. Interwoven with this tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, of the domestic world inside Troy's besieged city of Ilium, and of the conflicts between the Gods on Olympus as they argue over the fate of mortals. Odyssey - The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmityof the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must test his bravery and native cunning to the full if he is to reach his homeland safely and overcome the obstacles that, even there, await him.

The Technique of Orchestration


Kent Kennan - 1952
    This book contains Suggested Assignments and Suggested Listening lists following each chapter that help students master and explore subject matter. It includes chapter on writing score and parts with inclusion of material on computer notation.

The Great Conversation


Robert M. Hutchins - 1952
    This process is characterized by writers in the Western canon making comparisons and allusions to the works of earlier writers. As such it is a name used in the promotion of the Great Books of the Western World published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. in 1952. It is also the title of the first volume of the first edition of this set of books, written by Robert Maynard Hutchins.

Marco Polo


Manuel Komroff - 1952
    A biography of the Venetian traveler whose trips throughout Asia and China gave the European world its first knowledge of the Far East.

The Story of Florence Nightingale


Margaret Leighton - 1952
    An account of the life and achievements of England's most famous nurse, showing how her early desire to help sick animals and people became translated into a career in the London hospitals and on the battlefronts of the Crimean War.

Moccasin Trail


Eloise Jarvis McGraw - 1952
    Although Jim finds it difficult to fit in with the family he hasn't seen since childhood, and though they are wary and distrustful of him, Jim feels his duty is at their side. But slowly, as they survive the dangerous trek west, the perils of frontier life, and the kidnapping of their younger brother, Jim and his family realize that the only way to survive is to accept each other and truly reunite the family.

The Odyssey of Homer (Oxford)


Barbara Leonie Picard - 1952
    After the fall of Troy, Odysseus sets sail for his island kingdom of Ithaca, not knowing that his voyage will take all of ten years. Along the way, he is to face many dangers, including the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, Circe's enchanted island, and the sirens who lure sailors to their death. He even journeys down into the underworld and meets the dead Greek heroes. And all the time, his wife and son are waiting, hoping against hope that he will come and help them face the men who have invaded their home. Homer's great epic poem is brought to pulsating life in this critically acclaimed classic retelling by Barbara Leonie Picard.

Images of the Church in the New Testament


Paul Sevier Minear - 1952
    The reader can easily assume that a passage is understood without fully grasping the meaning of the terms used. Minear's profound study of the implications of a hundred terms in the New Testament offers a deeper understanding of what the Christian Church really is. This pioneering work allows the reader to uncover the true nature of the Church thru the extensive gallery of images in the New Testament. The range of connotations communicated by a particular image is analysed against the historical background. Minear shows that images can communicate more than language alone; they can also broaden the mind of an individual, forming a particular mode for perceiving & understanding a given reality. The minor images of the church in the New Testament are investigated thru to the people of God & the body of Christ. The final chapter assesses the interrelations of the images analysed & the inferences to be drawn from their interweaving. Minear is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology at Yale Univ.