Wednesday, May 10, 2006

The Library Of Sphinx

Yeah, ok. I'm a geek. I typed up a list of ALL my books in the permanent collection, and have grouped them according to category for your perusing pleasure. While going through my books I decided on a few more that I could part with, so the information on this list will slightly vary from the info in my previous post. Books highlighted in purple are a part of the Top Shelf Collection.
I had such fun doing this. It's something I've been saying I was going to do for a long time.


The Library Of Sphinx


History
  1. Heaven's Mirror - Graham Hancock and Santha Faiia
  2. Egypt - Lewis Spencer
  3. Early Civilization - Mind Alive Encyclopedia
  4. Ancient World - Young People's S For Our Heritage
  5. Ancient Egyptians - A. Ganerl
  6. Time-Life's Ancient Egypt
  7. Atlas Of World History
  8. Mein Kampf - Adolph Hitler
  9. A Brief History Of The Western World - Thomas H. Greer and Gavin Lewis
  10. Universal Hisory Of The World 1 Early Civilization
  11. Universal Hisory Of The World 2 Ancient Greece
  12. Universal Hisory Of The World 3 Ancient Rome
  13. Universal Hisory Of The World 4 Christianity and Byzantium
  14. Universal Hisory Of The World 5 The East In The Middle Ages
  15. Universal Hisory Of The World 7 The Renaissance

Science: Physics, Astronomy
  1. The Illustrated A Brief History Of Time - Stephen Hawking
  2. Quest For A Theory Of Everything - Stephen Hawking
  3. Out Of My Later Years - Albert Einstein
  4. Time Life's Blueprint For Life
  5. Red Giants and White Dwarves - Robert Jastrow
  6. National Audobon Society Field Guide To The Night Sky
  7. Peterson Field Guide To Astronomy
  8. Waves and Particles - J.S. Wright
  9. The Universe And Beyond - Terrence Dickinson
  10. Basic Physics: A Self Teaching Guide - Karl F. Kuhn
  11. The Elegant Universe - Brian Green
  12. The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot

Star Trek
  1. These Are The Voyages: A Star Trek 3 Dimensional Album - Charles Curtis
  2. The Star Trek Encyclopedia - Michael and Denise Okuda
  3. Special Edition Star Trek: 30 Years

Astrology and Numerology
  1. The Complete Handbook Of Astrology
  2. The Astrology Kit: How To Cast A Horoscope
  3. The Astrology Kit: The Horoscope Readings
  4. Cheiro's Book Of Numbers
  5. Numerology: The Complete Guide - Matthew Goodwin
  6. How To Judge A Nativity - Alan Leo
  7. How To Handle Your Human Relations - Lois Haines Sargent
  8. The New Compleat Astrologer - Derek and Julia Parker
  9. Soulmating - Mystic Medusa
Metaphysics, Psychic Phenomena, Dreams, Life After Death, Divination
  1. Time Life Series Mysteries Of The Unknown - Mind Over Matter
  2. Time Life Series Mysteries Of The Unknown - Psychic Voyages
  3. Time Life Series Mysteries Of The Unknown - Psychic Powers
  4. Time Life Series Mysteries Of The Unknown - Cosmic Connections
  5. After Life - Carol Neiman and Emily Goldman
  6. Thought Vibrations - A. Victor Segno
  7. Dreams: Discovering Your Inner Teacher - Clyde H. Reid
  8. Soulmates - Jess Stearn
  9. Awakening Your Psychic Powers - Henry Reed
  10. Edgar Cayce's Story Of Attitudes and Emotions
  11. The Star People - Brad and Francie Stieger
  12. Lessons From The Light - Sandra Rogers
  13. Saved By The Light - Dannion Brinkley
  14. Your Past Lives - Michael Talbot
  15. Nostradamus - Jean-Charles de Fontbrune
  16. I Ching: The Book Of Changes
  17. The Art Of Divination - Didier Blau
  18. The Future Now - Derek and Julia Parker
  19. You, Forever - T. Lobsang Rampa
  20. The Oracle Within - Dick Sutphen
  21. The Dream Power Tarot - R.J. Stewart
  22. Chinese Fortune Sticks - Zhao Xiomin and Martin Palmer
  23. Foretelling The Future - T. Wynne Griffon
  24. Tales Of Power - Carlos Casteneda
  25. The One - Lillian Dewaters
  26. The Ultimate Frontier - Eklal Kueshana
  27. On Death And Dying - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Psychology and Mental Health
  1. Caring For The Mind - Dianne Hales and Robert E. Hales
  2. Counselling and Psychotherapy - David Capuzzi and Douglas Gross
  3. Introductory Lectures On Psychoanalysis Volume 1 - Sigmund Freud
  4. Introductory Lectures On Psychoanalysis Volume 2 - Sigmund Freud
  5. The Viking Portable Library: Carl G. Jung
  6. Building Mental Muscle - David Gamon and Alan Bragdon
  7. Know Your Own I.Q. - H. J. Eysenck
  8. How To Read A Person Like A Book - Gerald I. Nierenberg and Henry H. Calero
  9. Maximize Your Memory - Jonathan Hancock
  10. My Secret Garden - Nancy Friday
  11. The Birth Order Book - Kevin Lesman
  12. Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide - Kay Redfield Jamison
  13. Fundamentals Of Human Neuropsychology - Brian Kolb and Ian Wishaw
  14. Developmental Psychology - Charles Wenar
  15. The Color Test - Max Luscher
  16. Secrets Of The Cube - Gottlieb and Pesic
  17. If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients - Sheldon B. Kopp
  18. Pragmagic - Marilyn Ferguson, Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin

Parenting
  1. Survival Strategies For Parenting Your ADD Child - George T. Lynn
  2. ADD and Hyperactivity - Elvis Ali, David Garshowitz, et. al.
  3. The Gifted Kids Survival Guide - Judy Galbraith
  4. The Demanding Child - Janet Poland
  5. Parent Talk - Chuck Noorman

Health and Food
  1. The Doctor's Book Of Home Remedies
  2. The New Our Bodies, Ourselves
  3. The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Healing Remedies - C. Norman Shealy
  4. The Luminescent Night - International Library Of Poetry (with a poem written by moi)
  5. Food And Mood - Elizabeth Somer
  6. Eat Right 4 Your Type - Peter J' Adamo
  7. The All In One Calorie Counter - Jean Carper
  8. The Little Herb Encyclopedia - Jack Ritchardson
  9. How To Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight - Martin Katahn
  10. Disease Free - Michael Hoffman and William Legro
  11. Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine - Lester Grinspoon and James Bakalar
  12. Merck Manual of Medical Information
  13. Thrive - Brendan Brazier
  14. The Definitive Guide To Cancer - W. John Diamond and W. Lee Cowden, M.D.s
  15. Aromatherapy Oils
  16. Heal Your Body - Louise L. Hay
  17. The Enlightened Smoker's Guide To Quitting - Jack Gebhardt
  18. The Ultimate Weight Solution Food Guide - Dr. Phil McGraw
  19. The Complete Guide To Natural Healing
  20. The 3D Facts Of Life - Jonathan Miller and David Pelham
  21. Why We Love and Lust: How Our Sex Hormones Influence Our Relationships - Theresa Crenshaw

English Language and Poetry
  1. Anguished English - Richard Lederer
  2. Stranger Music - Leonard Cohen
  3. Dreamtigers - Jorge Luis Borges
  4. The Premier Book Of Major - Anita Dore
  5. The Pocket Book Of Modern Verse - ed. Oscar Williams
  6. Six Centuries Of Great Poetry - eds. Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine
  7. The Voice That Is Great Within Us - ed. Hayden Carruth
  8. Today's Poets - ed. by Chad Walsh
  9. Great Love Poems - ed. Weller
  10. Modern British Poetry
  11. A Canadian Writer's Reference - Dianne Hacker
  12. Collin's Gem Thesaurus
  13. Pocket Dictionary Of Signing
  14. The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary
  15. Roget's Thesaurus
  16. Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
  17. The Concise Dictionary of 26 Languages In Simultaneous Translation

Art
  1. III Millenium - Luis Royo

Politics and Law
  1. The Great Political Theories v.2 - Michael Curtis
  2. The Betrayal Of America - Vincent Bugliosi
  3. The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels
  4. The Politics Of The Family - R.D. Lang
  5. The Real World Of Democracy - C.B Macpherson
  6. Behind The Embassy Door - James Blanchard
  7. World Politics - Charles Kegley and Eugene Witkopf
  8. The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism - Goodin, Heady, Muffels, Dirven
  9. The Three Worlds Of Welfare Capitalism - Gosta Esping-Anderson
  10. The Politics Of Canadian Foreign Policy - Kim Richard Nossal
  11. Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches - Rand Dyck
  12. Akehurst's Modern Introduction To International Law - Peter Malanczuk
  13. Everyone's Guide To The Law - Linda Silver Dranoff
  14. 1993 Pocket Criminal Code
  15. Human Rights Code 1981
  16. The Prime Ministers Of Canada - Jim Lotz

Philosophy and Religion
  1. From Socrates To Sartre - T.Z. Lavine
  2. A Discourse On Inequality - Jean Jacques Rousseau
  3. The Republic - Plato
  4. Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
  5. Two Treatises of Government - John Locke
  6. The Prince - Machiavelli
  7. The Satanic Bible - Anton Szandor Lavey
  8. Existentialism: Basic Writings - Charles Guignon and Derek Pereboom
  9. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
  10. Always We Begin Again - John McQuinston
  11. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  12. The Sacred Path - Theodore Ludwig
  13. The Bhagavad Gita
  14. Holy Bible - New Catholic Edition (signed by my Great Grandfather)
  15. The Jerusalem Bible (my Father's bible)
  16. NIV Compact Dictionary Of The Bible
  17. Loving What Is - Byron Katie
  18. Notes To Myself On My Struggle To Become A Person - Hugh Prather
  19. Take The Step: The Bridge Will Be There - Grace Cirocco
  20. The Philosophy of Right - George Hegel
  21. Capital - Karl Marx
  22. The Portable Nietzche - ed. W. Kaufmann
  23. The Wisdom of Insecurity - Alan Watts
  24. The Essence of Alan Watts
  25. The Meaning of Happiness - Alan Watts
  26. The Book On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are - Alan Watts
  27. Nature, Man and Woman - Alan Watts
  28. Does It Matter - Alan Watts
  29. The Two Hands Of God: Myths Of Polarity - Alan Watts
  30. The Power Of Now - Eckhart Tolle ON LOAN

Buddhist
  1. A Buddhist Bible - edited by Dwight Goddard
  2. The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying - by Sogyal Rinpoche
  3. The Tibetan Book of the Dead
  4. The Words of My Perfect Teacher - by Patrul Rinpoche
  5. The Buddhist Handbook - by John Snelling
  6. Tibetan Buddhist Life - by Don Farber
  7. Anger - by Thich Nhat Hanh
  8. Love Dharma - by Geri Larkin
  9. Buddhist Solutions For The 21st Century - P.A. Payutto
  10. The Garland of Mahamudra Practice - Khenpo Gyaltsen and Katherine Rogers
  11. Awakening The Buddha Within - by Lama Surya Das
  12. Radiant Mind: Essential Teachings and Texts - Ed by Joan Smith
  13. Buddhism - by Richard A. Gard
  14. Buddhism Plain and Simple - by Steve Hagan
  15. How To Practice - by H.H. The Dalai Lama
  16. Ancient Wisdom/Modern World - by H.H. The Dalai Lama
  17. The Field of Zen - by D.T. Suzuki
  18. An Introduction to Zen Buddhism - by D.T Suzuki
  19. Inside Tibetan Buddhism: Rituals and Symbols - by Robert Thurman
  20. Kuan Yin - Divine Giver of Compassion - by Manuela Dunn Mascetti
  21. Complete Enlightenment - Ch'an Master Sheng-yen
  22. A Golden Ring Dr. Yutang Lin
  23. How To Become a Bodhisattva - by C.M. Chen
  24. Dharma Beads - by Joanna Arettam
  25. The Warrior Koans - by Trevor Leggett
  26. Dropping Ashes On The Buddha - Compiled and Edited by Stephen Mitchell
  27. Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation - by Larry Rosenberg
  28. Precision Nirvana - by Deane H. Shapiro
  29. Wake Up To Your Life - Ken Mcleod
  30. Beyond The Sky and The Earth - Jamie Zeppa (cousin of yours truly)
  31. I'm Here Now Are You? - Bhagavan Das (not entirely Buddhist but close enough)

Reference and Miscellaneous
  1. The Macmillan Visual Desk Reference
  2. The New York Public Library Desk Reference
  3. The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference
  4. The Goodhousekeeping Household Encyclopedia
  5. Rand McNally World Atlas
  6. The Firefly Visual Encyclopedia
  7. 1995 Universal Almanac
  8. 1996 Canadian Global Almanac
  9. The Economist's Pocket World In Figures
  10. The Feng Shui House Book - Gina Lazenby
  11. Building Information and Home Plans - Beaver Lumber
  12. The Parliamant Buildings - Photography by Malak
  13. The Complete Cat Book - Richards H. Gebhardt
  14. How To Toilet Train Your Cat - Paul Kunkel
  15. The Book Of Terrible Questions - Smith and Doe
  16. The Official Drivers Handbook
  17. Time Life Quick Action Guide To Electrical Emergencies
  18. Time Life Quick Action Guide To Plumbing Emergencies

Fiction
  1. The Oasis - Pauline Gedge
  2. The Horus Road - Pauline Gedge
  3. Scroll Of Saqqara - Pauline Gedge
  4. House Of Dreams - Pauline Gedge
  5. House Of Illusions - Pauline Gedge
  6. The Hippopotamus Marsh - Pauline Gedge
  7. Demian - Herman Hesse
  8. Dawn Of Desire - Joyce Verrette
  9. Sophie's Choice -William Styron
  10. Dialogues With The Devil - Taylor Caldwell
  11. Aztec Blood - Gary Jennings
  12. Aztec Autumn - Gary Jennings
  13. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
  14. The Songbirds of Pain - Garry Killworth
  15. Waiting For Godot - Samuel Beckett

7 comments:

. nothing . said...

Hahahaha. Either you are crazy or you have lots of time or you had nothing to do at the moment to write such a list.

In any case you are absolutely not "lazy" :-)

Sphinx said...

HAHAHA :-D

I think it's a little bit of all of the above.

..Insane_Racounter.. said...

Was wondering...!!!when i'll stop
scrolling... Btw, how old are you.. ??? i guess you are a grand ole lady... who's seen 3 or 4 generations already ..!!;-)

Sphinx said...

P,

References to my age are frightening...less than 2 months now till my 'youth' is officially gone, and I feel as if I just exited my teen years. Although, I must admit that I do feel like I've lived several different lifetimes already. LOL. And indeed I have.

..Insane_Racounter.. said...

The Concept of Time.. !!
Should find a way to loose it.. :-)
Yes, we do live many lives in a lifetime..
and thats y i called u a grand ole lady..
It's what you experience...but not the years
that make you old.

Sphinx said...

Agreed. :-)

Miao 妙 said...

You have such a wonderful collection of books!

Here's one reason why I'm looking forward to work: I can earn my own money and splurge them on books (and probably rent a warehouse just to store them too).