Xrysostom's Cultured Pursuits

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Groucho Marx

• ABE Books claims to be the world's largest source of out-of-print books
• AddALL allows book searching and price comparison among 41 companies
• The Alternative Dictionaries: International Slang - an internet collaborative project
• Amazon Books, where you can browse Lutheran Best Sellers or start your own search now:

  Search: All Products Books Magazines Popular Music Classical Music Video DVD Toys & Games Baby Computer & Video Games Electronics Software Tools & Hardware Outdoor Living Kitchen & Housewares Camera & Photo Wireless Phones Keywords:

• America's Library: Fun site for kids and families from the Library of Congress
• Bantam - Dell
• Barnes and Noble Booksellers
• The New Bartleby Library
• Bartlett's Quotations
• "Best Information on the Net" (BIOTN) - Librarians point to encyclopedias and dictionaries on the WWW
• Bibliofind looks for good used and rare books
• Bibliomania has hundreds of searchable full text classics
• Ambrose Bierce gave us The Devil's Dictionary
• The Book Guys - coming to a radio near you
• BookFinder.com
• BookWeb - Bookstores, author tour schedules, publishing news
• BookWire - Book resourses online abound here
• Chambal.com compares new and used book prices among major online bookstores and includes:
  • Rare Book Search
  • Audio Book Search
  • Searching prices from eBay
  • Spelling suggestions
  • Search by both UPC code (13 digit) and ISBN (10 digit)
  • Search for multiple versions and/or releases of same title
• Add to your Christian library through Christian Book Distributors
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• DealTime allows comparison shopping for almost anything, including books
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by E. Cobham Brewer
• 18th Century Resources and Literature
• The Electronic Telegraph
• Gottesdienst is a quarterly journal of the Evangelical-Lutheran Liturgy
• Greatsite.com deals in rare and antique Bibles, antiquarian theology books, et al.
• Greek Lauguage Instruction prepares you to read the New Testament as written
• The Gutenberg Bible goes digital
• Hebrew Language Instruction is yours for free from FoundationStone
• Houghton Mifflin Company (educational publications)
• The Houston Chronicle
• The Junk Science page corrects errors and teaches clear thinking
• The Kansas City Star
• King James Bible
• Labyrinth - Medieval E-texts
• C. S. Lewis Foundation
• Library of Congress
• Library of Congress Catalog
• Martin Luther
• Pastor Michael McCoy's The Bestman, the Bride, and the Wedding, A Little One Amidst the Shadows, The Hunter, the Hound and the Rogue, A Search for the Scapegoat, and Magwort and the Master, all part of The Chronicles of Peniel from Amazon.

• Medieval Logic and Philosophy
• Mythology and Folk Tales are yours to explore at the Encyclopedia Mythica
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Philosophy Resources
• Poe, Edgar Allan
• Powell's sells books--'nuff said
• Project Gutenberg and E-texts
• Quackwatch - "Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions"
• Random House publishing Rare and Used Books
• Shakespeare, William - Complete Works and Commentary
• Simon & Schuster publishing
• Swansea University Classics
• Tolkien is, IMO, the "Lord of fantasy literature"; why not order some of JRR's Books?
• Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) "Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned."
• Dr. Gene Edward Veith is Professor of English at Concordia University Wisconsin and author of a number of books on Christianity, Lutheranism, English, and modern culture. Here are a few recommendations which you might consider ordering through Amazon.com:
  • God at Work: The Spirituality of Ordinary Life
  • Christians in a Dot.Com World: Getting Connected Without Being Consumed
  • Modern Fascism: Liquidating the Judeo-Christian Worldview - From the Concordia Scholarship Today series, this book explores the history of facism and diagnoses it in parts of our culture that many of us tend not to see.
  • Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture, from the Turning Point Christian Worldview series
  • Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature (also available in audio cassette!)
  • The Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals + Highly Recommended +
  • State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe, from the Turning Point Christian Worldview series
  • Why God's Word Is All We Need (Today's Issues, Wheaton, IL)
• Verbivore by Richard Lederer
• The Word Police will bust you for bad grammar
• World Wide Study Bible

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." -Mark Twain, Puddinhead Wilson's New Calendar

• AdoptioNetwork
• Classical Studies at Virginia Tech
• The Congress of the USA is divided into the House and the Senate
• Congress needs its feet held to the fire, so get that email going
• The Cranach Institute - Working out the implications of the doctrine of vocation and engaging contemporary culture with the truths of the Lutheran Confessions
• Democratic Party (If you must)
• Direct Textbook provides price comparisons for new and used college texts
• The Federalist - "It's RIGHT and it's FREE by email"
• Findagrave.com - Lets you know where they're buried, how they died, and who shares the grounds
• The Heritage Foundation - Classic conservative thought
• The History Channel goes online
• The History Guide "has been created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either taking classes in history, or who intends to major in history in college. The purpose of The History Guide is to better prepare yourself for your history classes and to make your time in class more enjoyable and proficient."
• The Journal of Mundane Behavior
• Martin Loopers is a Lutheran home schooling mailing list
• Medieval New York
• Psych Web gets inside your skull
• Renaissance Faires are a fun way to absorb culture and history (even if you're only planning to go and have fun). Our family likes to dress up and participate at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
• Republican National Committee: "Go, GO, G.O.P!"
• The Sturm mailing list serves pastors, teachers, parents and boards of education who are interested in a Trivium approach to Lutheran education
• US Postal Service

"Ah, that shows you the power of music, that magician of magician, who lifts his wand and says his mysterious word and all things real pass away and the phantoms of your mind walk before you clothed in flesh." -Mark Twain; Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

• American Pie (Annotated) - What did Don McLean really mean?
• Bach, J. S. - also here. Read about Bach the Lutheran theologian. Build your collection of The Essential J. S. Bach or browse the entire Bach Store at Amazon.com. You can also order Bach Books.
• Bagpipes? Did someone say, "Bagpipes"?
  • Richard Kean is one of the most talented pipers I've ever had pleasure to hear.
  • Tartanic - Come for the music, stay for the show!
  • Adrian Walter isn't a piper, tho' he fronts Tartanic. He's drummer, dancer, actor, educator, and man about the cosmos so it's appropriate that this Renaissance man play so many Renaissance faires.
• BMG Music Service
• Christian Radio Home Page
• Classical Music Department of the WWW Virtual Library
• Dr. Demento makes a house call on your computer
• The Folk Song Index includes English, Welsh, and German (including Low German) as well as Burns, Oliphant, and other Scots. Another site in Germany offers twenty thousand Volkslieder (folksongs), hymns, and more.
• Hymnuts from Gracia Grindal and Luther Seminary
• KFUO-AM is Lutheran Christian radio, in St. Louis and on the net
• KFUO-FM is my choice for classical radio when driving around St. Louis
• Lyrics (Weird Song Department)
• OrchestraNET - The Association of British Orchestras
• A Prairie Home Companion - Ol' time radio variety
• Songtext.Net brings you the lyrics so you can remember the words
• Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! is the current news quiz show on NPR
• "Whad' Ya Know?" "Not much!" - A favorite radio game show on public radio

"Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself." -Mark Twain

• Art and More from a Benedictine Monastery
• Art Gallery Worldwide for browsing and shopping
• Best Video strives to get Hollywood into your living room
• The Cranach Family of Artists
  • Lucas the Elder and his art
  • Lucas the Younger and his art
• How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers (the kids will love it - so will you)
• The Web Museum has some gorgeous eye candy to brighten your day