Textbooks for All Subjects

Workbook for Wheelock's Latin, 3rd Edition, Revised (Paperback) [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
Students must have a new, entirely unmarked copy of this workbook for their own personal use.

A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock's Latin: Newly Revised for Wheelock's 6th Edition [Any edition]

Notes:
Optional: Dr. Grote's extended descriptions and notes on Wheelock's Latin have been out there for many years now, and many students find his clear and thorough explanations a useful supplement to the basic textbook.

Vocabulary Cards and Grammatical Forms Summary for Wheelock's Latin [Any edition]

Notes:
Optional: the real benefits of making vocabulary cards for yourself may be outweighed by the possibility that you simply won't do so. If that's likely, you may want to invest in these.

Wheelock's Latin, Seventh Revised Ed. [Edition required: 7]

Notes:
(Earlier notes relating to the sixth edition are irrelevant now, since everyone should have started with the seventh edition in Latin I.)

Workbook for Wheelock's Latin, 3rd Edition [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
This is the version of the workbook selected to go with the edition with which the student began: most students should already have their own personal copy, with the chapters for this course unmarked.

A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock's Latin: Newly Revised for Wheelock's 6th Edition [Any edition]

Notes:
Optional: Dr. Grote's extended descriptions and notes on Wheelock's Latin have been out there for many years now, and many students find his clear and thorough explanations a useful supplement to the basic textbook.

Vocabulary Cards and Grammatical Forms Summary for Wheelock's Latin [Any edition]

Notes:
Optional: the real benefits of making vocabulary cards for yourself may be outweighed by the possibility that you simply won't do so. If that's likely, you may want to invest in these.

Caesar: Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico [Any edition]

Notes:
Prices on this have fluctuated severely over the last few years. It should be around $45. If it goes skyrocketing from there, let me know via email and we'll come up with some alternative solution. If Amazon is tweaking the prices unreasonably, check into the option directly from the publisher here: http://www.bolchazy.com/Caesar-Selections-from-his-Commentarii-De-Bello-Gallico-P3161.aspx

Syntactical Mechanics [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
This book is also required for Latin III, so continuing students will already have a copy.

The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works: Gallic War, Civil War, Alexandrian War, African War, and Spanish War [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
This is a magnificent book and a bargain for what it contains. If it's prohibitive, please let me know. I would permit another translation of Caesar's text, but this edition supplies a great deal of supporting information that will make the shape of Caesar's campaigns vastly more accessible. In either case I will be assigning readings from the accompanying web document (which is available freely to all) — which contains about 325 pages of material that wouldn't fit into the book itself.

Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar [Any edition]

Notes:
The hardbound copy may be substituted; if money is an issue, one can dispense with this and rely on the online version, which is accessible through the Moodle website. Access to the text in some form, however, is essential for the various grammatical issues that arise.

The Catullan Revolution [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
The older edition will suffice if one can find it used.

Latin Dictionary Founded on Andrew's Edition of Freund's Latin Dictionary [Any edition]

Notes:
This is one of the larger (and more expensive) dictionaries available for serious Latinists. Unlike the larger and more recent Oxford Latin Dictionary, its range extends up to about 600 A. D., and so is more useful for those interested in Mediaeval Latin. Definitely not required, though some suitable dictionary is required. This is old enough that it is also available in many forms in addition to the cumbersome volume from Oxford: the Logeion site online offers its material for free and in very good format.

Oxford Latin Dictionary [Any edition]

Notes:
Emphatically not required, this is probably the most comprehensive Classical Latin dictionary avaiable in English today; it is also the most expensive. Its coverage does not extend much beyond A.D. 200, however, and so it is probably not as useful as Lewis and Short for those who want to pursue later Latin.

Greek: An Intensive Course [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
This is the second revised edition. Please note. Earlier editions are not going to work for us. You may choose to get instead the hardback copy of the second edition, but that's up to you.

Greek New Testament: With English Introduction including Greek/English dictionary [Edition required: 4]

Notes:
This is optional, but our students often ask for a recommendation for a Greek New Testament. Most students can read it reasonably easily by the end of the first year, with just the help of some vocabulary support.

Greek: An Intensive Course [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
Second revised edition. Hardcover version may be substituted. The student probably already has this from Greek I.

Greek New Testament: With English Introduction including Greek/English dictionary [Edition required: 4]

Notes:
Optional though recommended: regular reading in the Greek New Testament is an excellent way to bolster one's Greek and to achieve a better mastery of Scripture.

A Greek Reader for Schools [Any edition]

Notes:
This is a reprint of a much older book, but still a solid selection of readings which are both entertaining and conducive to the development of fluency. Most of the passages have been edited somewhat from their original forms (Herodotus' Ionic dialect has been systematically Atticized throughout), but the work is solid and tractable.

All the Greek Verbs [Any edition]

Notes:
Not required, but this volume is worth its weight in frustration: it locates verbs according to their (often wildly divergent) principal parts.

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Founded upon the 7th ed. of Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon [Any edition]

Notes:
This is enough of a Greek lexicon to carry the student through an undergraduate career in classics and well into graduate school. It is not required for this course, but it will always be helpful and will not quickly become obsolete. It is worth noting that there are iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch versions of the full Liddell and Scott (which retails for about $200 if you can find it on sale) for two or three dollars. If you have the necessary hardware, this is a very congenial solution to the lexicon problem.

Greek Grammar [Any edition]

Notes:
Not absolutely required, but very strongly recommended. If you have funds to buy only one non-required volume for Greek, this should be it. Revised edition.

Greek Grammar [Any edition]

Notes:
This is available in various forms. Some solid reference grammar is highly recommended. It need not be this one.

Homeric Dictionary [Any edition]

Notes:
An alternative to Cunliffe's Homeric Lexicon. One or the other is required. (It is worth noting that Autenrieth's Homeric Lexicon is included with the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch App "Lexiphanes", which bundles it with the large LSJ for about three dollars.)

Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect [Any edition]

Notes:
This lexicon or Autenrieth's is required. (It is worth noting that Autenrieth's Homeric Lexicon is included with the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch App "Lexiphanes", which bundles it with the large LSJ for about three dollars.)

TI-NSpire Calculator [Any edition]

Notes:
There are several models of the TI-nspire; the standard model is fine for this class. This handheld device should last through college.

Discovering Geometry [Edition required: 5]

Notes:
ISBN 13: 978-1-4652-5505-1

Discovering Advanced Algebra: An Investigative Approach [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
ISBN 13:  978 1465290397

Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry: Concepts and Applications [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
This text brings an effective & modern approach to the learning of advanced mathematics.

APEX Calculus [Edition required: 4]

Notes:
http://www.apexcalculus.com/ has the book in PDF form FREELY DOWNLOADABLE and is recommended.

The Chemical History of the Candle [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
Several editions of this book are available, including a downloadable PDF version. See the teacher's website for further details. Any version is acceptable.

Biology: Concepts and Connections [Edition required: 9]

Notes:
Please be sure that you are purchasing the 9th edition. You do not need to purchase Mastering Biology access to the publisher's site; all materials for the course will be available from Scholars Online's secure Moodle site.

Universe [Edition required: 11]

Notes:
This text is also available from VitalSource in eBook only edition.

Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity - Hardcover [Edition required: 9]

Notes:
The hardcover, softcover, and eBook versions of the ninth edition include all materials required for the course. This edition has been out for several years and should be widely available used and at significantly less cost than the current edition 10. Please be sure to purchase the 9th edition as the materials are not the same within editions. You do not need to purchase OWL access to the publisher's site; all materials for the course will be available from Scholars Online's secure Moodle site.

Physics: Principles with Applications [Edition required: 7]

Notes:
You do not need to purchase Mastering Physics access to the publisher's site; all materials for the course will be available from Scholars Online's secure Moodle site.

The Lord of the Rings [Any edition]

Notes:
Any edition will suffice.

The Silmarillion [Any edition]

Notes:
Not required, but the next logical step after reading The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Cymbeline [Any edition]

Notes:
Please be sure to get this edition.

Henry VIII [Any edition]

Notes:
Please be sure to get this edition

King John [Any edition]

Notes:
Please be sure to get this edition.

Othello [Any edition]

Notes:
Please be sure to get this edition.

Pericles, Prince of Tyre [Any edition]

Notes:
Please get this edition.

Timon of Athens [Any edition]

Notes:
Please be sure to get this edition.

Titus Andronicus [Any edition]

Notes:
Please be sure to get this edition.

Troilus and Cressida [Any edition]

Notes:
Please be sure to get this edition.

Two Gentlemen of Verona [Any edition]

Notes:
Please be sure to get this edition

Anne of Green Gables [Any edition]

Notes:
If possible there will be an online or PDF version available as well and posted to the website. If you are having trouble finding the edition, please contact me.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [Any edition]

Notes:
If possible there will be an online or PDF version available as well and posted to the website. If you are having trouble finding the edition, please contact me.

The Illustrated Man [Any edition]

Notes:
If possible a PDF version will be provided.

The Jungle Books [Any edition]

Notes:
If possible there will be an online or PDF version available as well and posted to the website. If you are having trouble finding the edition, please contact me.

Treasure Island [Any edition]

Notes:
If possible there will be an online or PDF version available as well and posted to the website. If you are having trouble finding the edition, please contact me.

Ender's Game [Any edition]

Notes:
This book will be assigned based on the students reading level and age.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond [Any edition]

Notes:
If possible there will be an online or PDF version available as well and posted to the website. If you are having trouble finding the edition, please contact me.

A Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) [Any edition]

Notes:
The Textbook is OPTIONAL as online links to the assigned reading or a PDF version will be provided as well.

The Complete Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen (Wordsworth Special Editions) [Any edition]

Notes:
The Textbook is OPTIONAL as online links to the assigned reading or a PDF version will be provided as well.

The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm All-New Third Edition [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
The Textbook is OPTIONAL as online links to the assigned reading or a PDF version will be provided as well.

World Literature [Any edition]

Notes:
Be sure to obtained the revised edition as specified by the ISBN. Copies are available used at ridiculously low prices: do read the descriptions of their condition to avoid getting something that is just falling apart.

Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translations [Any edition]

Notes:
Please use this edition for the plays it includes; other translations will cause confusion in class.

The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please do not resort to other translations; they tend to cause confusion in class.

The Holy Bible: New International Translation [Any edition]

Notes:
You need some translation of the Bible for this course, preferably a reasonably modern one; it need not be this edition or even this translation. I value the New International Version for its literal accuracy, though its language tends to be rather stiff and sometime slanted; the King James Version, while beautiful and a work of genius in its day, is laden with numerous pitfalls for the modern reader. The Revised Standard Version is reasonably sound, if you can get it; the New Revised Standard Version is riddled with politically motivated compromises of every sort. Other options would be the Jerusalem Bible or the New English Bible.

The Iliad (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please do not resort to other translations; doing so makes referring to pages impossible, and creates unnecessary storms of opinion relating to translated forms. You may get any other edition of the Fagles translation required, though.

The Nibelungenlied: Prose Translation [Any edition]

Notes:
Please do not resort to other translations of this work; they tend to create confusions in class.

The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please do not resort to other translations; they are likely to create confusion in class.

The Portable Dante [Any edition]

Notes:
Please do not resort to other translations of this: it tends to create confusion in class. In addition, many other translations of Dante's Divine Comedy are very stilted and awkward, creating tonal and dictional problems of their own.

The Saga of the Volsungs (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please do not resort to other translations if possible: it tends to create confusion in class. (The translation by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson is very archaic in diction and hence quite difficult for many students to read.)

The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please do not resort to other translations if possible; they tend to cause confusions in class.

Western Literature to Dante: A Parents' Guide [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
This is a handbook I have prepared for parents who have enrolled for the course, or who are considering it. It gives a complete rundown of course elements, pedagogical goals, study techniques, and background material on each unit to help parents evaluate the course's suitability or to guide their children through it.

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes [Any edition]

Notes:
Not required, but encouraged for those who have no background in mythology: have this read over the summer.

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Dover Storybooks for Children) [Any edition]

Notes:
Not required, but students who have no background in the Arthurian tales may benefit from reading this through before the second half of the course.

England in Literature (Macbeth Edition) [Any edition]

Notes:

If you cannot secure the Macbeth edition, the Hamlet edition is acceptable as well - merely make sure that you also have the optional Folger version of Macbeth listed below. That accounts for the only differences between the two volumes.

This book is now out of print, as Scott, Foresman has been assimilated by Prentice-Hall. Used copies are available.

Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please use this edition only. Unannotated editions of Shakespeare usually spell disaster for student comprehension, while using different texts (which often vary substantively) will merely create confusion in class.

Richard III (Folger Shakespeare Library) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please use this edition. Other editions are not acceptable for various reasons: chief among them the fact that unannotated texts tend to be impenetrable for the younger student.

A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
This or Great Expectations is required for the class. You do not need to acquire both, though you may. Any unabridged version of the novel will suffice.

England in Literature (Hamlet Edition) [Any edition]

Notes:
NOTE: This is presented as an alternative if you cannot find the Macbeth edition. It is not otherwise needed. If you get this volume rather than the Macbeth edition, please ALSO secure the Folger Library Macbeth given as optional below.

Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
You may use any complete text of this book you have available. You should get either this or Pride and Prejudice, though you may read both.

Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
This or A Tale of Two Cities is required for the class. You need not get both, though of course you may. Any unabridged edition is sufficient.

Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) [Any edition]

Notes:
NOTE: Not normally required. This is offered as an alternative for those who buy the Hamlet Edition of the textbook. If you have the Macbeth Edition, it is not necessary.

Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
This or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is required for the class; you need not get both (though you are free to do so).

A Man for All Seasons (Vintage International) [Any edition]

Notes:
You may use any complete text edition of this play.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Norton Critical Edition) [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
Please do not substitute another edition for this one. We will be using critical materials unique to this edition for class.

Moby-Dick (Norton Critical Editions) [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
Please do not substitute any other edition. We will be using the special critical material unique to this volume, unavailable in other editions.

The Crucible (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
You may use any complete edition of this play.

The Old Man and The Sea [Any edition]

Notes:
You may use any available copy of this book.

The Red Badge of Courage (Norton Critical Editions) [Edition required: 4]

Notes:
Please do not substitute another edition for this one. We will be using the unique materials available in this particular edition for class.

The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please do not substitute another edition of this book. We will be using the unique critical material in this volume, unavailable in other editions.

The United States in Literature (Three Long Stories) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please get this edition. If you cannot find the Three Long Stories edition, the other one will do, but you will need to track down those three stories in some other format.

An Experiment in Criticism [Any edition]

Notes:
Any edition of this book will do.

Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays (Norton Critical Editions) [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities. Cited in some places as "Second revised edition"

Emma (Norton Critical Edition) [Edition required: 4]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities.

Ethan Frome: Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Contexts Criticism (Norton Critical Editions) [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities.

Fathers and Children (Norton Critical Edition) [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
It is essential to get this edition of the book. Other versions are not going to provide the correct critical material for our class discussions.

Hamlet: An Authoritative Text, Intellectual Backgrounds, Extracts from the Sources, Essays in Criticism (Norton Critical Editions) [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities. For reasons passing understanding, it's not billed as the second edition, but as the New Edition. That's still the one we want, though.

Heart of Darkness (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities.

Henry IV, Part 2 (Folger Shakespeare Library) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials for various class activities.

Henry IV, Part I (Folger Shakespeare Library) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials for various class activities.

Henry V (Folger Shakespeare Library) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials for various class activities.

Ibsen's Selected Plays (Norton Critical Editions) [Any edition]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities.

Iphigenia; Phaedra; Athaliah (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
Any complete text of this play in a reasonable translation will suffice.

Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry [Edition required: 15]

Notes:
It is imperative that you get and use this edition only. It is signficantly changed from previous editions.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Anniversary Edition) [Any edition]

Notes:
Any complete edition of this play will suffice.

The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
Any complete edition of this play will suffice.

The House of the Seven Gables (Norton Critical Edition) [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities.

The Misanthrope and Other Plays (Signet Classics) [Any edition]

Notes:
Any complete edition of the play will suffice.

The Rhetoric of Fiction [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
A reasonable search online or through Amazon’s secondary dealers can often turn up inexpensive used copies of this volume.

The Waste Land (Norton Critical Editions) [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities.

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold [Any edition]

Notes:
Any edition of this work is fine.

War and Peace [Any edition]

Notes:
Any complete version will suffice, but I strongly recommend this version or the Dunnigan version (from Signet) for readability. The Maude translation is very dated and rather painful to read.

Wuthering Heights (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
Please get this edition specifically. We will be using the unique critical materials in the back for various class activities.

100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses [Any edition]

Notes:
Highly recommended for writing guidance on questions of usage. Not strictly required.

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
This is the primary textbook that all students will be required to read for this course. Students may purchase either a physical or digital edition.

A Short History of Reconstruction. New York: Harper, 2015. [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students who purchase this book (whether digital or physical) will also want to get a copy of Gary Gallagher and Joan Waugh's "The American War: A History of the Civil War Era," 2nd. Edition.

The American People in World War II: Freedom From Fear, Part II. Oxford University Press, 2003. [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students who purchase this book (whether digital or physical) will also want to get a copy of Michael S. Neiberg's "The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America."

The American Revolution: A History. New York: Modern Library, 2003. [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students who purchase this book (whether digital or physical) will also want to get a copy of Guy Chet's "The Colonists' American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607-1783."

The American War: A History of the Civil War Era, 2nd edition. State College, PA: Flip Learning, 2019. [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students who purchase this book (whether digital or physical) will also want to get a copy of Eric Foner's "A Short History of Reconstruction," updated 2015 edition.

The Colonists' American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607-1783. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019. [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students who purchase this book (whether digital or physical) will also want to get a copy of Gordon Wood's "The American Revolution: A History).

The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America. Oxford University Press, 2016. [Edition required: 1]

Notes:
This book is part of a thematic or topical pairing for an end-of-semester assignment. Students who purchase this book (whether digital or physical) will also want to get a copy of David M. Kennedy's "The American People in WWII: Freedom From Fear, Vol. 2."

Patterns of World History, Volume I: To 1600 with Sources [Edition required: 3]

Notes:
No earlier editions or other versions, please. Be sure to purchase the version with sources, not the brief version. Used copies of the third edition with sources version are entirely acceptable, however, and are available at a substantial reduction in price. Renting the book from Amazon.com or purchasing it as an e-book is also possible through VitalSource (https://www.vitalsource.com/products/patterns-of-world-history-peter-von-sivers-charles-a-v9780190697341). If you rent the textbook, be sure to choose a period long enough to cover our course, which ends in June!

Notes:
Obviously this text is widely available, including many full-text online versions, one of which is linked here. Any version will serve, so long as the student can refer to it easily. Annotated versions, in any form, are welcome but not required. See course description for further details on course materials.

Major Problems in American Constitutional History. Boston, MA: Wadsworth CENGAGE, 2010. [Edition required: 2]

Notes:
Feel free to purchase a used copy, but please ensure that it is the 2nd edition of the text.

The Elements of Style [Edition required: 4]

Notes:
We selected this classic handbook of style for its high quality and its wide availability---no copy should cost more than ten dollars, if that, and it should be available in almost any bookstore. Any edition will serve.

A Writer's Reference [Edition required: 7]

Notes:
This can be quite an expensive book to buy new. Prior editions and used copies are entirely acceptable. You may also use another reputable grammar book for reference as well, such as one of the many editions of Warriner's Grammar and Composition.

D'accord 1, 2019, Langue et culture du Monde Francophone, Vista Higher Learning [Any edition]

Notes:
Please also gain access to the supersite + ecahier

D'accord 1, 2019, Supersite Plus (w/ vText) + eCahier Code [Any edition]

Notes:
There is an option to buy the Book and the Supersite Plus (w/ vText) + eCahier Code.

Notes:
Please purchase package directly from the publisher, Vista Higher Learning. There is an option that allows the purchase of the textbook plus the Supersite and ecahier code.

We potentially use D'accord Level 1 for part of the year and D'accord Level 2 for the second part of the year:

https://vistahigherlearning.com/d-accord-c2019-level-1.html

Notes:
Please purchase the package directly from Vista Higher Learning. There is an option that allows the purchase of the textbook plus the Supersite and eCahier Interactif codes

vistahigherlearning.com/d-accord-c2019-level-2.html