books by Indiana University Press

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Ovid

Indiana University Press, 1955

Things change...
Maidens become trees. Young hunks turn into flowers. Men become women; women become invincible warriors. And every time you blink, another poor wretch becomes a bird or turns to stone. In Ovid's Metamorphosis, nothing stays the same for long. A rich compendium of ...

Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen

Richard M. Wunderli

Indiana University Press, 1992

Glimpse of German Late Medieval Peasant Life
The peasants in medieval society remain silent in history, neither speaking themselves through writings they were not able to produce or being ignored by the literate classes of the aristocracy or clergy, until those occasional moments when the peasants turn their ...

Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (Midland Book)

Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Bunker

Indiana University Press, 1983

Crow Killer
I have read many books and biographies about trapper and traders and this one although a fictional biography (hearsay and letters to the author) was fantastic; many true items; I'm sure. John Johnson - the main character; inspired the movie Jeremiah Johnson, that ...

Sourcebook for Research in Music
Phillip D. Crabtree, Donald H. Foster, ...

Indiana University Press, 2005

"This bibliography of bibliographies will be valuable as a classroom text and research tool."--American Music Teacher "The Crabtree and Foster citations . . . offer a welcome new perspective on the field of music research methods and bibliography, under new and timely headings."--Fontes Artis Musicae This bibliography of bibliographies lists ...

The Way Things Are: The De Rerum Natura of Titus Lucretius Carus

Lucretius

Indiana University Press, 1968

Still the best edition for the general reader
A number of other English translations, in prose or verse, have emerged since this book was first published in 1968. While most have their good points, this one stands out for its clarity, unforced feel, and the sheer beauty of its poetry. (It doesn't hurt that it is ...

After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern Europe (Interdisciplinary Studies in History)

George Huppert

Indiana University Press, 1998

European society before the modern age
Huppert provides the best quick introduction to how European society _really worked_ before the industrial age. He starts with the village and the family, then moves to cities, elites, and the way things (slowly, slooooowly) changed. The book does a great job of ...

The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy

Russell F. Weigley

Indiana University Press, 1977

Well-written and surprising
If you were assigned this text as part of a college course, you are in luck - it might be the best thing you read all semester. Weigley has a sharp prose style, and he delves into areas of American military history that others either ignore or neglect. I found his take ...

Rabelais and His World

Mikhail Bakhtin

Indiana University Press, 1984

The Roots of Our Bittersweet Laughter
Take your time with this academic book and you will be rewarded. It rediscovers the spirit of the Medieval carnival. The tradition stemmed from ancient Greek and Rome and its function was to give a vent to people's death fear and anger over social injustice. ...

Introduction to Documentary:

Bill Nichols

Indiana University Press, 2001

A fine introduction.
I don't think I've written a review on Amazon.com in almost ten years, but when I saw that this fine book had one review -- for one star -- I wanted to offer something of a corrective. As its title states, this is an introduction to the critical study of ...

Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States

Manuel G. Gonzales

Indiana University Press, 2000

Mexicanos
Finally, a long awaited balanced, and factually well-researched story of mexican-american history, migration and assimilation. It was very impressive to me the thoughtful, scholarly approach to what has recently become mostly an politically biased field. I was ...

Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel

John Scott, Stephen Kotkin

Indiana University Press, 1989

Fascinating
This book is a first-person account of work life in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Disenchanted with opportunities in Depression America in 1931, Scott takes off for the Workers' Paradise. He finds a job as a welder building the massive steelworks in the new Soviet ...

Africanisms In American Culture (Blacks in the Diaspora)

Indiana University Press, 2005

Newly revised and expanded!
The first edition of this book (published in 1990) has stood as an important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past decade, and now the revised, expanded edition reflects the considerable changes in the field, exploring both West and Central African ...

The Golden Ass

Apuleius

Indiana University Press, 2005

Amazing, Timeless
I really loved this book and have recommended it to many (unfortunately none have taken me up on it). I had to read this for my History of Western Civilization class in college. I thought it was going to be boring and dry, but soon found myself consumed by it. It's ...

The Peony Pavilion: Mudan ting, Second Edition

Xianzu Tang, Tang Xianzu

Indiana University Press, 2002

Masterpiece by Chinese "Shakespeare"
This play was written the same year (1598) Shakespeare wrote "Henry IV, Part II" & "Much Ado About Nothing." IMHO it's comparable - so it's very, very good indeed. It combines a highly poetic love story with the drama of war & considerable comedy. The translation & ...

Sound in Motion: A Performer's Guide to Greater Musical Expression
David McGill

Indiana University Press, 2007

David McGill has assembled an exhaustive study that uses the musical concepts of the legendary Marcel Tabuteau as a starting point from which to develop musical thought. McGill methodically explains the frequently misunderstood "Tabuteau number system" and its relationship to note grouping-the lifeblood of music. The controversial issue of baroque ...