History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables (Children's Illustrated Classics)

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Only 20 Fables
Wonderful book! Just needs MORE content!
a great book, but not for my classroom
Beautiful, but not what I expected
A beautiful book

The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables (Children's Illustrated Classics)

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ASIN: 0762404132

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A treasure for all readers.

In The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables, there are twenty tales, each told through a series of lush, colorful pictures, which end with the simple moral, evoked in a single sentence. Children will love to see what befalls Aesop's cast of creatures that includes dogs, mice, and lions, proving that no one is too big or small to learn a thing or two.

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Only 20 Fables.......2007-07-03

Large book, but it is very thin and only contains 20 fables. I am returning it.

Wonderful book! Just needs MORE content!.......2006-01-12

This book was a gift for my 4 year old. It seems to be a re-written edition which is fine, as it is easier to understand than other versions we have. The illustrations are wonderful and my daughter loves them. However I was a bit disappointed that they could not fill this book with more fables. It seems like sort of a thin book for the price, and some of the most popular fables were omitted from this version. Just an FYI, since Amazon seems to be mixing reviews on here among various versions of books... this review is for ISBN# 0-7624-0413-2. I bought this and other books based on reviews that were not relevent to the particular version of the book I purchased.

a great book, but not for my classroom.......2004-07-18

While I appreciate this book for its beautiful, large illustrations, I wish I had browsed the table of contents before purchasing it. I had intended to use this book with my first grade class because we are studying Aesop's Fables. However, since two of the fables in this book contain the word "ass," this book is not appropriate for my classroom. I have no problem using it with my own children, however, so I'm not sorry that I bought it!

Beautiful, but not what I expected.......2002-12-22

It is true - the drawings in this book are beautiful. However, I was hoping that the telling of the fables would have more of the original flavor. The stories have been updated to at least the 20th century. I am sure that when Aesop told the stories, the Country Mouse and the City Mouse didn't have to dodge automobiles and miss stepping in bubblegum. It was misleading that Aesop is listed as "editor" because the stories are not as he told them.

The overall messages (ie morals) are there. I just was disappointed that it was so updated. I'm sure that serves its purpose, but it wasn't what I wanted.

A beautiful book.......2000-04-12

I am starting my collection of children's books for my son. He is still a baby, but he loves to look at the big, interesting, and colorful pictures in this book. It is nice because there are very short stories for times when baby is particularly wriggley and it is time for bed, and longer stories for a growing attention span. He just likes the pictures right now. He tries to touch the animals on the pages. I like the fables because they teach good morals. This is one of those books that stays high on the bookshelf and can be a treasure for generations.

Aesop's Fables: A Classic Illustrated Edition (Classics Illustrated)

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Make Sure You Are Ready for This Version
Aesop's Fables
not as good as SeaStar Books' version by Jerry Pinkney
Aesop's Fables
What an excellent way to introduce children to literature.

Aesop's Fables: A Classic Illustrated Edition (Classics Illustrated)
R. and Higton, B. Ash
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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ASIN: 0877017808

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The Hare and the Tortoise. The Lion and the Mouse. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Jackdaw and the Borrowed Plumage. For generations, these titles and scores of others have been synonymous with the best in the timeless literature of childhood. Although he was probably as mythical as the tales attributed to him, the legendary name of Aesop has been associated for thousands of years with an enduringly popular collection of enchanting fables. In the lavish tradition of Chronicle Books' classic illustrated edition of A Child's Garden of Verses, this delightful selection of Aesop's parables--some of them universally recognizable, others refreshingly unfamiliar--is magnificently complemented by illustrations taken from a variety of antique editions. Among the artists represented in this superbly designed and beautifully reproduced new volume are Arthur Rackham, Thomas Bewick, Walter Crane, Charles Robinson, and Randolph Caldecott. Fully captioned illustrations, a complete bibliography of sources, and a set of biographical notes on the artists make this stunning compendium an ideal gift for any child as well as a valutable companion for collectors of fine illustrated books.

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Make Sure You Are Ready for This Version.......2007-01-06

Beware - This book is intended for mature readers. What I am referring to, is the style and vocabulary used in which the fables are told in the book. When I bought the book, I had intended to use it as a bed-time story book for my 7 and 5 year-olds. I found myself having to paraphrase quite a bit because it was written with a lot of subtlety and words that are not oft used in today's language. Also, the book is very loyal to the classical rendition of Aesop's fables, and the morals can be quite dark and unforgiving. For someone who appreciates good literature and tastefully paired art work, it is a good read. I would recommend this book for older kids to be read on their own.

Aesop's Fables.......2006-11-10

Great read for children. This book has been around for so many years and is well worth reading. It is easy for children as well as adults to read to their children and thoroughly enjoyable

not as good as SeaStar Books' version by Jerry Pinkney .......2006-04-19

I borrowed SeaStar Books' version from library. Love it so much that I decided to buy one for my daughter. I ended up boought this one. But comparing the two books, I love SeaStar's version much better: the story is told in much more interesting way. My 3 and half year old daughter loves it when I read it to her. The language in this book is too bland.

Aesop's Fables.......2005-05-02

These classic tales originated circa 6th century BC in Ancient
Greece. Well over 50 fables are presented. i.e.
The Grasshopper and the Owl is a recitation which explains
how the grasshopper was tempted to taste nectar; whereupon, the
Owl utilized the opportunity to swallow him. The story of the
Pack ass, wild ass and lion explains that it is necessary to
take a stand in order to be the master. Similarly, tens of tales
are recited together with the lessons learned in each. The presentation is perfect for grammar school student projects.

What an excellent way to introduce children to literature........2005-01-04

Aesop's Fables are a good way to introduce children to fine literature. This is especially easier in lovely illustrated editions. These fables of ancient Greece have been known to civiliation for centuries, and they are as apt now as when they were penned in the sixth century A.D. These fables were devised by Aesop to get out of any difficulty that he may have encountered with his master. He was a slave after all. The stories were mainly about the birds and beasts of field and forest, but everyone except Aesop's rather stupid master understood the meaning behind them. A fairly quick and easy read, but one well worth attempting.

Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics)

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Animals as Human Nature.
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
Engaging work by a brilliant scholar
The Best English Translation in Print
vast collection of fables.

Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics)
Aesop
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0192840509

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'The story goes that a sow who had delivered a whole litter of piglets loudly accosted a lioness. "How many children do you breed?" asked the sow. "I breed only one", said the lioness, "but it is very well bred!"' The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare, or the boy who cried wolf? This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English.

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Animals as Human Nature........2007-08-16

We may never really know the true identity of Aesop the Man.But his legacy lives on in these fables.
The morals of which can still find relevance in today's society.
For those of you,whom are easily offended some of the fables bring up racial differences that may upset you.
In particular fable 361:~The Black man in the river,but then you would be merely taking things out of context of the time in which it was written.
I found fable 136:~The man and his daughter particularly sad and unpleasant,but it does remind you of the bad side of Human Nature.
These fables express what being Human is all about,the bad and the good.
I never tire of re-reading this book,and I think you won't either.

NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.......2007-03-19

A CLASSIC WORK ON HUMAN NATURE. IT WAS WRITTEN 2000 YEARS AGO BUT THE STORIES APPLY TO PEOPLE ALIVE TODAY. TIMELESS. VALUABLE. SHORT AND SWEET.
RANKS UP THERE WITH "THE NAKED APE" AND ISSAC B SINGER AS MUST READS IF YOU ARE TO UNDERSTAND HUMANS...

Engaging work by a brilliant scholar.......2007-03-08

Since I cannot read this in the original, I am not qualified to evaluate the work as a translation, but as a piece of literature in its own right (which is what any great translation should be), I think it's highly engaging.

In the interests of full disclosure, I must admit I studied with the translator when we were both at Berkeley in the early 80s. She awed me with her brilliance then and she continues with this excellent work. The reviewer below who rants about the work being shamelessly PC, failed, obviously, to read the translator's introduction.

The Best English Translation in Print.......2006-03-03

Perhaps there are versions of Aesop that readers would enjoy more, and there are plenty of editions that come with engaging illustrations, but if a reader wants to get as close as possible to Aesop's Greek, this is the edition to buy. All of the prior great translators of Aesop have been British--Caxton, L'Estrange, Ogilby, Croxall, Clarke, James, Townsend, Jacobs, and Jones--and of these only Jacobs was a serious Aesop scholar. Laura Gibbs is a scholar as well as a translator; she bases her translations on the best editions; she includes more fables (to show historical variation, some fables appear twice); she provides a better introduction and much better notes than competing editions. Gibbs's volume also has the best index of any Aesop in English. This is an edition worthy of the Oxford imprint, and the first thorough translation of Aesop by an American since Lloyd Daly's AESOP WITHOUT MORALS (1961, now out of print). To experience the immensity and complexity of Aesop, try this.

vast collection of fables........2005-12-18

The major advantage of this translation is it is a large collection. Other unexpurgated translations only have about half. I also appreciate Gibbs' readable style and her arrangement of the fables into subject matter. I knocked off one star mainly because these are not the best stories I've read, but they are interesting in a certain way.

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Wonderful Format
The Aesop for Children is great except I don't like some stories
Best Buy For Children!!
Not quite what I was hoping for
The best money you'll spend for a book.

Aesop for Children
Aesop
Manufacturer: Checkerboard Press
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ASIN: 0026890224

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Wonderful Format.......2005-09-14

Beautiful illustrations, but the morals at the end don't always seem to fit the usually very brief story. So many of them are about pride and vanity. And where's the famous story of Androcles and the Lion? I give it four stars mostly because of the large size and large print and the illustrations, all of which should be pleasing to children. Those illustrations are wonderful. And I liked the font, which is very old-fashioned. This is a reprint of a book originally printed in 1914, and the publishers have kept that look. A good buy for your children, I should think. Children always love stories wherein animals talk, and are like people. This is the original. A good moral thrown in never hurts, either. E.g., "A kindness is never wasted."

The Aesop for Children is great except I don't like some stories.......2005-08-31

Call me StoryMaker. (That's my internet nickname.) First of all, our copy looked a wee bit different. It was not red, it was green, and the back was green and did not have a description on it. Anyways, there are more then 100 fables in it! I think more then 130! I counted them. I don't remember the exact amount, but it was somewhere near 130. It has many more then many other Aesop books! Only, where'd it get the name "The Aesop for Children"? Children? It's good for children like me, but my dad enjoyed it very much too. Anyways, here are some fable names and some pros and cons. I might make some comments from my sisters (Chocolate Dog and Russian Blue Witch).
THE DOGS AND THE FOX: Way too short. Just some dogs eating a dead lion and a fox coming and telling them something. THE ANT AND THE DOVE: Good story! A dove saves an ant and the ant saves the dove! THE DOG IN THE MANGER: Me and C-Dog hate this. The dog is bad. RBW likes it because in this version they drive the dog out. THE TORTISE AND THE HARE: This version has a flaw. In this book the moral isn't "Slow and steady wins the race." THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN: I like the end where the fox noticed it was an ass and I like the moral. Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"

Best Buy For Children!!.......2003-01-02

My students loved this book. It's a definite hit. If you love fables and fairy tales this is a must! Also nice to add to your collection are: Grimm's complete fairy tales (Grimm), Great Children's stories (Richardson), The Butterfly (Singh). There are many other great children's books out there, but these were the ones I enjoyed the most. Oh, and I almost forgot the two classics that no children should ever be deprived of: The Little Prince (Exupery) and Charlotte's Web (White).

Not quite what I was hoping for.......2002-06-03

Although the stories are - for the most part - enjoyable, I found the prose a bit awkward and much of the vocabulary too flowery and grand for younger listeners. I got a lot of blank stares from my 6 year old as I read a few of them, and oftentimes found it necessary to reword the phrases into something simpler and easier for him to understand. Also, the morals aren't always clear. For example, "Do not be too hard to suit or you may have to be content with the worst or nothing at all". Quite a mouthful for a kindergartener to digest. Also, the moral "Do not try to ape your betters" from the Monkey and the Camel sent my son into hysterics. Like I said, it doesn't seem to really be written for the very young, unless you're prepared to stop every other sentence and define the oftentimes flowery and ill-placed vocabulary words for your child.

The best money you'll spend for a book........2001-04-18

This collection of some of the most memorable of Aesop's Fables is written in clear and elegant prose, beautifully illustrated, and perfect for pleasure reading and instruction. We use it as part of our homeschooling writing exercises. Our daughter reads a story, rewrites it in her own words, and illustrates it. We discuss the saying that attends each story and also the phrases that have become the common property of all people, for example, "a wolf in sheeps clothing". I cannot say enough good things about this book. At its low price this must be one of the best bargains on the planet. Enough said.

Aesopica: A Series of Texts Relating to Aesop or Ascribed to Him

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getting your masters in aesopic folklore?

Aesopica: A Series of Texts Relating to Aesop or Ascribed to Him

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Hesiod: Volume I, Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia (Loeb Classical Library No. 57N)

ASIN: 025203192X

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The most complete corpus of the proverbs and fables of Aesop ever assembled Ben Edwin Perry's Aesopica remains the definitive edition of all fables reputed to be by Aesop. The volume begins traditionally with a life of Aesop, but in two different and previously unedited Greek versions, with collations that record variations in the major recensions. It includes 179 proverbs attributed to Aesop and 725 carefully organized fables, for which Perry also provides their eldest known sources. To better evaluate the place of Aesop in literary history, Perry includes testimonies about Aesop made by Greek and Latin authors, from Herodotus to Maximus Planudes.

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getting your masters in aesopic folklore?.......2007-03-14

This book assumes a working knowledge of both Latin and Greek. The introduction is in English; the rest of the commentary is in Latin. The fables, life of Aesop and sayings of Aesop overlap in Greek and Latin. I was once hanging out at a monastery library and I stole into a dark closet where many old books donated by dead priests and nuns were piled up in boxes waiting for kingdom come. In one of the boxes (once belonging to a nun) I found a Greek reader that was published and inscribed in 1904. In the book were many Aesopic fables which I felt were quite satisfying. It's too bad that you can't find simple non New Testament Greek readers like that today. Aesopica is my favorite book. If you are looking for a cheaper alternative check out Babrius and Phaedrus published by Loeb Library, ISBN 0674994809.

Resurrecting Aesop: Fables Lawyers Should Remember

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A Must Read!
Another gem
Great Book For Lawyers
Don't waste your money or time

Resurrecting Aesop: Fables Lawyers Should Remember
Mike Papantonio
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ASIN: 0964971127

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Aesop's fables clearly were not written to entertain children. His stories about the adventures and misadventures of lions, birds, donkeys, and wolves ask us to make important choices between such things as greed and giving, arrogance and humility, selfish indifference and compassion. Lawyers are the types of leaders that can benefit from Aesop's fable wisdom. We can take that wisdom and help lead our clients, our community ... maybe even an entire democracy to the high ground that Aesop believed was so difficult to claim.

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A Must Read!.......2004-12-07

As a college student heading off to law school in a few months, a professor recommended this book to me and I thought it was amazing. I would definately recommend this to anyone who has an interest in law or politics. It causes you to actually think, which is rare in society today.

Another gem.......2004-10-22

As with In Search of Atticus Finch and Clarence Darrow the Journeyman, Papantonio continues his string of well-written, thought provoking motivational books. His ability to link the great fables of Aesop to situations lawyers encounter in their daily practice is inspiring and informative. I would highly recommend this book for all lawyers.

Great Book For Lawyers.......2004-10-22

I have listen to Mr. Papantonio speak at seminars and was very impressed, but when I read his book Resurrecting Aesop I learned how he brings his philsophy into his practice. Aesop's fables are a great way for lawyers to practice and live their lives. I recommend this book to all.

Don't waste your money or time.......2004-05-05

Somehow the concept of applying Aesop's fables to modern law practice made some sort of sense to the author and Robert F Kennedy, Jr. The right author might have found a way to make it work, but Papantonio clearly has no idea how to pull it off. I struggled to follow Papantonio's reasonng and finaly decided that there wasn't any.

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three silly chicks.......2007-10-02

Reviewed by Three Silly Chicks - Readers, Writers, and Reviewers of funny books for kids.

Wolf is old, tired and friendless. He spends his days fighting a losing battle against the weeds in his garden. When he hears a far-off voice calling, "Wolf! Wolf!" he hauls his creaking, cracking joints down the mountain to see if someone is inviting him to share a meal. He arrives to find a boy who should be minding his goats, but prefers playing tricks on the villagers. Wolf, who (surprisingly) doesn't like tricky boys or angry villagers with sticks, sneaks away. When the boy cries, "Wolf! Wolf!" again, Old Wolf treks back to see if another wolf is stealing the goats. Instead he finds more angry villagers. (Dang those angry villagers!) But when the boy tries to trick those townfolk for the third time, it's the boy who gets tricked and Old Wolf who ends up with a friend and a weed-free garden.

In this clever retelling of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, John Rocco weaves a tight story to show that things aren't always as they seem. From the villagers' point of view, events follow the classic tale. The wolf's vantage point offers a much different reality. His behind-the-scenes account of what really happens might make readers rethink other classic tales. Rocco sets his rendition in long-ago China and illustrates it with warm tones and slightly angular lines. This is a well-written, quietly funny book that is perfect to share with any tricky kid who loves a good tale.

beautifully illustrated, well-told.......2007-08-21

This retelling of the boy who cried wolf is beautifully illustrated, with an Asian (it evokes China for me) theme. In the composition of the illustrations, you can clearly see that Rocco has experience as an art director for animated films (he was the art director on Shrek). They are not only beautiful, but present a variety of interesting perspectives (a below-ground-level view that reveals the fish in a stream, a view looking straight down at the boy in a tree and the wolf looking up from below, a scene peeking over the wolf's shoulder as he looks out from his hiding place in a bamboo forest, etc).

The story itself is engaging and well-told, sophisticated enough for older children, yet simple enough for the young ones (2-3).

This book quickly became my 4-year-old son's favorite, replacing every Dr. Seuss book, Dinosaur books, Eric Carle books...

Same moral but with an Asian & Vegetarian twist .......2007-03-08

Again another story that has been retold and surprisingly done possibly even better than the orignal and with an Asian background! To me, this story is set in China.

The story begins with the wolf who has gotten older, you see he's not as spry as he use to be and now he's taken up gardening. When you plant vegetables, flower or both and somehow lots of weeds also grow! Weeds, weeds, weeds, too many weed among garden where the thoughts going through the wolfs head when he heard, Wolf, Wolf!

Off the wolf slowly ambles in the direction of the sound thinking.... I wonder who this wolf is, only to find a young boy sitting on a rock among his grazing sheep as the villagers run up to help the boy who cried Wolf, Wolf. From here you know the next part of the story, but the ending is really cute and has a very nice and unexpected twist!

I hope you enjoy the tale, moral and the beautiful illustrations as much as I do every time I pick up this book!

Lovely, oh lovely, most lovely of all.......2007-03-03

Yesterday at work I had three different patrons ask me for alternate versions Cinderella. How many versions do you want, ask I. As many as you've got, reply they. Oy. While searching and running and running and searching for the myriad of admittedly very interesting picture books out there, I started to think about folktales that span the globe. From Ed Young's, "Lon Po Po" (a Chinese take on Little Red Riding Hood) to "Duffy and the Devil" by Margot Zemach (a book with a "Rumplestiltskin" twist), the world is full of familiar tales. On the flip side of the coin are the stories taken from one culture and put into another for the very first time. Though they haven't the history and mythology of those stories that naturally developed in different settings, such tales can be interesting in their own right. A fine example of this kind of storytelling is John Rocco's take on the classic Boy Who Cried Wolf tale. Set in Japan, "Wolf! Wolf!" offers us arthritic wolves and dumb-as-a-post human boys in a tale that is as droll as it is surprisingly gentle.

An old wolf is long past his young hunting days and tries supporting his empty stomach with a large and lovely garden. Trouble is, he has no way of keeping weeds away from his patch of land and the canine is growing increasingly hungry. One day he happens to hear someone calling him from across the mountain. When he investigates, he sees that it's just a young boy playing a trick on his local villagers. When the boy makes his cry a second time the wolf comes again, but begins to tire of the tricky child. The third time the kid gives a cry the wolf has just about had it. Since his mere appearance (parasol and all) is enough to scare the thoughtless boy up a tree, the crafty creature makes a deal. If the boy ties the plumpest of the goats to a fence post in the wolf's garden, he'll... uh... "spare" the rest of the flock. Sure enough, the boy does as our hero asks, but when he finds that the goat has eaten all the weeds and left the now enormous vegetables untouched, he finds that this new friend may prove more useful than as a quick nosh of double-goat dumplings.

It seems surprisingly logical in retrospect to take the tale of the Boy Who Cried Wolf and tell the story from the wolf's point of view. Rather than make this yet another "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" knock-off, though, Rocco's tale makes a kind of perfect sense. When you think about it, when the boy cries, "Wolf! Wolf!", he is, in a way, directly calling the wolf to the flock. This wolf, being just a tad over the hill, goes to the boy because he thinks he may know the person calling him. The story itself obeys the Rule of Three, and it's nice to read something where the child character is a putz and the supposed antihero is the smartie. Of course, a part of me wishes that Rocco had stuck to his guns and allowed the wolf to eat the plump and juicy goat at the story's end. On the other hand, he sets up the happily ever after finale well in advance so that it doesn't feel tacked on when you reach it.

The idea of setting the story in a Japanese setting makes for an interesting read. Not knowing anything whatsoever about the culture of that country, I can't really speak to whether or not the costumes, clothing, and look of the story are accurate. What I can tell you is that Rocco's pictures, for all their cartoonish glee, carry with them a great deal of sophistication. There is, for example, a picture of the wolf soaking his aching feet in the bank of a riverbed that fills the page beautifully. In the water large white koi flit in the dappled beams of sunlight under large lily pads in a calm green sea. In another view the wolf naps in a cherry blossomed glen beside long eared rabbits and light blue butterflies as the sunbeams reflect the dying day. What Rocco has successfully captured in these images are varying qualities of light. He also knows exactly where to place the white space on his pages too (never an easy task). And if you find that you are unfamiliar with Mr. Rocco's work, pick up the nearest "Percy Jackson" book and look at its cover. Seem familiar? There you go. On the website Imagekind Mr. Rocco's work was described as, "incredibly whimsical and filled to the brim with color and fantastic details." There is little need for me to try to say it any better than that.

I once reviewed the children's book, "A Room With a Zoo" by Jules Feiffer and mentioned in the piece that I had never seen a work of fiction for kids really drill home the agony of throwing one's back out. Such a feeling is replicated here in "Wolf! Wolf!" but in this case it's the ache of elderly joints and creaky knees. Grandparents reading this book to their progeny will relate to this most unexpected of protagonists. Altogether, a fine new look at a story we've all heard before. The real joy of this book is that not only does it pair with your standard Boy Who Cried Wolf retellings, it can even be read and enjoyed without having any knowledge of the original tale. Beautifully rendered and written with aplomb.

Beautiful and funny!.......2007-03-02

A brilliant updating of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" with a hip message. John Rocco's illustrations are masterful, every page a work of art. What every children's picture book should be -- thoughtful, expressive, pointed and a feast for the eyes.

Literature Pockets, Aesop's Fables Grades 2-3

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Great beginner's resource
Great product - easy to use and fun for kids

Literature Pockets, Aesop's Fables Grades 2-3

Manufacturer: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1557998744

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Great beginner's resource.......2007-07-06

This is a great resource to use to begin teaching Aesop's Fables. It is comprehensive and fun!

Great product - easy to use and fun for kids.......2006-04-09

I am an "arts & crafts" kind of person, and I tend to think, "I can do this myself - I don't need to buy such and such a product". I finally relented and starting purchasing literature and history pockets from Evan Moor and I am SO PLEASED! It really is nice to have everything in one place. Sometimes I do supplement or expand the pockets with materials I've found elsewhere, and sometimes I modify the crafts/writing assignments, and I have added a couple of extra pockets for a couple of other favorite fables.

Anyway, my kids really enjoy working on their Aesop's pocket, and seem to be internalizing the fables - there have been a couple of instances where they've heard or read something and said, "It's just like "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"", etc...

I consider this money well-spent.

Aesop and the CEO: Powerful Business Lessons from Aesop and America's Best Leaders

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Morals From The Past Needed In Today's World.
"Strunk & White" meets "The Tipping Point"
Ancient Lessons Hold True
Within Its Genre, a Brilliant Achievement
Thought provoking and enjoyable

Aesop and the CEO: Powerful Business Lessons from Aesop and America's Best Leaders
David Noonan
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Book Description

It is easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of business books flooding the market today. Even more daunting is the task of weeding through them to find the "golden nugget" of wisdom inside. Now David Noonan has simplified the process by providing this well-researched primer of the most essential advice from the greatest business books ever written. Further, in a clever melding of modern business sense and ancient wisdom, he has used the animal-based stories of Aesop as springboards to launch these 50 lessons. Both entertaining and informative, Aesop the CEO includes advice from well-known leaders such as Bill Gates, Sam Walton, Donald Trump, and Lee Iacocca. The short, easy-to-read vignettes cover every aspect of corporate life: negotiations, hiring and firing, mergers and acquisitions, marketing and sales, and day-to-day management.

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Morals From The Past Needed In Today's World........2006-01-13

This is such a novel idea of using a simple moral from one of the two hundred published fables written by Aesop and applying it to fairly recent situations, adjusting to modern times. David Noonan did a remarkable job of pairing the appropriate fable with its corresponding moral to a short story of his own from today's business world with his own "business moral."

The biographical history behind Aesop's Fables, thought to have been intended as children's easy-to-understand literature is what caught my attention. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Even though he gave the animals human traits, as C. S. Lewis did in THE NARDIA CHRONICLES, they were meant for adults and gained wide recognition as they were passed along for centuries through oral (word of moutn, as many of his companions could not read) tradition. His start in life was lowly, born into slavery in 620 B.C. as a hunchback with a speech impediment. His early years were spent on the Balkan Peninsula, a part of Turkey, where "slaves toiled hard as miners, plantation workers, or if they were lucky, household servants. It was possible [then] for a slave to earn freedom (called manumission) through diligent work and loyal service." Freed slaves were permitted to "engage in civic affairs and to travel wherever they wanted."

Aesop served two masters during his enslavement, but was eventually granted his freedom because of his "intelligence, wit and tact as a servant." As he traveled and observed how underlings were treated, he began his story-telling (with morals) and, after a time, "his reputation grew as a wise and 'noble' man." He went to Sardis in Asia Minor where the King sent him on diplomatic missions to Athens and Corinth, and he used his fables to calm tensions. Because of his keen mind, tactfulness and honesty, the King trusted him to distribute a large amount of gold fairly to the citizens of Delphi, which at that time was "the home of the Oracle and the most influential religious sanctuary in ancient Greece." He was unjustly murdered by being thrown off a cliff around 560 B.C.

The people of Delphi eventually atoned and made amends for their crime against Aesop. "Lysippus, a famous Greek sculptor, immortalized the fabulist by erecting a statue to him in Athens." In 300 B.C., two hundred of his fables were compiled in written form as ASSEMBLIES OF AESOP'S FABLES. "Three centuries later, another freed Greek slave named Phaedrus translated the collection of stories into Latin for a much broader audience. About AD 230, a Greek poet named Valerius Babrius combined fables from India with their Greek counterparts and published the entire collection of tales in the most widely read set of fables in world literature today and provides the context for the business tales" in this book.

And so, the forty-seven varied short stories included in this small volume are not all about companies, business conflcits and management; he also writes about war ("General Patton storms Sicily," "The best ship in the U. S. Navy...." and Colin Powell gets an uneasy feelin in Tehran"), sports, celebrities (Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump, and Paul Harvey respectively), and politics ("The Founding Fathres make France an ally"). My favorite was about Lee Iacocca and his boss, Henry Ford II in 1975: "You can sit and wait and hope the situation improves, which is most people's first impulse, or you can make the first move and request a transfer or get another job before the ax fall." Business Moral: "Don't sit back and do nothing..."

"The world of business has changed enormously since Aesop's time, but people haven't. Now more than ever, there is a need for strong, ethical leadership and efficient management at every company level. Now more than ever, good people must step up and reaffirm that integrity, honesty, and goodness are as critical to a business' survival as a strong bottom line. So what better time than now in this post-Enron world to reintroduce the lessons taught by Aesop almost six hundred years before Christ?

"Strunk & White" meets "The Tipping Point".......2005-04-11

This little masterpiece of a book is an absolute gem. Marketed as a business book, Noonan has taken a very clever premise -- using the "wisdom" inherent in Aesop's familiar fairy tales -- and structured a book dense with wisdom and extremely entertaining and thought-provoking stories and anecdotes.

Similar to the classic The Elements of Style, which very concisely tells you everything you need to know about grammar and writing, "Aesop and the CEO" succinctly addresses the entire realm of business: hiring and firing, employee rewards, marketing, sales, etc. Each topic is kept to a page or two, and Noonan presents the nugget front and center: no searching required. The true genius of the book is how an animal-based story from 2000 years ago is paired with a current, well-known business figure (Sam Walton, Bill Gates, Howard Johnson, Donald Trump, etc.) through which it becomes clear that truths are timeless, although the names change.

This much alone would have resulted in a book that is well worth the modest price. But what made the book so memorable to me were the compelling vignettes, anecdotes, and stories that were used to provide context to the lessons. Similarly to The Tipping Point, a book with an interesting premise that was made so much more vivid and memorable through the use of great story-telling, Noonan's tome has catapulted itself from being "merely" a business book to an instruction manual about life itself by its master storytelling. It is quite simply a suberb effort.

This book is not the last we will hear from Mr. Noonan, I suspect. [Nor is it the first: he also co-authored a textbook called Groundwater Remediation and Petroleum (no doubt a best seller!)] I for one cannot wait for his next effort.

Ancient Lessons Hold True.......2005-04-01

David Noonan's latest work is brilliant in concept and execution. Noonan has dusted off the 2000+ year old fables of Aesop, accomplished the scholarly research, and demonstrated in a succint yet very readable style that the wisdom of ancients holds true today. A "must read" for students and practitioners of leadership.

Within Its Genre, a Brilliant Achievement.......2005-03-25

Within the limits of this genre which Noonan clearly recognizes, his book is far superior to so many others which also use a prominent historical figure as a source of business wisdom. (For example, Caligula on Values-Driven Leadership.) He carefully organizes his material within nine sections and employs the same format for each. In "Winning Business Strategies," for example, he examines seven of Aesop's fables in terms of (a) a contemporary CEO and/or company and (b) the key lesson to be learned from that fable:

"The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox": Michael Dell demonstrates that sometimes new opportunities exist even in a fiercely competitive society.

"The Fox and the Cat": Dunkin Donuts demonstrates that an organization should not be distracted from what it does best.

"The Fox and the Lion": The success of a small hardware store in direct competition with Home Depot demonstrates that, sometimes, it is both sensible and prudent to find ways to cooperate with the competition.

"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing": General Patton's invasion of Italy demonstrates that a sound plan executed today is preferable to a perfect plan that's too late.

"The Ant and the Grasshopper": W. Edwards Deming's first principle of management demonstrates that effective long-term planning is the key to survival and eventual success.

"The Farmer and His Sons": Warren Bennis' use of Avis Rent a Car demonstrates that having an appropriate vision will enable everyone involved to know the business inside and out.

Finally, "The Eagle and the Beetle": Ulysses S. Grant's attack on Fort Donelson demonstrates the importance of determining how to get ahead of the competition...and then stay there.

Note the variety of situations, yes, but also the diversity of focal points which range from Dell through Patton and Deming to Grant. The same can be said of each of the other sections. Who else has identified correlations between "The Donkey Eating Thistles" and Mary Kay Ash, Peggy Noonan, and Sumner Redstone? Between "The Fox and the Crow" and Dale Carnegie and Paul Harvey? Between "The Fox and the Goat" and [The] Donald Trump? Highly entertaining material, to be sure, and certainly cleverly presented. However, the business lessons (albeit obvious) are worthy of reiteration and seem so much more vital when each is anchored within an unexpected context.

To David Noonan I now offer an appreciative "Well-done!"

Thought provoking and enjoyable.......2005-02-28

As an avid reader of business and management-oriented titles, I found Aesop and the CEO thoroughly engaging. The central concept draws parallels between Aesop's timeless fables and case studies from the modern business cannon, illuminating some simple truths found in both.

Aesop and the CEO covers a broad range of subjects, in easy to digest chapters. I personally enjoyed the sections on management, leadership and motivation. It was unusual to find "lessons learned" by business, political, sports and cultural leaders (including Mary K. Ash, Rudolph Giuliani, Ulysses S. Grant, Edward Deming, the Beatles and a local hardware store) all in one volume. The book is uniformly well written and a fast read.

The "morals" drawn from Aesop's stories and the business cases recounted in each chapter are widely applicable to today's social, business, civic and professional endeavors. These lessons will stimulate the reader's personal re-evaluation of past experiences and provide a richer perspective for future decision making.

This book is appropriate for for the casual reader seeking a refresher on some of life's simple truths, the experienced manager searching for insights on unifying and motivating teams, and marketers or senior executives charged with defining strategic direction for their product line or business.

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