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Michael

Michael

(Image: Sigurð slays the worm Fafnir; from a Norwegian church door.)

It can be said without much exaggeration that books have ruled my entire life. Though I mostly read fiction, my reading list in nonfiction reflects my interests: namely folklore and traditional cultures (especially Japanese, Scandinavia, Western Europe, Africa, and... more »
  • Charleston, SC, USA
  • member since July 19 2007

Editor Stats

  • Author Edits: 113
  • Book Edits: 360
  • Edits Pending Approval: 0
 
 

  1. The Everlasting Man

    Michael edited the books like this book of The Everlasting Man 5 days ago.

    • Added Orthodoxy
    • Added HERETICS
    • Added Miracles: A Preliminary Study
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  2. The Everlasting Man

    Michael edited the books influenced by this book of The Everlasting Man 5 days ago.

    • Added Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
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  3. The Everlasting Man

    Michael edited the table of contents of The Everlasting Man 5 days ago.

    • Prefatory Note
      Introduction: The Plan of This Book

      Part I: On the Creature Called Man

      I. The Man in the Cave
      II. Professors and Prehistoric Men
      III. The Antiquity of Civilisation
      IV. God and Comparative Religion
      V. Man and Mythologies
      VI. The Demons and the Philosophers
      VII. The War of the Gods and Demons
      VIII. The End of the World

      Part II: On the Man Called Christ

      I. The God in the Cave
      II. The Riddles of the Gospel
      III. The Strangest Story in the World
      IV. The Witness of the Heretics
      V. The Escape from Paganism
      VI. The Five Deaths of the Faith

      Conclusion: The Summary of This Book

      Appendix I: On Prehistoric Man
      Appendix II: On Authority and Accuracy

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  4. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

    Michael edited the contributors of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter 2 weeks ago.

    • Added a contributor: Yasunari Kawabata: (Adapter)
    • Added a contributor: Donald Keene: (Translator)
    • Added a contributor: Masayuki Miyata: (Artist)
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  5. The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

    Michael edited the books that influenced this book of The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2 weeks ago.

    • Added Le Morte D' Arthur
    • Added The Mabinogion
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  6. The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

    Michael edited the contributors of The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2 weeks ago.

    • Edited a contributor: Rosemary Sutcliff: (Primary NoneAuthor)
    • Removed a contributor: Sir Thomas Malory: (Primary Author)
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  7. The Genesis Enigma

    Michael edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The Genesis Enigma Saturday, October 24 2009.

    • Added: Using the latest scientific understanding of the universe's development, Andrew Parker finds accuracy in Genesis 1.
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  8. The Hobbit

    Michael edited the table of contents of The Hobbit Sunday, October 18 2009.

    • Foreword
      1.I. An Unexpected Party
      2.II. Roast Mutton
      3.III. A Short Rest
      4.IV. Over Hill and Under Hill
      5.V. Riddles in the Dark
      6.VI. Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
      7.VII. Queer Lodgings
      8.VIII. Flies and Spiders
      9.IX. Barrels Out of Bond
      10.X. A Warm Welcome
      11.XI. On the Doorstep
      12.XII. Inside Information
      13.XIII. Not at Home
      14.XIV. Fire and Water
      15.XV. The Gathering of the Clouds
      16.XVI. A Thief in the Night
      17.XVII. The Clouds Burst
      18.XVIII. The Return Journey
      19.XIX. The Last Stage

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  9. The Hobbit

    Michael edited the first sentence of The Hobbit Sunday, October 18 2009.

    • In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.hobbit.
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  10. Andrew Parker

    Michael edited the bio of Andrew Parker Wednesday, October 14 2009.

    • Edited Official Website: http://www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/andrew-parker.html
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