The Archivist's Favorites

As Seshat is the mistress of libraries, here is an assortment of books that you can take home with you.  Brought to you by Amazon.com.  Please email me if there are any books you'd like to see here.

Music

Egyptian:

1. The Music of Upper and Lower Egypt -- recorded in Egypt by Mickey Hart
2. The Best of Bellydance from Egypt, Lebanon, Arabia and Turkey
3. Vocal Music of Egypt, by various artists
4. Egypt -- Echoes of the Nile

Other Middle Eastern Music:

1. Music for the Arabian Dulcimer, Hassan Erraji
2. Best of Arabian Belly Dancing  --  Sayyah, Al
3. Masters of Turkish Music
4. Masters of Turkish Music, vol. 2
5. Archives of Turkish Music  --  Volume 1
6. Archives of Turkish Music  --  Volume 2
7. Turkish Sufi Music  --  Folk Lute of Anatolia, Ali Ekber Cicek

Books

Ancient Poetry

Egyptian:

1. Ancient Egyptian Poetry and Prose; by Adolf Erman, Aylward M. Blackman (translator)
2. The Literature of Ancient Egypt:  An Anthology of Stories, Instructions and Poetry; by William Kelley Simpson, E. F. Wente  

Japanese:

1. The Ink Dark Moon : Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
2. Kokinshu : A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern -- translated by Laurel Rodd
3. The Seasons of Time : Tanka Poetry of Ancient Japan -- by Virginia Olsen Baron

Favorite Poetry:

Ranier Maria Rilke -- the German Poet

1. Ahead of All Parting:  The Selected Poetry and Prose of Ranier Maria Rilke
2. Diaries of a Young Poet, translated by Edward Snow
3. Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus, translated by A. Poulin Jr.
4. The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, translated by M. D. Herter Norton
5. New Poems, 1907: translated by Edward Snow
6. New Poems,1908: translated by Edward Snow

Recordings of Poetry:

1. Ancient Tower:  The Poetry of Ranier Maria Rilke  
2. Black Pearls:  The Poetry of Maya Angelou
3. In Their Own Voices:  A Century of Recorded Poetry
4. Miss Calypso -- Maya Angelou

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