Ali Baba's Books: AliMcJ Recommends
Ali Baba's Books: AliMcJ Recommends
recommended books: ESL, Writing, Reading, Self-discovery

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A Course in Miracles
Ralph Mayer's Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques
R.L. Wing's The Illustrated I Ching
Alice Oshima's Writing Academic English

Inner Development: Besides my King James Bible,
A Course in Miracles, a life-saving stress buster!

















C.G. Jung's Memories, Dreams, and Reflections
C.G. Jung's Psychology and Alchemy...., Bollingen Foundation
Manly P. Hall's books on metaphysics
Astrology, by Ronald C. Davison (OOP)
half.com
Games People Play, by Eric Berne
Scripts People Live, by Claude M. Steiner
Art:
Ralph Mayer's Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques
George Bridgeman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
Chiang Yee, Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique
The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron
Betty Edward's Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Betty Edward's Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook
Diners, John Baeder


Recommended Doll Making and Make-over Books:

English as a Second Language, Grammar, and Writing
The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Paperback OOP
Paperback@ half.com
Hardcover@half.com
Betty Azar's Fundamentals of English Grammar, Full Text (448 pages)
at half.com
Alice Oshima's Writing Academic English
at half.com
at half.com
Basic Skills for Effective Reading, by Selma Wilf
(covers phonics, syllabification, roots, prefixes, suffixes, context clues, and inferring meaning; designed for the adult reader).
The Elements of Style, Strunk & White (E.B. not T.H.)
Teaching Our Children to Read: The Role of Skills in a Comprehensive Program, Bill Honig

















Roget's Thesaurus in Thematic Form and My Grammar Bible, William Smart's English Review Grammar.

Chinese Literature and Culture
The Dream of the Red Chamber, Florence and Isabel McHugh, transl.
The Dream of the Red Chamber***Bilingual 6 volume version***
The Dream of the Red Chamber Cao who who? 5 of 6 volumes done
R.L. Wing's I Ching
Chiang Yee, Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique
Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries (Dee Goong An)


















T.H. de Dillmont's Encyclopedia of Needlework

School Arts, The Absolutely The Art Education Magazine to have -- and make a lifelong commitment to.

Tender Comrades: A Back Story of the Hollywood Blacklist (half.com listing)

Books for teachers has its own page,

as does Books for Spanish Language and Literature

501 Spanish Verbs


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Besides my King James Bible and my Complete Works of William Shakespeare, annotated, I would have a set of
Mysteries



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Last updated 24 September 2007