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The Hare With Amber Eyes: Edmund de Waal, Netsuke Miniature Japanese Sculptures, the War and the Fate of the Bankers Ephrussi and Rothschild

2011-12-15T17:24:00.000+01:00

Elaine Margolin
has the review
at Forward.com
at The Arty Semite
in Of a Jewish Banking Dynasty, Only the Sculptures Survived.

Hat tip to CaryGEE.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Torts and Property: Forthcoming: Intellectual Property and Income Tax Law: The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law

2011-09-23T15:16:00.001+02:00

The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law is a series of books on specific fields of law. They are currently available in paperback in four subject areas: Constitutional Law, Contracts, Torts and Property. Our review of this series is based on the information value of these volumes and let us say this -- this is a lot of knowledge at a bargain price.

Each volume is written by one or more legal experts in the respective legal field: Constitutional Law by Michael C. Dorf with Trevor W. Morrison, Contracts by Randy E. Barnett, Torts by John C.P. Goldberg and Benjamin C. Zipursky and Property by Thomas W. Merrill and Henry E. Smith.

Scheduled for publication in December 2011 are two additional volumes under editor Dennis Patterson: Intellectual Property by Daniel Hunter and Income Tax Law by Edward McCaffery.

For those interested, Oxford Law at Oxford University Press also maintains a Law Librarian Newsletter and E-Alerts on these and selected other areas of legal interest which can be subscribed to here. Currently available E-Alerts are: 1) Arbitration & Litigation, 2) Banking, Insurance, and Securities, 3) Commercial, 4) Communications & Internet, 5) Competition, 6) Constitution Law, 7) Corporate Finance, 8) Customs, 9) Environmental, 10) Ethics, 11) European Union, 12) Human Rights, 13) Intellectual Property, 14) International Criminal Law, 15) International Trade, 16) Legal Reference, 17) Maritime/Shipping, and 18) Public International Law.

We have obtained complimentary review copies of the four available books in the series, each of which can be viewed as a primer in the respective legal field and each of which is thus intended for students, but is in fact also suitable for reading by just about anyone who wants to get a good grasp of the legal fundamentals in a chosen area of American law.

The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Constitutional Law, by Michael C. Dorf and Trevor W. Morrison in paperback covers 268 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches (close to DIN A5 in size), Index, ISBN13: 9780195370034, ISBN10: 0195370031, and is priced very affordably at $19.95 a copy.
The Authors in this case (in the editorial version by the publisher of the Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law) are:

"Michael C. Dorf is the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School....
Trevor W. Morrison is Professor of Law at Columbia Law School....
Dorf is more the Constitutional Law theoretician and Morrison more the legal pragmatist, and that is how they have have divided up the chapters. Although the two authors use what is described as "the plural authorial voice", i.e. "we", Dorf is considered the principal author, having penned chapters 1-4 (Who Decides?, Judicial Review, Constitutional Interpretation, Federalism) and 6-8 (Equal Protection, Enumerated Rights: The First Amendment, Unenumerated Rights), while Morrison penned chapter 5 (Separation of Powers) and chapters 9-10 (Congressional Enforcement of Constitutional Rights, Beyond the Courts).

The editorial abstract to this volume reads:

"The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Constitutional Law presents an accessible introduction to the enduring topics of American constitutional law, including judicial review, methods of interpretation, federalism, separation of powers, equal protection, and individual liberties....

This introduction to American constitutional law critically examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States, which has resolved thousands of constitutional controversies based on the shortest national constitution on the planet. The authors also look beyond the Supreme Court, exploring the arguments for and against judicial review and various versions of popular constitutionalism."
The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Contracts, by Randy E. Barnett in paperback covers 284 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches (close to DIN A5 in size), Index, ISBN13: 9780199740185, ISBN10: 0199740186, and is priced very affordably at $19.95 a copy:
"Randy E. Barnett is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at Georgetown University Law Center."
Randy Barnett presents us with the "big picture" of contracts, synthesizing key doctrines and cases and presenting a clear and concise view of the evolution and rationale of contacts law.

Individual consent is at the basis of civilization and democracy in our modern world and in the book "consent" is the basic philosophical rationale that serves as the governing principle for modern contract law.

Barnett has an author's posting on this book at The Volokh Conspiracy.

The editorial abstract to this volume reads:

"The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Contracts provides students with ready access to the basic doctrines of contract law, the story behind their evolution, and the rationales for their continued existence. An engaging book that allows students to grasp the “big picture” of contract law, it is organized around the principle that lies at the heart of contracts: consent. Beginning with the premise of “consent,” the book provides a cohesive framework in which to understand the various aspects of contract law."
The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Torts, by John C.P. Goldberg and Benjamin C. Zipursky in paperback covers 436 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches (close to DIN A5 in size), Index, ISBN13: 9780195373974, ISBN10: 0195373979, and is priced very affordably at $19.95 a copy.

Torts is a word taking its origin from a meaning of "injury" and applies to a "wrong" inflicted on a person by another via breach of a civil -- rather than a contractual -- duty. For example, if someone is injured in an auto accident due to negligence, that is a tort. Libel and defamation are torts. Copyright infringement is a tort. It is different than a criminal violation against the State, which is a breach of a specific duty to society in general.

The editorial abstract to this volume reads:

"The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Torts provides a clear and comprehensive account of what tort law is, how it works, what it stands to accomplish, and why it is now much-disputed. Goldberg and Zipursky--two of the world's most prominent tort scholars--carefully analyze leading judicial decisions and prominent tort-related legislation, and place each event into its proper context. Topics covered include products liability, negligence, medical malpractice, intentional torts, defamation and privacy torts, punitive damages, and tort reform."
Torts and tort reform are a controversial field in modern law. In their handling of "Damages and Apportionment", for example, Goldberg and Zipursky devote quite a number of pages to a discussion of punitive damages in torts, writing at the outset that:

"Punitive damages -- also known as "exemplary" or "vindictive" damages -- are at the center of contemporary battles over tort law and tort reform."
Goldberg and Zipursky give a fair and balanced presentation of this controversial topic about which the LawPundit has blogged extensively. See Punitive Damages: A Completey Failed Tort Doctrine Without Sensible Foundation in Legal Theory or Deterrent Fact.

Just as an aside, it is interesting that law books can now also be touted via Twitter and this is one example -- see @law_book.
The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Property, by Thomas W. Merrill and Henry E. Smith in paperback covers 284 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches (close to DIN A5 in size), Index, ISBN13: 9780195314762, ISBN10: 019531476X, and is priced very affordably at $19.95 a copy.

The editorial abstract to this volume reads:

"The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Property provides both a bird's eye overview of property law and an introduction to how property law affects larger concerns with individual autonomy, personhood, and economic organization. Written by two authorities on property law, this book gives students of property a coherent account of how property law works, with an emphasis on describing the central issues and policy debates. It is designed for law students who want a short and theoretically integrated treatment of the subject, as well as for lawyers who are interested in the conceptual foundations of the law of property."
Merrill and Smith discuss for example the question of what "property" actually means in the real world, viewing "Owners as Gatekeepers":
"Once an owner has acquired property, either by original acquisition or by transfer from a previous owners, the question becomes what exactly does such an owner have? ... The owner, as gatekeeper, has broad discretion to decide who has access to the property and and what terms...."

It is much like owning one or more volumes of this series of books on U.S. law. Once you have them, YOU decide what to do with them and their value rests on your decisions. A law student, for example, who has these books at his or her disposal, and reads them, should better understand the legal issues under discussion. My view as a student always was, to better understand what the professors are speaking, read what they are writing.

We can, in any case, heartily recommend these books as useful tools and as great deals offering a lot of knowledge at a bargain price.
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crossposted from LawPundit

The Great Global Treasure Hunt on Google Earth™

2011-08-31T21:19:00.000+02:00

The Great Global Treasure Hunt on Google Earth™: - Sent using Google Toolbar

Books for Lawyers: Thirty Must Reads Recommended at the ABA Journal

2011-07-30T16:32:00.002+02:00

Stephanie Francis Ward at the ABA Journal headlines that 30 Lawyers Pick 30 Books Every Lawyer Should Read.

We certainly agree with some, but not all of the selections. Surely any of the books listed have potential value to particular readers, although book selection is largely a matter of personal taste. Each of us would clearly come up with a different list of 30 books.

I definitely do miss from the ABA Journal list:

Herbert Packer, The Limits of the Criminal Sanction

Packer's brilliant discussion of the underlying values that guide models of criminal process could in principle be applied equally to law and politics in general, where there is a constant battle between (simplistic) legal and political fundamentalism and (the more complex) reality, something we currently see similarly in the alleged "fundamentalist" national budget crisis, which, according to the blog of Robert Reich at the Christian Science Monitor, is "in reality" a jobs and growth crisis.

Review of EBook Readers

2011-05-09T00:13:00.001+02:00

EBook Readers are becoming more widespread and the EBook Readers Review in the UK has a nice comparison table of popular models: Amazon, Sony, BeBook, Barnes and Noble, Bookeen, and more.

Social Media Pioneers by Shel Israel

2011-03-10T16:32:00.002+01:00

Shel Israel at Global Neighbourhoods writes at SM Pioneers: Justin Hall, the 1st blogger:

"[NOTE: Formerly, the SM Global Report, this column has interviewed people all over the world who have extended social media in interesting or useful directions. For the next several months it will focus exclusively on people who will be covered in my next book, Social Media Pioneers.

Your feedback will influence how extensively I cover people. If you can think of someone who I should include, please let me know as well.]

Read the whole thing.

The Future of Books Reduces Impact of Book Publishers as Gatekeepers

2010-12-26T18:48:00.000+01:00

Alex Pham of the Los Angeles Times in the Future of reading: Book publishers see their role as gatekeepers shrink writes (December 26, 2010) that:

"Writers are bypassing the traditional route to bookstore shelves and self-publishing their works online. By selling directly to readers, authors get a larger slice of the sale price."

Read the whole article here.

Plato's Podcasts: The Ancients' Guide to Modern Living by Mark Vernon < Reviews | PopMatters

2010-03-24T21:32:00.000+01:00

Plato's Podcasts: The Ancients' Guide to Modern Living by Mark Vernon < Reviews | PopMatters

Book review by Catherine Ramsdell, who writes:

"Plato’s Podcasts examines 20 ancient philosophers, including Pythagoras, Plato, Epicurus, Diogenes, and Socrates, provides interesting biographical information about each, and then illustrates how each philosopher’s thoughts might be used today."

Copyrights, Originality and Authenticity: Axolotl Roadkill by Helene Hegemann - a New but Partly Cribbed Novel about Sex, Drugs and Clubbing

2010-02-13T15:02:00.006+01:00

Copyright infringing plagiarism or literary remix?

In Author, 17, Says It’s ‘Mixing,’ Not Plagiarism, Nicholas Kulish at the NYTimes.com informs us that Helene Hegemann, a mere 17 years old - but daughter of Carl Hegemann, one of the most prominent and innovative dramaturgs in Europe, now a Professor at the Department of Dramaturgy in Leipzig - seems to be following in her father's footsteps and has landed a beststeller in Germany with her first book, Axolotl Roadkill, a novel just announced as a finalist for the $20,000 fiction prize of the Leipzig Book Fair - a nice gesture to one of their own?

It was Carl Hegemann:

"[W]ho developed the theoretical superstructure for this hybrid artistry: "A reality is no longer encountered, but brought forth by the ‘members’ of a culture.”

But who really wrote this book?

One major problem with the book - as it turns out - is that:

"[A] blogger last week uncovered material in the novel taken from the less-well-known novel “Strobo,” by an author writing under the nom de plume Airen. In one case, an entire page was lifted with few changes."

As written in Helene Hegemann, the art of cut and paste in the Berliner Zeitung in picking the "European of the 'Week":

"Helene Hegemann says she’s sorry, she knows it was wrong “not to mention all the people whose writings helped me”. And yet she stands by her novel: after all, “there’s no such thing as originality anyway, there’s only authenticity”. What’s more, she’s only a “lodger” in her own mind: “I help myself to whatever inspires me.”"

One has to wonder about whether the father had his hand in the pie in this one.

Index to the book, Stars, Stones and Scholars: The Decipherment of the Megaliths as an Ancient Survey of the Earth by Astronomy | by Andis Kaulins

2010-02-07T00:48:00.001+01:00

Stars, Stones and Scholars:
The Decipherment of the Megaliths as an Ancient Survey of the Earth by Astronomy
by Andis Kaulins, 422 pp., 6x9, ISBN: 9781412013444

The book has a 20-page keyword index which we reproduce below as a simple unformatted copy of the two column index in the book:

380 – The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars
- the numbers refer to the page numbers in the book where the keyword appears

A

Aaran – 52 Aberdeen - 42, 43, 63
Aborigines – 10 Aboyne - 44
Abruzzo – 275 Abydos - 34, 115, 308
Achernar - 160, 299 Aegean Sea - 22
Aeniad – 30 Aesculapius - 5, 97, 102, 168, 169, 280
Africa - 1, 3, 10, 11, 27, 30, 97, 99, 100-102, 167, 169, 226-228, 283, 300, 301, 309
African bracelet – 169 Aghade - 173, 175, 225
agriculture - 13, 22, 207 Ahrensburgian Culture - 17
Aill Na Mireann - 219, 220, 221 Ain - 12, 17, 19, 23, 345
Ain Ghazal - 12, 19, 23 Akita - 356, 358
Akkad – 27 Akkadian - 15
Aksum - 226, 228, 300, 301 Albania - 11
Albarosa – 280 Albersdorf - 244
Albion – 31 Aldebaran - 261, 324, 335, 361, 366
Aleutian Islands – 164 Alfriston - 145
Algonkians – 377 Allen, Richard Hinckley ("RHA") - see RHA
Allerton – 155 Alphard - 94, 122, 237, 366
Alphonsine Tables – 203 Alsace - 324, 338, 339
Altair - 48, 150, 151, 177 Altamira - 9
Altar Rock – 333 Altitona - 338, 339
Amazon – 164 amber - 20
America - 1, 3, 13, 164, 270, 278, 373, 377 Amman - 12, 19, 23
Ammerman, Albert – 13 Amon - 330
Amos – 8 Anatolia - 12, 18, 19, 22
Ancient Britain - 1, 2, 6, 27, 30, 41, 42, 44, 97, 103, 106, 113, 133, 170, 364
Ancient Ireland - 2, 187, 219 Ancient Near East - 9, 19
Andernach - 17, 273 Andisleben - 260
Andromeda - 15, 49, 65, 69, 105, 117, 127, 146, 147, 191-193, 225, 235, 258, 260, 275, 278, 305, 313, 323, 324, 333, 360, 363, 366
Anglesey - 165, 167 Anglo-Saxon - 88, 130, 139, 216
Animal, animals - 20, 68, 194, 224, 265, 284, 291, 305, 323, 339, 340, 376
Ankaa - 49, 50, 366, 368 Annaghmare - 177, 225
ant - 292, 293 Antarctica - 163, 164, 167
Antares – 52-58, 161, 170, 244, 325, 365 Antlia - 77, 91, 93
Antrim - 175, 176, 225 Apennines - 275
Apulia – 275 Apus - 82, 161
Aquarius - 15, 17, 66, 141-145, 189, 190, 258, 275, 321, 324, 338, 339, 366
Aquila - 31, 38, 45, 48, 79, 85, 95, 107, 108, 150-155, 175, 176, 177, 178, 222, 225, 234, 241, 242, 253, 258, 275, 279, 323, 324, 327, 342, 344, 346, 358, 363, 365, 366
Aquitaine – 324 Ara - 145, 161, 184, 188, 217
Arabia, Arabic, Arabs - 1, 10, 11, 39, 44, 45, 47, 57, 71, 100, 167, 173, 174, 203, 255, 260, 261, 271, 291, 299, 327, 339, 344, 354
Arbor Low - 5, 150, 151 Archaeogenetic – 10, 27
archaeologists, archaeology – 10, 13, 18, 21-23, 37, 54, 62, 64, 76, 84, 110, 133, 140, 161, 170, 171, 197, 207, 236, 266, 305, 309, 331, 359
archer – 331 Arcturus - 47, 62, 232, 365
Ardeche - 321, 322, 323, 324 Ardenne - 324, 343, 344

The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars - 381

Ardmore – 186 Ardristan - 71, 173, 174, 225
Argo - 5, 53, 77, 97, 168, 182, 198, 225, 275, 290, 291, 299, 369
Argonauts - 5, 77, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 164, 165, 169, 280
Argyll - 53, 77, 78, 79 Ariadne - 66, 104, 105
Aries - 15, 17, 48, 64, 68, 127, 141, 142, 223, 225, 235, 258, 278, 323, 324, 333, 366
arm - 139, 203, 291, 361 Armagh - 177, 225
arms - 15, 35 Arran - 51, 52, 73
Arras - 324, 342, 344 arrow - 17, 109, 158, 331, 364
Artapanus – 8 Arthur - 19, 97, 98, 105, 171, 194, 325
Arthur’s Stone Dorstone – 105 Arthur’s Stone Maen Ceti - 97, 171, 194
Asakusa – 358 Asia Minor - 30
Asian - 11, 366 Askwith Moor - 156
astronomers, astronomical, astronomy – 1-6, 8, 12, 15-18, 24, 28, 30-33, 37, 40, 44, 57, 62, 68, 73, 77, 80-85, 91-94, 97-103, 105-108, 112, 114, 116, 120, 125- 128, 133-137, , 140, 148-153, 163, 164, 170, 172, 176, 186-189, 193-195, 199, 205-208, 222, 224, 242, 250, 259, 260-264, 268, 269, 275, 278, 282, 289, 307-310, 313, 317, 318-324, 328, 330, 332, 336, 340, 341, 355, 360, 361, 362, 363, 369, 372, 374, 377
Astronomical Measure - 328, 369, 372
Asuka - 354, 355, 356, 357 Atlantic Ocean – 9
Atlas Mountains - 11, 30 Aubrey holes – 128
Aude – 335 Aughnacliffe - 204, 225
Auriga - 15, 18, 48, 69, 70, 201, 202, 225, 252, 257, 275, 278, 303, 323, 324, 333, 358, 363, 364, 366, 377
Australia – 10, 11, 163, 164, 283 Austria - 11
Autumn Equinox - 15, 39, 54, 168, 169, 170, 186, 245, 246, 317, 325, 328, 349, 364
Auvergne – 324 Avebury - 119, 139
Avieloch – 46 Aviemore - 46, 60, 62
Avize - 343, 344 Awanodake - 356
axe - 63, 154, 204, 263, 264, 346 axes - 9, 264, 303
Ayr – 51 Azerbaijan - 11
Azimuths – 40 Aztec - 164

B
Babylonian - 8, 39, 44 Badnabay - 47
Baildon Moor – 156 Balfarg - 48
Ballina – 207 Ballowall - 82
Ballybane - 183, 225 Ballyboher - 224, 225
Ballyedmonduff - 191, 192, 193, 194, 225 Ballykeel - 177, 225
Ballylowra - 200, 225 Ballymeanoch - 78
Ballynacloghy - 197, 225, 247 Ballyvatheen - 201, 225
Balnaguie – 47 Balnuaran - 1, 25, 28-32, 38, 45, 57, 162
Baltic - 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 20, 21, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 39, 317, 318
Baltic Countries, History of – 17 Baltic Sea - 31, 34
Baltynanima - 223, 225 Banning, E.B. – 23
barbs – 15 Barclodiad y Gawres - 97, 165
Barnenez - 325, 346 Barnmeen - 189, 190, 225
barrows - 1, 2, 3, 133, 142 Barvaux - 236
Basilicata – 275 Basques - 27
bat – 365 Bath - 93
Bavaria – 274 Beaghmore - 187, 188, 225, 242
bear - 44, 88, 151, 195, 222, 323, 344 Bede - 31
Bedford – 148 Beijing - 363

382 – The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars

Beizhangtan – 362 Belarus - 27
Belas Knap – 105 Belgium – 229-236, 238, 247
Belmont Castle – 67 Bemersyde - 67
Berbers – 11, 30 Bergstrasse - 266
Berlin - 36, 242, 260 Bernburg - 260
Bessa – 275 Betelgeuse - 361
Bevis’s Thumb – 142 Biblical - 8, 30, 139, 333
Bidgood, W. – 134 Bielefeld - 250
Big Dipper - 29, 63, 88, 133, 212, 262, 270 Bihan - 345
bird - 6, 15, 20, 72, 93, 108, 109, 152-155, 159, 160, 175, 177, 190, 194, 206, 207, 212, 213, 222, 234, 239, 240, 242, 256, 258, 260, 272, 291, 299, 314, 320, 335, 341, 358, 360, 376, 377
Bird of Paradise - 159, 160 Bishopstone - 145
Bison – 323 Black Sea - 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27
Blieskastel - 4, 78, 225, 237, 238 Blind Fiddler - 90
blood type, Rhesus – 30 blood types - 10
Blue Cairn – 44 boar - 20, 200, 239, 376
boat - 4, 34, 35, 53, 77, 144, 153, 164, 175, 182, 189, 257, 291, 302, 308, 315
boatbuilding – 34 bobbin - 92, 181
Bodmin Moor – 93 body - 15, 88, 160, 182, 262, 293, 296
Boeli - 4, 281, 282 Boeotia - 330
Boheh - 208, 225 Boian - 21, 22, 23
Boians – 21 bone tools - 9
Boötes - 31, 45, 46, 47, 59, 60, 61, 62, 88, 89, 91, 93, 105, 110, 122, 153, 154, 178, 191, 203, 215, 222, 225, 229, 232, 234, 245, 256, 258, 324, 327, 329, 330, 339, 374
Bord, Janet & Colin – 84 Bordeaux - 324
border stones – 1 borders - 1, 172, 220
Borders – 49 Borg-in-Nadur - 275, 294, 295
Borrowstone Rig – 64 Bosinski, G. - 17
Bosporus – 22 Bottoms - 82
Bouar - 100, 101, 102 Boubiers - 324, 341
boundaries - 2, 3 Bourg St. Maurice - 324
Bourgogne - 344 bow - 366
bracelet – 169 Braunschweig - 259
breastplate - 133, 134, 333 Brickell Point - 374
Bridestones – 152 Brigance - 30
Brignogan – 325 Brimble – 138
Brimham Rocks – 156 Brise - 349, 350
Britain - 2, 11, 20, 27, 30, 31, 42, 84, 100, 113, 115, 188, 242
British Isles - 4, 27-37, 107, 113, 163, 246 British Museum - 7, 330
Brittany - 31, 188, 242, 324, 325, 346, 347, 348, 349
Brizil – 327 Broceliande - 325
Brodgar – 54 Broomend of Crichie - 43, 50, 63
Broughton – 74 Bruay-la-Buissiere - 342, 344
Brutkamp – 244 Bucharn - 44
bucket - 17, 66, 339, 366 Budge - 33
Bugibba - 275, 296 bugle - 44
bull – 377 Bunsoh - 244
Burford – 115 Burgundy - 324, 344
Burial practices – 20 Burl, Aubrey - 31, 188, 242
Burren - 178, 225 Burtnieku Ezers - 11
Bush Barrow – 133 butterfly - 18, 323, 377

The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars - 383

C

Caelum - 76, 218, 318, 336 Caerwent - 105
Cahokia – 373 Cairn Baan - 77
Cairn Catto – 44 Cairn G - 216
Cairn of Get – 48 cairns - 1, 2, 3, 31, 37, 38, 48, 57, 171
Cairo - 8, 308 Cala Gilgati - 43
Calanais - 52, 54 Calderstones - 97, 155, 165
Caldicott – 105 Caledonians - 10
calendar - 4, 17, 102, 128, 370 calendric - 4, 136, 207, 266, 313
Callanish - 52, 54 Callippic Cycle - 128
Calzolari, Enrico - 4, 275, 277 Camaret - 325
Camelopardalis - 222, 225, 303, 324, 377 Campania - 275, 280
Camster – 48 Canada - 164, 377, 378
Cancer - 18, 51, 91, 100, 104, 122, 125, 128, 179, 180, 225, 252, 268, 324, 360, 366
Canes Venatici - 30, 258
Canis Major - 74, 79, 91, 98, 100, 122, 131, 164, 204, 225, 234, 274, 275, 280, 281, 284, 294, 295, 303, 318, 322, 323, 324, 335, 377
Canis Minor - 52, 122, 275, 334, 335 Canopus - 77, 82, 90, 100, 164, 182, 299
Capricorn - 4, 100, 126, 142, 144, 145, 152, 153, 155, 175, 176, 189, 190, 225, 258, 275, 303, 327, 360, 366
capstone - 166, 171, 177, 184, 197, 203, 212, 231, 232, 234, 331
Caput, Serpens – 168, 171, 257, 324, 325 Caribbean - 164
Carina - 53, 77, 82, 90, 164, 182, 183, 198, 225, 275, 285, 289-291, 298, 299, 369
Carlow - 173, 175, 225 Carn Brae - 82, 83
Carn Glas – 46 Carn Urnan - 47
Carnac - 4, 30, 34, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 349, 350, 351, 352
Carreg Samson – 170 Carrowkeel - 216, 225
Carrowmore - 216, 225 cartouche - 17, 100, 315
carvings - 2, 58, 125, 194, 267, 374, 375 Caspian Sea - 9
Cassiopeia - 4, 15, 45, 85, 99, 108, 127, 135, 191, 220, 222, 225, 235, 260, 261, 275, 277, 278, 279, 313, 323, 324, 333, 355, 357, 362, 366, 374
cat - 195, 265, 303 Catal Huyuk - 12, 18, 19, 27
Catigern – 145 Catstone - 220, 221, 225
cattle - 22, 315 Caucasus - 11, 314
Cauda, Serpens – 234, 257, 322, 323, 324, 325, 346, 347, 349, 352
Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca – 13 Cavan - 178, 225
cave painters, cave paintings - 9, 14, 15, 17, 273, 321, 322, 323
caves - 2, 97, 194 CCR-5-delta-12 - 11
Cebalrai – 346 Céide Fields - 206, 207, 225
celestial equator - 2, 18, 38, 222, 261, 315 Celts, Celtic - 27, 47, 93, 216, 324
Centaurus - 53, 80, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, 135, 154, 207, 208, 222, 225, 231, 232, 239, 259, 286, 287, 288, 296, 322, 323, 365
Central African Republic - 3, 100, 101, 102 Cepeda Peraza - 368
Cepheus - 33, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 63, 84, 85, 99, 102, 105, 108, 115, 117, 146, 147, 222, 225, 235, 245, 258, 259, 279, 313, 323, 324, 327, 343, 344, 353, 354, 355, 357, 359, 362, 365, 366, 374
ceramics - 11, 22 Cerne Giant - 114, 139
Cetus - 15, 17, 50, 64, 65, 67, 68, 76, 141, 142, 224, 225, 278, 333
Chac – 368 Chacmultun - 368
Chadlington – 118 Chalons-sur-Marne - 324
Chamaeleon - 160, 275, 295, 299 Champ Dolent - 346
Champagne - 324, 343, 344 Channel Islands - 324, 331, 332

384 – The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars

Chartres – 324 Chateau-Ville-Vieille - 324, 335
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc, Cave Wall Paintings - 14, 321, 322, 323, 324
Cheops - 33, 228, 252, 254, 301, 310-313 Chephren – 33
Chianca - 280, 281 child - 253, 256, 267, 291
China – 11, 93, 164, 283, 354, 359-366 chipmunk - 147, 340
Chipping Norton – 115 Christianity – 284
Chronicles of Japan – 355 chronology - 7, 8, 83
Chunhuhub – 368 Cimmerians – 30
Circinus - 82, 259 Cissbury Ring - 142
civilization - 7, 8, 9-15, 20, 22, 34 Clackmannanshire – 64
Clare - 180, 181, 225 Clark, Grahame - 14
Clava Cairns - 1, 2, 24-33, 37-40, 45, 46, 50, 54, 57, 58, 59, 74, 162, 319
Clermont-Ferrand - 324, 334, 335, 339 Clermont-L-‘Hérault - 324
clock - 134, 136, 355 Cloghstuckagh - 221, 222, 225
Clonkeen - 201, 202, 225 Cloppenburg - 246
Clottes, Jean - 6, 15 club - 31, 153, 154
Cluny – 344 Clutter’s Cave - 113
Clyde River - 39, 73 Cnoc Freiceadain - 48
Cobh – 182 Coignafeuinternich - 47
Coille na Borgie – 48 Coldrum - 145
Columba - 74, 218, 324, 336 colure - 38, 45, 47
Coma Berenices - 30, 62, 94, 122, 178, 256, 258, 303, 330, 365
Commana - 325, 345 Compton's Encyclopedia - 17
conger eel – 65 Congleton - 152
Congy - 324, 343, 344 Connecticut - 373
Coombe Hill – 143 copper - 311
cord - 65, 89, 366 cord of the fish - 2, 66
Cork - 182, 183, 198, 225 Cornwall - 63, 82, 84-88, 91, 139, 299
Corona Australis - 55, 80, 88, 158, 165, 166, 184, 222, 373
Corona Borealis - 45, 91, 110, 154, 178, 188, 222, 234, 245, 257, 330, 339, 365, 373
Corrimony – 47 Corringdon - 91, 93
Corsica - 4, 232, 275, 276, 278, 284
Corvus - 78, 83, 94, 122, 154, 206, 207, 215, 222, 225, 231, 239, 240, 256, 258, 365
Cosmic Egg - 98, 100, 204, 280, 284 Cotswolds - 117
Couches – 324 Coumaraglin - 218, 225
Counozouls - 324, 335 County Antrim - 176
County Armagh – 177 County Carlow - 173
County Cavan – 178 County Clare - 179
County Cork – 182 County Delitzsch - 261
County Derry – 184 County Donegal - 186
County Down - 189, 190 County Dublin - 191
County Fermanagh – 195 County Galway - 197
County Kerry – 198 County Kildare - 199
County Kilkenny – 200 County Laois - 202
County Leitrim – 203 County Limerick - 204
County Louth – 205 County Mayo - 208
County Meath – 209 County Offaly - 202
County Roscommon – 213 County Sligo - 215
County Tipperary – 217 County Tyrone - 187
County Waterford – 218 County Westmeath - 220
County Wexford – 224 County Wicklow – 223
cow - 15, 17, 259 crab – 303

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Crater - 78, 94, 206, 207, 222, 225, 231, 255, 256, 258
Creevykeel - 192, 193, 214, 215, 225 Creswell Crags - 153, 154
Crete - 226, 228, 300 Crieff - 48, 70
Crimea – 21 Cro-Magnon - 9, 20, 307
Crozon – 325 Crucuno - 327
Crux - 82, 89, 154, 183, 208, 222, 225, 231, 232, 239, 275, 286, 287, 288, 289, 365
Cuchulain - 205, 206 Cuff Hill - 51
Culburnie – 47 Cullerlie - 43, 63
culture, cultures - 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 259, 305, 307, 341, 354
Cumbria - 163
cupmarks - 2, 3, 6, 31, 37, 38, 40, 50, 54, 56, 69, 72, 74, 100, 119, 125, 139, 147, 151, 155, 158, 182, 190, 208, 209, 212, 237, 313, 317, 336
Cursus – 161 Cyclops - 100
Cygnus - 31, 38, 42-45, 79, 85, 105-108, 112, 118, 148, 154, 175, 178, 205, 212, 216, 222, 225, 234, 241-245, 258, 275, 279, 323, 327, 341, 357, 358, 359, 360, 363
Cymry – 30 Czechoslovakia - 11

D

dagger - 199, 264 Dainas - 92, 211, 288
Danube – 22 David, Nicholas – 102
Dechend, Hertha von – 125 deer - 20, 195, 315, 366
Delitzsch – 261 Delphinus - 242, 342, 344, 358
Denbury - 97, 103, 104 dendrochronology - 8
Deneb - 44, 45, 58, 72, 85, 106, 108, 112, 118, 189, 212, 216, 365, 366
Denghoog - 244, 245 Denisova, Raisa - 9, 11, 12
Denmark - 11, 12 Denton Moor - 156
Derbyshire - 150, 151, 152 Derry - 185, 225
Derrynablaha - 198, 225 Detmold - 250
Devil’s Ring and Finger - 152, 155 Devon - 91, 97, 103, 181
Diphda – 50 distaff - 30
Djer - 115, 116 DNA - 13
Dnieper - 12, 20, 21 Dnieper-Donets - 12, 21
Dniester Bug – 22 Doddington Moor – 50
dog - 20, 206, 258, 270, 303, 340, 377 Dol de Bretagne - 325, 346
dolmen - 1, 2, 3, 31, 37, 86, 181, 184, 203, 218, 225, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 262, 270, 280, 324, 327, 331, 336, 344, 345, 351, 355, 357
dolphin - 58, 185 domestication of large animals - 22
Donegal - 186, 187 Doones - 63
Dorado - 164, 299 Dordogne - 15, 343, 344
Dornafield – 104 Douai - 342, 344
Douarnenez – 325 Down County - 189
Draco - 33, 38, 44, 72, 99, 102, 105, 107, 113, 118, 178, 209, 210, 215, 222, 225, 232, 245, 248, 258, 313, 323, 327, 351, 354, 375
Dragon - 38, 57, 359, 360, 363, 364, 365 Draguignan - 324
Dresden – 261 Druid - 61, 62, 133, 134
Druid Temple - 46, 61, 62 Drumelzier Haugh – 74
Drumnart - 212, 225 Drumtroddan - 75, 76
Dschubba - 58, 161, 170, 325 Dublin - 191, 192, 193, 194, 225
duck – 15 Duggleby Howe - 160
Duhr – 313 Dumfries - 51, 73, 75, 76
Dumfries and Galloway – 51 Dunbavin, Paul - 31
Dunstable - 148, 149 Durbuy – 236

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eagle - 108, 150 Earn - 48
Earth – 1-7, 43, 66, 77, 83, 97-102, 164, 228, 242, 276, 284, 299, 301, 309-313, 359
earthworks – 1-4, 97, 103, 129, 142, 149, 176, 188, 207, 238, 260, 299, 327, 339
Easter Aquhorthies - 43, 63 Eber, Eberus - 30
Eckert, R. – 11 eclipses - 4, 8, 83, 120, 128
ecliptic - 2, 4, 18, 37, 38, 62, 125, 186, 222, 261, 369
Edinburgh - 49, 65, 68 eels - 6, 49, 71, 131, 173, 174, 185, 208
Egypt, Egyptian - 5, 8, 10, 12, 15-18, 21, 27, 30, 31-38, 50, 76, 93, 100, 107, 115, 116, 142, 151, 170, 175, 196, 222, 301, 304-310, 313, 314, 315, 327, 330, 352, 362
Einstein – 133 Eire - 172, 173, 220
elephant - 157, 182, 190 Elgin - 44
elk - 20, 296, 303, 315 Eller Wood - 156
Embo – 47 Emilia Romagna - 275
empty space - 69, 74, 76, 152, 176 Encyclopaedia Britannica - 9, 30, 330
England, English - 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 14, 27, 44, 81, 82, 90, 91, 97, 101, 105, 113, 114, 137, 141-151, 156, 160, 181, 190, 199, 211, 260, 280, 299, 331, 339
Enif - 205, 206, 258, 303, 366 Enkirch - 272
Enrico Calzolari - 4, 277 Enstone - 117, 147
equinoxes - 15, 18, 45, 47, 58, 63, 69, 74, 83, 85, 93, 135, 161, 251, 258, 318, 328
Er Lannic – 327 Eratosthenes - 310
Eridanus - 4, 49, 51, 72, 75, 114, 160, 218, 225, 245, 299, 318, 324, 333, 336, 366
Escher - 96, 98 Eslie - 43, 63
Estonia - 11, 32, 34, 39, 317, 318, 319 Ethiopia - 228, 300, 301
Europe, European, Europeans – 4-13, 17, 20, 22, 27, 30, 34, 97, 115, 116, 137, 226-229, 237, 250, 262, 275, 278, 283, 300, 315, 322, 324
Externsteine - 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258
eyes - 5, 212, 213, 291, 293, 296 Eyre – 80

F

face – 101 Faleyrens - 344
False Cross - 90, 182, 183, 222, 368, 369 family - 41, 43, 256
Far East - 3, 163 father - 41, 43
Fayel – 341 feet - 15, 113, 160, 222, 254, 291, 310
Fell, Barry – 142 Felsberg - 266
Felsenmeer - 265, 266 female - 27, 110, 115, 138, 279, 339
Fenagh Beg - 203, 225 Fengtai - 363
Fergus – 30 Fermanagh - 195, 196, 225
Ferschweiler Plateau - 239, 240 Ferthair - 30
Fife - 48, 49, 64 Filitosa - 4, 232, 284
Finistere – 346 Finland - 11
Firle Beacon – 143 Fiscary - 48
fish - 15, 58, 138, 155, 166, 176, 190, 376 fishermen’s net – 80
flail - 365 flankers – 40
flood - 19, 33, 34 Florida - 164, 374
Flying Serpent, Draco – 33 Folkington - 145
Fomalhaut – 368 Fossum - 302
Fowlis Wester - 3, 70 fox - 20, 303, 365
France - 1, 4, 6, 9, 11-17, 30, 270, 275, 276, 307-327, 330, 331, 335, 336, 339, 349
Franche Comte – 324 Fraserburgh - 44
French - 14, 213, 238, 324, 333, 341, 344 French Riviera - 324, 333
Fresnicourt - 342, 344 Friuli Venezia Giulia – 275

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G

Gadol - 19, 27, 133, 134, 333 Gaels - 77
Gaetuli, Gaetulia - 19, 27, 30 Gaidel, Gaidels - 19, 27
Galactic Equator - 289, 293 Galactic Pole - 62, 182, 328, 330
Galashiels - 50, 64, 66 Galaxy - 54, 107, 223, 365
Gallardet – 336 Galloway - 51, 73, 75, 76
Galway - 197, 225 Gambia - 226, 228, 300, 301
Gansu - 360, 361 Gantenbrink, Rudolf - 311
Gardom’s Edge – 152 Garfinkel, Yosef - 22, 23
Gargantua – 340 Gargas - 6
Garman – 224 Gask - 46
Gatcombe – 105 Gavrinis - 326, 327, 349, 351
Gemini - 15, 51, 52, 92, 122, 125, 130, 135, 138, 200, 201, 202, 225, 252, 257, 265, 266, 267, 268, 275, 280, 303, 324, 333, 334, 335, 337, 339, 356, 358, 361, 366
gene mutation – 11 genetics - 7, 10, 13, 27
geodetic, geodetic survey – 1-5, 37-40, 54, 73, 77, 82, 91, 97, 98, 103, 105, 106, 108, 112, 114, 118, 137, 151, 158, 160, 163, 164, 186, 187, 189, 193, 195, 199, 207, 227, 228, 242, 250, 259, 260, 263, 266, 267, 268, 270, 275, 276, 278, 282, 301, 309, 310, 317, 318, 319, 324, 327, 330, 331, 336, 340, 341, 344, 349, 354, 374, 377
Georgia, Caucasus - 11
German - 6, 8, 13, 15, 22, 44, 207, 211, 230, 238, 250, 259, 260-267, 274, 313, 339
German Archaeological Institute – 13 Germanic - 237, 238, 260, 269, 270, 313
Germany - 1, 4, 11, 17, 34, 78, 225, 229, 230, 237-251, 259, 266, 270
Ggantija - 275, 286, 287, 288, 289 Ghazal - 19
giant - 15, 40, 52, 65, 257, 262, 301, 346 Giant’s House - 94
Gibraltar - 30, 229 Gienah - 112, 261
Gilgati – 43 Gimbutas, Marija - 13, 20, 21, 22, 34
Gingrich, Owen – 83 Giza - 27, 28, 33, 250, 310, 328
Glasgow - 39, 51, 73, 77 Glassel - 44
Glencullen – 191 Gleninsheen - 180, 181, 225
Globe Stone - 165, 167 Gloucester - 105, 117
goat – 190 Gobekli Tepe - 12
God - 8, 284 Goddess, Civilization of the - 13, 20, 34
Goddess, Mut – 330 Goddess, Red - 271, 272
Gogar Stone – 65 gold plate - 133
gold torque - 61, 62 Golden Stag - 259
golf - 269, 331 Gollenstein - 4, 78, 225, 237, 238
Gönnersdorf – 273 goose - 107, 108, 341, 358
Gori, Davide – 277 Gotland - 11
Göttingen – 264 Gourhet-Bréhet - 30
Gozo - 275, 276, 278, 285, 286, 289 grain threshing - 365
Grampian - 43, 63 Grand Menhir Brise - 349
Grande Borne – 335 grandparents - 256
granite - 190, 194 graphics software - 3
Great Flood - 18, 19, 27, 33 Great Mound - 137, 362
Great Square - 287, 303, 305 Great Wall – 359-364
Great Wolds Valley – 160 Greater Eslie - 43
Greece - 11, 27 Greek - 15, 30, 47, 130, 310, 327
Greek mythology – 15 Großenkneten - 246
Grossenrode – 264 Grus - 145, 275, 368
Guatemala – 371 Gudda - 27
Gudensberg-Maden – 262 Guernsey - 324, 331

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Hadrian’s Wall - 4, 50, 114 Hagar’Qim - 275, 297
Hal Saflieni - 291, 298, 299 Hameln - 250
hand - 13, 23, 115, 152, 155, 181, 203, 253, 260, 262, 266, 291, 323, 361
Hannover – 250 Hanuman, monkey - 333, 366
Harewood Greystone - 156, 158 Harold’s Stones - 105, 118
harpoon - 15, 17, 158 Harris - 53, 54, 77
Harrogate - 156, 158 Hasumi Yasui - 364
hat - 74, 175, 339 Hauptmann, Harald - 13
Haute (Midi) Pyrenees – 6 Haute-Normandie - 340
Hawkes, Jason – 84 Hawkins, Gerald - 120, 126, 128
head - 15, 31, 33, 44, 58, 68, 69, 74, 84, 91-93, 107-109, 113, 122, 139, 161, 167-171, 174-176, 184, 186, 190, 194, 204-210, 218, 222, 223, 231, 236, 242, 246, 248, 254-257, 261, 291-296, 299, 313, 327, 339, 341, 349, 351, 358, 360-369, 374-377
heart - 323, 365 Heath, Therfield - 148
heaven - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 24, 33, 37, 38, 39, 44, 54, 56, 57, 66, 74, 76, 77, 79, 88, 90, 93, 98, 100, 101, 104, 106, 107, 113, 131, 133, 137, 139, 148, 150, 170, 172, 190, 192, 193, 194, 201, 211, 214, 225, 242, 246, 251, 255, 257, 258, 262, 266, 270, 273, 284, 285, 287, 288, 289, 299, 302, 303, 305, 313, 316, 319, 323, 327, 328, 329, 332, 335, 349, 353, 359, 362, 370, 372, 375
Hebrew - 1, 8, 27, 44, 45, 57, 133, 313, 333, 354
Hebrew High Priest - 27, 133 Hebrews - 10, 11, 30
Hecang - 363, 364 Heel Stone - 130, 131
Heidenstein – 274 Heifetz, Milton D. - 83, 189, 360
Hele - 130, 139 Helfenstein - 262
Hembury – 91 hen - 44, 160, 253
Hercules - 45, 47, 152-155, 178, 195, 222, 225, 234, 245, 253, 257, 324, 340, 365
Hereford – 105 Herefordshire Beacon - 1, 105, 113, 114
hermetic - 1, 37, 57, 86, 87, 88, 90, 164, 284, 313, 359, 360
Hermitage – 316 Hevelius - 48
Hexi Corridor – 361 Hibernia - 30
Hierakonpolis - 175, 260, 305, 306, 307, 309, 314
hieroglyphs - 8, 76, 142, 196 Hill o’ Many Stones - 48
Hindu - 4, 52, 345 hippopotamus - 157, 305
Hoar Stones - 105, 117, 147 Hokkaido - 358
Holestone Crag – 176 Holland - 34
Hollstein, Ernst – 8 Holtorf, Cornelius - 242
Honshu - 356, 357, 358 hook - 15, 17
Hor-Aha - 5, 98 horn(s) – 15, 222, 259, 323, 353, 359
Horologium - 218, 299 horse - 22, 165, 222, 260, 278, 323, 366
Houdain - 342, 344 Höxter - 250
Hu the Mighty - 30, 33 Huangyaguan - 363
Huelgoat - 325, 348 Hügelgräber - 269
human figure - 16, 74, 266, 296 humanity - 5
Hunnenstein – 274 Hunsrück - 269, 270, 272
Hunt. hunter - 13, 145, 305, 366 Hunt Palette - 305
Hunter’s Burgh – 143 Hurlers - 84, 85, 86, 139
Hyades - 2, 15, 50, 140, 174, 200, 225, 275, 318, 319, 320, 323, 333, 335, 361
Hydra - 4, 53, 78, 82, 83, 91-94122, 128, 154, 181, 197, 207, 222, 225, 231, 237, 238, 247, 251, 254, 258, 268, 324, 327, 344, 349, 350, 351, 364, 365, 366, 373, 374
Hydrus - 54, 56, 66, 80, 145, 160, 161, 162, 164, 299, 309, 368, 369
Hypogeum - 275, 291, 298, 299

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I

Ice Age - 12, 17, 33, 34 Ignatievka - 9, 16, 17
Ilkley Archaeological Group – 156 Indians - 11
Indo-European - 5, 11, 58, 73, 92, 181, 202, 203, 207, 211, 222, 286, 291, 292, 315, 317, 324, 345
Indonesia – 283
Indus Valley – 34, 145, 156, 157, 165, 166, 184, 190, 283, 368
Innerleithen – 72
Inverness - 25, 28, 29, 38, 45, 46, 57, 60, 61, 62, 319
Iraq - 22
Ireland - 4, 6, 11, 30, 31, 44, 49, 71, 92, 100, 103, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 181, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 194, 203, 207, 212, 215, 217, 220, 222-225, 242, 247
Irish - 27, 30, 31, 77, 115, 173, 200, 205, 207, 213, 220, 288
Irminsul – 138 Ishibutai dolmen - 355, 357
Isle of Man - 5, 88, 98, 165 Israel - 19, 22, 23, 133, 333
Italian - 44, 228, 275, 280, 286
Italy - 4, 11, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 300, 301
Itzimte – 368 Ivanov, V.V. - 11

J

Janzé – 325 Japan - 12, 37, 164, 354, 355, 358
Jason – 5, 98, 99, 151, 164, 165, 280 Jericho - 19, 23
Jersey - 324, 331, 332 Jiuquan - 361
Jomon Culture, Japan – 12 Jordan - 12, 19, 23
Jostandis – 260 Julieberries - 145
Jupiter – 4 Justice Stone - 65

K

Kabah – 368 Kafafi, Zeidan - 19
Kaiechos – 196 Kameishi - 354, 355
Kanayama – 358 kangaroo - 164
Kapova – 9 Karelia - 315
Karnak – 330 Kassel - 262, 263
Katav-Ivanovsk - 17 Kaulins, Andis - 1, 10, 25, 29, 172, 250
Kellersteine – 247 Kelley, David B. - 360
Kelus – 10 Kelvingrove - 39, 73
Kent - 96, 145
Kents Cavern - 5, 91, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 104, 153, 190, 191, 280
Kerampaulven – 348 Kercado - 327, 352
Kergo – 327 Kerguntuil - 349
Kerioned - 327, 352 Kerlagat - 327
Kerlescan - 327, 353 Kermario - 327, 351
Kerroch – 327 Kerry - 182, 198, 225
Khasekhemwy – 17 Khons - 330
Kiaupa, Zigmantas – 17 Kiel - 244
Kielder Stone – 50 Kildare - 199
Kilimanjaro – 100 Kilkenny - 200, 201, 225
Killadeas - 195, 196, 225 Kilmartin - 52, 77, 78
Kilmichael Glassary – 79 Kilmihil - 180, 181, 225
Kinbrace – 48 King Arthur - 5, 98, 105, 163, 164, 171
King Orry - 5, 98, 101, 102 Kings Men - 106, 107, 110, 111
Kings Stone - 106, 107, 108, 109, 341 Kintyre – 51

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Kirchhain-Langenstein – 264 Kit’s Coty - 145
Kiuic – 368 Kleinenkneten - 246
knife – 15 Knights of the Round Table - 5, 98
Knights, Whispering – 112 Knockeen - 218, 225
Knossos - 226, 228, 300, 301 Knowlton Rings - 2, 140
Knowth - 209, 210, 225 Konya - 18
Korea – 11 Krupp, E.C. - 330
kudurri – 1 Kunda Culture - 17
Kurgan - 34, 314 Kyffhäuser - 260
Kyhna – 261 Kyoto - 354
Kyushu - 358

L

L’Ancresse Bay – 331 La Bretellière - 324, 338, 339
La Hogue Bie - 331, 332 La Longue Rocque - 331
La Spezia - 4, 227, 275, 277, 278, 279, 300, 301
La Temblais – 325 La Trinitè sur Mer - 327
La Varde Dolmen – 331 Labna - 368
Lacerta - 44, 84, 85, 108, 117, 146, 147, 205, 206, 225, 235, 245, 258, 323, 344, 360, 363, 366
Lagmore – 44 LAIKS - 11
Lake Onega – 316 lamb - 139
Lamorna – 82 Lamorna Cave - 82, 90
Lancashire - 155
landmarks - 1, 22, 100, 142, 262, 328, 359, 360
Lange Stein - 264, 267, 268 Langsteiner Wiener B - 11
Languedoc – 324 Lannion - 325
Lanvénael – 325 Lanyon Quoit - 82, 86, 87
Lanzhou – 362 Laois - 201, 225
Laozi - 361
Large Magellanic Cloud - 3, 82, 90, 159, 182, 218, 299, 309
Lascaux - 6, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 224, 253, 273, 307, 320, 321, 322, 324
latitude - 126, 228, 301
Latvia - 9, 11, 12, 20, 318, 319, 366
Latvian - 5, 11, 21, 22, 30, 31, 33, 43, 45, 47, 50, 52, 58, 63, 65, 92, 112, 142, 181, 195, 196, 202, 203, 207, 211, 218, 222, 253, 262, 275, 286, 288, 291, 292, 313, 318, 324, 327, 339, 345
Lauder - 64, 66 Lazio - 275
Le Balat – 31 Le Creux es Faies - 331
Le Dehus – 331 Le Plec - 30
Le Trepid – 331 Leachonich - 47
Lécluse – 344 Leda - 15
Leeds – 157 Legend Rock - 373
legends - 27, 30, 54, 88, 97, 100, 107, 115 legs - 18, 68, 79, 182, 190, 322, 323
Lehmsiek – 244 Leighterton - 105
Leipzig – 261 Leitrim - 225
Leitrim County - 203
Leo - 15, 45, 52, 53, 91, 92, 94, 104, 122, 123, 128, 181, 190, 197, 222, 225, 247, 255, 258, 264, 270, 271, 303, 313, 321, 324, 327, 366
Lepenski Vir - 21, 22 Lepus - 252, 324
Lerici - 275, 277, 278 Les Bonnets - 342, 344
Les Fouaillages – 331 Lesconil – 325

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Lesser Eslie – 43 Lewes - 2, 4, 142, 143, 144, 145
Lewis – 9 Lewis, Island - 52, 53, 54, 77
Lewis-Williams, David - 6, 15 LexiLine.com - 8, 17, 133, 333
Leys Castle - 61, 62 Lezardrieux - 325
Lia Fail - 209, 211 Liagans - 180, 181, 225
Liangzhou – 361 Liaotung - 360
Libra - 52, 186, 222, 231, 256, 258, 324, 327, 339, 360, 365
Liguria - 275, 277, 278 Lille - 324
Limerick - 204, 225 Limoges - 324
Limousin – 324 Ling Tai - 362
Lisbunny - 217, 225 Liskeard - 94
Lithuanian - 11, 92, 260, 318, 354 Little Heaven - 145
Litziger Lay – 272 Liverpool - 155, 165
lizard - 117, 147 LMC - 82, 90, 182, 218, 299, 336
Loch Borralan – 47 Loch of Garman - 224
Lockyer, Norman - 125, 126 Locmariaquer - 326, 327, 349, 350
Lodian – 23 Loire - 324, 337, 339, 344
Lomas, Robert – 31 Lombardy - 275
Londonderry - 184, 185 Long Stone - 117, 264, 267
Long, William - 132, 133, 134 Longford - 204, 225
Longformacus – 66 longitude - 228, 301
loom - 92, 181 Lordenshaws - 49, 50, 72
Lorraine - 324, 339 Lothian - 49
Loudon Wood – 44 Lough Gur - 204, 225
Louth - 205, 225 Loze, Ilze - 12
Lukaszewicz – 10 lunar mansions - 128, 364, 365, 366
Lund in Links - 48
Lupus - 52, 53, 80, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, 165, 166, 222, 259, 322, 323, 336, 365
Luxembourg - 230, 239, 240 Lyneham - 105, 115
Lynx - 52, 195, 265, 280, 323 Lyon - 324
Lyra - 44, 107, 178, 222, 234, 241, 242, 258, 322, 323

M

MacBain’s Gaelic Dictionary - 5, 207, 222, 224
Macbeth Stone – 67 MacFarlane's Gaelic Dictionary - 207
Machrie – 52 Madagascar - 167
Maes Howe - 31, 34 Mäesalu, Ain - 17
Magdalenians - 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 273, 307, 320
Maglemosian - 9, 12 Maiden Bower - 148, 149
Maikop – 314 Mainz - 8, 267, 268
Malaysia - 283
male - 17, 27, 48, 93, 115, 137, 138, 279, 284, 306
Malta - 275, 276, 278, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299
mammoth - 169, 323 Mamoiada - 4, 282
man - 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 15, 20, 47, 64, 91, 97, 98, 139, 153, 154, 190, 207, 208, 215, 253, 256, 268, 291, 303, 305, 306, 321, 339, 365, 374
Manetho – 33 Manio - 327, 352, 353
Mannan Stone - 64, 199 manta ray - 166
map - 1, 14, 16, 18, 40, 44, 57, 58, 63, 73, 79, 80, 88, 99, 101, 103, 104, 132, 137, 142, 150, 156, 163, 167, 172, 188, 201, 225, 227, 229, 242, 277, 278, 282, 283, 285, 303, 318, 324, 325, 327, 344, 349, 354, 377

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Marburg – 264 Marche - 275, 325
Marionburgh – 44 Mark of Cassiopeia,- 277
marten – 20 mask - 369, 370
Maya - 4, 368, 369, 370, 371 Mayburgh Stone - 97, 163, 164
Mayo - 206, 208, 225
measure - 4, 5, 37, 40, 41, 57, 58, 62, 78, 82, 97, 98, 133, 142, 162, 183, 203, 222, 228, 254, 301, 328, 349, 369
Meath - 209, 210, 211, 220, 225 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - 241, 242
Medelhavsmuséet - 305 Mediterranean - 34, 115, 280, 283, 367
megaliths, megalithic sites – 1-377 Meldrum - 63, 97
Melrose - 50, 67 Memel Culture – 20
Memsie – 44 Men-an-Tol - 82, 89
Menat - 93, 324, 327, 329, 330 Menec - 327, 329
menhir - 324, 331, 335, 339, 340, 341, 344, 345, 348, 349, 350
Menit Chain, Egypt – 107 Menkar - 64, 224, 323, 333
Menkaure – 33 Mensa - 160, 299
Merida - 368, 369 meridian - 58, 161, 287
Merlin - 5, 74, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 104, 168, 280, 325
Merry Maidens - 89, 90 Mesolithic - 9, 11, 12, 17
Mesopotamia - 1, 8, 22, 34, 37, 73, 87, 139, 367
Metapontium – 280 Method - 1
Metonic Cycle - 128, 313 Mexico - 11, 164
Mexitli – 164 Miami Circle - 373, 374, 375, 376, 377
Middle East - 12, 24 Middleton Moor - 156
Midmar Kirk - 40, 43, 63 Midsummer Hill - 1, 105, 114
Milky Way - 2, 15, 17, 31, 38, 48, 57, 64, 67, 69, 79, 89, 91, 98, 100, 112, 118, 125, 128, 131, 132, 135, 137, 158, 161, 173, 198, 199, 204, 208, 225, 234, 259, 261, 275, 279, 280, 284, 286, 289, 290, 303, 313, 315, 316, 318, 322, 323, 324, 333, 353, 354, 355, 357, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 365, 366, 375, 376, 377
Mill Bay – 82 Millar, F. Graham - 93, 133
Min – 352 Minchinhampton - 105, 117
Minerva – 216 Minions - 86
Minyans – 5 Mireann - 220, 222, 225
Mitchell, Samuel Alfred – 8 Mizar - 30, 38, 45, 46, 60, 72
Mizuochi – 355 Mnajdra - 275, 295
Molise – 275 Monaghan - 212
Mongolian – 22 monkey - 333, 354, 366, 372
Mont Blanc - 275, 324 Mont St. Odile - 338
Monte Lungo - 201, 282, 283 Monteville - 373
Montignac – 14 Moon - 4, 33, 40, 54, 126, 144, 365, 366
moon stations - 128, 364 Morbihan - 30, 326, 327, 349, 351
Morocco - 30, 226, 300 Moselle - 270, 271, 272, 273
Moses – 8 mother - 13, 267
Mougau – 345 mound - 161
Mound Hill – 161 mounds - 2, 3, 34, 142, 176, 360
Mount Bego – 324 Mount Caburn - 143
Moyvoughly – 221 Muff - 186
Mul.Apin – 45 Mulfra Quoit - 82, 86, 87, 88
Mull - 52, 53, 77 Mullagharoy - 209, 225
mummification - 20, 169 Mur de Bretagne - 325, 348
Musca - 82, 89, 145, 164, 275, 289-293 Museum - 39, 73, 181, 242, 308, 316
Mut – 330 Mycenae – 100

The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars - 393

N

Nabala Stone - 317, 318 Nahr - 1, 5, 45, 57
Nakano-oene-Oji – 355 Nantes - 338, 339
Naples – 280 Naqada - 35, 175, 260, 305, 307, 309
Nara – 354 Naram-Sin - 98
Narmer - 5, 98 Natufian - 12
Nazca - 162, 366, 372 Near East - 13, 23
Neaufles-Auvergny - 324, 340 Nebra - 260, 261
nebula – 144 Nehar di Nur - 1
Neolithic – 1-4, 9-15, 19-23, 40-45, 74, 82, 91, 108, 113, 137, 165, 170, 181, 194, 208, 225, 242, 256, 280, 306, 313, 324, 331, 332, 339, 341, 349
Neuwied – 273 Newcastle - 4
Newgrange - 30, 209, 210, 211, 225 Newton, Sir Isaac - 7, 104
NGC 6960 - 148, 149 Nickern - 261
Niddrie Stone – 68 Nihon Shoki - 355
Nile - 33, 157, 313 Nippon - 164
Nittmann, Peter – 6 Noah - 19, 22, 34
Nobbin – 242 Nohcacab – 368
Nohpat – 368 Nord-Pas-de-Calais – 344
Norma - 145, 222 Normandy - 12, 324, 340
Norse - 27, 115, 138, 142, 263 Nörten-Hardenberg - 264
North Celestial Pole - 57, 62, 113, 209-211, 225, 250, 275, 282, 313, 322-324, 352
North Ecliptic Pole - 2, 57, 113, 209, 216, 222, 225, 229, 232, 248, 275, 282, 323-329
North Pole - 58, 66, 84, 161, 369 Northeim - 264
Northern Ireland – 2 Northumberland - 50, 72
nose - 99, 190, 223, 291, 293, 295, 366, 376
Notgrove – 105 Nottinghamshire - 153

O

oars – 144 obelisk - 145, 228, 301
Obelisk Tunnel – 145 ochre - 20, 169
Octans - 54, 56, 80, 145, 156, 158, 161, 299
octopus – 100 Odenwald - 265, 266
Odile - 324, 338, 339 Odin - 54, 260, 262, 263
Offa’s Dyke – 105 Offaly - 201, 202, 225
Oise - 324, 341 Oka - 12, 355
Old Keig – 43 Oldenburg - 246, 247
Oley - 373
Ophiuchus - 45, 47, 98, 168, 171, 178, 186, 187, 188, 191, 225, 234, 246, 247, 257, 324, 325, 327, 340, 345, 346, 348, 349, 352, 358, 365, 373
Ord – 47 Ordnance Survey - 1, 41, 42, 44
Oriental Hebrews - 30
Orion - 15, 18, 35, 51, 52, 63, 74, 76, 84, 131, 170, 217, 225, 234, 245, 252, 268, 274, 275, 278, 303, 314, 317, 318, 323, 324, 333, 358, 361, 366, 372, 377
Orkneys - 27, 33, 34, 54, 55, 80, 115, 158
Orleans – 324 Orry - 5
Otley – 156 owl - 177, 212, 213, 262, 291, 323
ox – 365 Oxford - 39, 43, 105, 117
Oxfordshire - 106, 112, 115, 117, 147 Oxkintok – 370

394 – The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars

P

Paestum – 280 Pajur, Ago - 17
Paleolithic - 9, 20 Palette - 304, 308
palm – 361 Palmaitis, M.L. - 11
Papua – 164 Parallelograms - 135
Parc Cwm – 171 Paris - 9, 324
Parthenon – 310 Parwich - 151
Pas de Calais – 324 pasture - 366
Pateley Bridge - 156, 157
Paviland - 5, 20, 97, 168, 169, 170, 171, 325
Pavo - 54, 56, 80, 97, 98, 145, 155, 156, 158, 184, 299, 368
Peacock – 155 Peak District - 150
Peden’s Pulpit – 68 Peebles - 45, 72, 74
Pegasus - 15, 108, 146, 147, 205, 258, 260, 275, 278, 303, 305, 313, 324, 360, 366
Peking – 363 penguins - 164
Pennsylvania – 373 Pentre Ifan - 170
Penwith - 86, 87, 88, 89 Penzance - 82, 89, 90
Perseus - 3, 6, 15-18, 48, 64, 67, 69, 70, 85, 86, 95, 122, 137, 138, 139, 173, 199, 222, 225, 235, 252, 253, 261, 275, 303, 323, 324, 344, 354, 358, 362, 363, 366, 377
Persian Gulf – 283 Perth - 3, 48, 49, 64, 70
Perthshire - 3, 69, 70 Peru - 372
Peter Nittmann – 15 Peterborough - 164, 373, 377, 378, 379
phallic - 15, 64, 199, 229, 232, 267, 284, 306 Pharaohs - 21, 23, 33, 115, 306
Pharaonic - 5, 7, 18, 20, 34, 43, 76, 107, 142, 190, 196, 222, 250, 306, 315, 330, 361
Pharaonic Egypt - 5, 7, 20, 34, 43, 250 Phoenician - 31
Phoenix - 49, 50, 72, 84, 151, 275, 298, 299, 366, 368
Pianguan – 363 Picardy - 324, 341
Picts - 27, 30, 31 Piedmont - 275
Pierre-Qui-Vire – 337 Pignone – 279
Pima Indians – 11 Pipers - 85, 90
Pisces - 15, 17, 141, 142, 258, 278, 323, 333, 360
Piscis Austrinus - 145, 368 Pitman, Walter - 19, 22
Pleiades - 2, 6, 15, 39, 49, 50, 69, 71, 87, 88, 98, 122, 138-140, 173-175, 199, 225, 234, 235, 252, 261, 275, 314, 318-320, 323, 333, 335, 344, 358, 361, 362, 366, 377
Plouarzel – 325 Ploudalmézeau - 325
Plouescat – 325 Plouhinec – 325
Pointe de la Torche – 325 Poitou Charentes - 324
Poland - 11, 318 Polaris - 44, 58, 105
Pole Star - 38, 43-45, 50, 57, 58, 66, 84, 85, 113, 117, 118, 146, 161, 162, 164, 209, 211, 225, 249, 250, 254, 255, 257, 258, 270, 275, 318, 327, 355, 362, 365, 373, 377
Poles - 275, 309, 328, 353 Polgigga - 82
porpoise - 58, 224 Port Charlotte – 52
Portsall - 325, 347 pottery - 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Pouget - 324, 336 Poulnabrone - 179, 181, 225
Powledge, Tabitha M. – 13 prairie dog - 340
precession - 1, 38, 43-47, 58, 72, 78, 83-85, 117, 199, 211, 225, 237, 254, 313, 328
Predynastic - 35, 36, 304, 305, 306, 307 Price, Douglas T. - 22
Procyon - 52, 91, 323, 327, 334, 360, 366 Provence - 324, 333
Ptolemy – 8 Pueblo Indians – 11
Pulli – 11 Punchestown - 199, 225
Puppis - 100, 164, 198, 275, 294, 295, 323 Puuc - 368
pyramids - 8, 31, 33, 37, 38, 115, 250, 310 Pyrenees – 324

The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars - 395

Q

Qinhuangdao - 360, 364 Quadriga - 260
Quadrilatère – 327 Quarry Wood - 44
quartz - 171, 191, 194, 262 quartzite - 191, 194, 263
Queen Maeve – 216 Queen's Chamber - 311, 313
Quéguil-Bréhet – 30 Queyras - 324, 334, 335
Quiberon – 30 Qui-Vire - 324, 337, 339
quoit – 87 quoits - 2, 3, 82, 87, 91

R

rabbit - 58, 190, 255, 259, 365 raccoon - 365
radiometric analysis – 22 Raedykes - 45
Rasalgethi – 340 Rasalhague - 47, 340
rat – 365 Rathiddy - 205, 206, 225
Ratho – 69 raven - 206, 256, 366
recumbent stones – 40 Red Bird - 93, 360
Red Burn – 47 red ochre - 20, 169
Regulus - 270, 366 Reims - 324
relief(s) - 2, 87, 92, 115, 155, 147, 155, 171-175, 195, 205, 222, 224, 306, 330
remen – 310 Reu - 30
RHA (Richard Hinckley Allen), see also the footnotes - 1, 15, 31, 39, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 65, 73, 88, 260, 271, 299, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364
Rhesus, blood type – 30 Rhine - 273
Rhone Alps – 345 Riesenstein - 262, 263
rifled - 49, 71, 173 rifled stone - 71
Riom - 324, 337, 339 Ripon - 161
river - 1, 4, 12, 22, 34, 45, 50, 114, 154, 160, 218, 270, 272, 273, 300, 361
Rivock Edge – 156 robot - 311
rock drawings - 79, 167, 183, 272, 282, 283, 302-306, 309, 315, 317, 333, 377-379
Rohl, David – 8, 35 Rollefson, Gary - 19
Rollright Stones (Rollrights) - 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 341
Roman - 93, 266 Rombalds Moor - 156
Rome - 228, 280, 301 Romulus and Remus - 280
Rondossec – 327 roof - 365
rooster – 366 Roscommon - 212, 225
Rose, Mark – 13 Rostrennen - 325
Rote Göttin – 271 Rough Tor - 91, 93
Round Table - 5, 98, 163, 164 Roussillon - 324
Rouussayrolles – 324 Royston - 148, 149
rudder - 144, 164, 182 Rudston - 160
Rügen - 241, 242 Russia - 1, 9, 11, 16, 17, 315, 316
Russians – 11 Ryan, William - 19, 22

S

Sa Perda Pinta - 4, 282 Saarbrücken - 4, 237
Sagitta - 45, 48, 152, 175, 176, 242, 279
Sagittarius - 54, 55, 80, 125, 131, 135, 155, 158, 165, 166, 175, 176, 184, 185, 222, 225, 243, 322, 323, 324, 327, 331, 356, 358, 360, 361, 364, 365, 368
Sahara – 309 Saik - 47
Sailly-en-Ostravent – 344 Saint Samson sur Rance - 347
Saint Sulpice – 344 Sainte Barbe - 327
Saint-Emilion – 344 Sakafuneishi - 354, 355

396 – The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars

Sakurajima – 358 Salah - 30
Saltdean – 145 San Bartolo - 371
Sanskrit – 88 Santillana, Giorgio de - 125
Saone-et-Loire – 344 Sarasvati - 34
Sardinia - 4, 201, 275, 276, 278, 281, 282, 283
Saros Cycle - 128, 313 Sarsens - 121, 122, 124
Saruishi - 354, 355 Saudi Arabia - 11
Saulheim - 267, 268 Saumur - 324
Scandinavian – 1,11, 12, 17, 27, 30, 34, 35, 77, 304, 305, 306, 308, 318
Scelinskij, V.E. - 9, 17 scepter - 15, 52
Schalenstein – 244 Scheat - 146
Schelde – 238 Schindeldorf - 269
Schleswig-Holstein – 244 Schwörstadt - 274
Scorpio - 39, 52, 53, 54, 58, 74, 125, 161, 165, 166, 168, 170, 175, 176, 186, 187, 188, 222, 244, 245, 317, 323, 324, 325, 327, 347, 349, 350, 358, 360, 365, 369
Scorpion King – 98 Scota - 27, 30
Scotland – 1-6, 25-33, 38-46, 52-64, 77, 80, 103, 114, 162, 173, 199, 319
Scots - 11, 27, 30, 115 Scottish Chronicle - 30
sculpted - 2, 3, 20, 97, 147, 190, 191, 236, 250, 256, 258, 266, 267, 289
Scutum - 45, 48, 243, 363 Scythian - 34
seafarers - 3, 34, 37, 88, 98 seal - 54, 58, 224
seals – 185 seals, gypsum - 311
Secret Chamber – 312 Semerkhet - 33
Serpens - 45, 58, 161, 168, 169, 171, 178, 187, 188, 215, 222, 225, 234, 246, 247, 257, 317, 322, 323, 324, 325, 338, 339, 346, 347, 349, 352, 358, 365, 369
serpent - 168, 171, 178, 190, 246, 299, 314, 339, 349, 375
Serpievka – 17 Serug - 30
Seven Daughters of Eve - 7, 9, 322 Seven Maidens - 342, 344
Seven Sisters – 145 Sextans - 78
shaft - 311, 313 Shaft of the Dead Man - 6, 14, 15
shaman - 5, 97, 168 Shandan - 361
Shanhaiguan – 364 Shanhaikuan - 360
shark - 76, 185 sheep - 22, 68, 139, 222
Sheriffmuir – 50 Shetlands - 54, 56, 80
Shikoku – 358 Shiwa - 52
shoulder - 30, 203, 206, 215, 339 Shuldt - 242
SI AN BHRU – 209 Sicily - 275, 276, 291
sickle – 15 Siebensteinhäuser - 248
Silbury Hill - 17, 137, 139 Silk Road - 359, 361
Simandre-sur-Suran - 324, 345 Simandre-Sur-Suran - 345
Sirius - 15, 100, 274, 280, 303, 324, 335 Sirokov, V.N. - 9, 17
Sistrum – 107 Skara Brae – 33
Skipton Moor – 156 Skirza Head - 48
Skorba - 275, 292, 293, 296 Skregg - 212, 213, 225
Skull Stone – 159 skulls - 11, 12, 159, 322, 323
Skye - 52, 53, 77, 80 Slighe Cualann - 211
Sligo - 192, 193, 214, 216, 225 Slovenia - 11
Small Magellanic Cloud - 145, 299 SMC - 145
snake, see serpent, Draco, Hydra – 366 Snowden Carr - 156, 159
Sode Boshi – 358 solar eclipse - 8, 216, 261, 313
solstices - 2, 38, 39, 45, 72, 74, 83, 85, 130, 135, 154, 208, 216, 258, 318, 328
Sooaluse – 318 Sothic – 135

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South Pole – 2, 58, 66, 82, 142, 159, 161, 162, 182, 183, 298, 299, 336, 309, 369
Southern Cross - 45, 82, 89, 275, 286, 365 southern skies - 3, 88
Southern Triangle - 58, 82, 88, 145, 161 Spain - 9, 11, 27, 30
Speckner, Rolf – 257 Spellenstein - 78, 237, 238
Sphinx - 250, 313 Spica - 38, 93, 110, 232, 329, 339, 360
spindle - 30, 92, 181 spinning wheel - 18, 92, 179, 181
Spinster’s Rock - 91, 92, 181 Spofforth Stone - 156, 158
Spring Equinox - 15, 17, 170, 234, 245, 261, 317, 333
squid – 232 St Cleer - 94
St. Barbe – 350 St. Emilion - 324
St. Guénolé – 325 St. Ingbert - 237
St. Ives – 86 St. Mathieu - 325
St. Michel – 327 St. Patrick's Chair - 208, 288
St. Petersburg – 316 stadia - 310
staff - 31, 45, 47, 168 Staffordshire - 155
stag - 222, 259 Stamm, Christian - 257
standing stones – 1 Stanford University - 13
Staraya Zalavruga – 315 Starry Night Pro - 4, 8, 83, 264, 320
stars – 1-369 Steinacleit - 52, 54
Stockholm – 305 stomach - 366
Stone Age, see Neolithic stone alignments, stones – 1-379
Stonehenge - 30, 119-136, 228, 264 Stowe’s Pound - 91, 93
Strasbourg – 324 Straube, Gvido – 17
Strichen – 44 Stripple Stones - 91, 93
Stromberg - 269, 270 Suilven - 47
Sumerians – 21, 22, 30, 34, 39, 43, 45, 51, 151, 323
Summer Solstice - 8, 30, 82, 83, 97, 128, 130, 131, 181, 206, 207, 216, 222, 251, 254, 262, 289, 313, 328, 330, 349, 364, 365, 366, 373, 374
Sun - 4, 8, 33, 40, 54, 92, 126, 128, 131 Sunhoney - 40, 41, 43, 63
Süntelstein – 248 supernova - 148
surveying, surveyors - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 43, 57, 101, 103, 165, 167, 220, 225, 226, 228, 229, 237, 242, 247, 269, 278, 300, 301, 349, 373, 377
Sussex - 141, 142 swallow - 365
Sweden - 11, 35, 226, 229, 247, 300, 301, 305
Swinburne – 50 sword - 171, 199, 217, 364
Sykes, Bryan - 7, 9, 13, 322 Sylt - 244, 245

T

Ta’Hagrat - 275, 291, 292
tail - 38, 58, 66, 137, 152, 155, 176, 190, 253, 293, 303, 313, 339, 346, 359, 363
Takamatsuzuka – 355 Tangier - 226, 228, 300, 301
Tanum, Tanumsheide - 35, 226, 228, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305
Tara - 209, 211, 225 Tarxien - 275, 285, 289, 290, 291, 299
Taurus - 2, 15, 39, 40, 50, 51, 68, 73, 74, 122, 200, 201, 217, 225, 234, 235, 245, 252, 253, 257, 261, 275, 278, 314, 318, 320, 323, 324, 333-335, 344, 361, 366, 377
Tauta, folk – 63 Tayside - 49
Temple - 33, 39, 43, 45, 54, 61, 151, 280, 291, 294, 330, 354, 355, 358
Teotihuacan - 33, 367 Terneuzen - 238
tether – 305 Thalimain - 48, 365
The Face - 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 Therfield - 148
Thiele, Edwin R. – 8 Thor’s Hammer - 374
Thornborough Circles - 161, 162 thread - 30, 89, 92, 104

398 – The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars

Thuban - 38, 105 Thunder Barrow - 143
Thurayya - 71, 173 Tifinag - 142
tiger – 365 Tikal - 370
Timoney - 217, 225 Tinkinswood - 171
Tintagel – 93 Tipperary - 217, 225
Tireighter - 184, 185, 225 Tirnony - 184, 225
Togher – 223 Tokyo - 358
Tollis Hill – 66 Tomnaverie - 44
Tompkins, Peter - 228, 301, 310 tools - 3, 9, 12
Torbay – 96 Tordarroch - 46, 63
Torhousekie – 76 Tormain Hill - 69
Torphins – 44 Torquay - 2, 91, 96, 99, 104, 280
Torry Burn - 49, 71 tortoise - 355, 365
Traben-Trarbach - 271, 272 Tramonti - 277, 278
tree - 8, 33, 138, 159, 207, 365 Tree of Life Stone - 159
tree rings - 8, 33 Trefignath - 165, 166
Tregastel – 349 Tregiffian - 82, 89
Trelew - 82, 90 Trellech - 105, 118
Trentino Alto Adige – 275 Trethevy Quoit - 91, 94
Triangulum - 15, 17, 48, 49, 64, 69, 88, 223, 225, 235, 323, 366, 369
Triangulum Australis - 88, 145, 222 Triangulum Galaxy - 223
Trilithons - 125, 127, 128 Trittenheim - 270
tropical year - 17, 370 Troy - 30
Trundle – 142 Tuatha de Danaan - 63
Tucana - 145, 156, 158, 159, 161, 368 Tuilyies - 49, 71, 173
Tullies Stone - 49, 71 tumuli - 2, 82, 142, 238
Tunis – 301 Turais - 100
turkey – 377 Turkey - 11, 18
turtle - 107, 185, 190, 291, 299, 354, 355, 366
Tuscany – 275 Tweedsmuir - 68
twig - 217, 224 Tyne - 4, 50
Tyrebagger - 43, 63 Tyrone - 187, 188, 225

U
Uist - 52, 53, 77 Ukraine - 12, 22
Uley – 105 Umbria - 275
United Kingdom - 91, 325, 341, 349 Ur - 34, 242
Uragh - 182, 198, 225 Urals - 9, 16, 17
Ursa Major – 29-31, 38, 45-47, 60-63, 72, 88, 105, 118, 122, 131, 133, 153, 154, 212, 213, 216, 222, 225, 255, 262-265, 270, 271, 323, 324, 327, 351, 352, 365, 366, 373
Ursa Minor - 42, 44, 50, 63, 84, 105, 118, 204, 210, 225, 263-265, 327, 352, 373, 374
USA - 164, 360, 374 Uxmal – 368

V
Valle D’aosta – 275 Varenne, menhir - 339
Vastokas – 377 Vedic - 333
Vega - 44, 58, 107, 222, 242, 245, 322, 323 Veil and Lacework Nebula - 148, 149
Vela - 53, 77, 91, 93, 182, 183, 198, 222, 225, 275, 290, 291, 322, 323
Vendée - 324, 339 Veneto and Venice - 275
Vernal Equinox - 17, 18, 76, 92, 302, 324, 366, 372
Vikings – 27 Virgil – 30

The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars - 399

Virgo - 30, 38, 52, 54, 59, 91, 93, 94, 110, 122, 135, 138, 154, 178, 193, 214, 215, 216, 222, 225, 229, 231, 232, 240, 256, 258, 303, 324, 327, 329, 330, 337, 338, 339, 360, 364, 365
Visbek - 246, 247 Visbeker - 247
Visvamitra – 88 void - 365
Volans - 164, 275, 297, 299 Vulpecula - 242

W
wagon – 366 Wain - 63, 88
Wales - 4, 81, 97, 103, 105, 114, 118, 126, 137, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 176, 325
Walker, Martha - 60
Wall Painting - 18, 175, 260, 305, 306, 307, 309, 314
Warrior – 360 Warwickshire - 112
water - 6, 19, 33, 34, 58, 160, 190, 318, 339, 354, 355, 362
Waterford - 218, 225
Wayland’s Smithy - 2, 105, 117, 146, 147, 260
Weissenstein – 262 well - 52, 217, 266, 339, 361, 366
Welsh - 27, 30, 115 Welsh Triad - 30
Weris - 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 247
Westmeath - 219, 222, 225 Wether Law - 66
Wexford - 224, 225 whale - 190, 224
wheat – 22 Whispering Knights - 112
White Barrow - 91, 93 White Sea - 315
White Stone - 45, 72 Whitehawk - 143
Whitehorse – 373 whorls - 54, 74, 76
Wicklow - 223, 225 wife - 27, 30, 330
Wigtown – 76 Wildeshausen - 246
Wilhelmshöhe - 262, 263 William Long - 133
Wilmington – 145 Wiltshire - 119, 132, 133
Windmill Tump – 105 wings - 291, 366
Winter Solstice - 15, 17, 38, 50, 142, 144, 189, 205, 303, 320, 330, 366
Winterbourne Stoke - 2, 139, 140 Wodanstein - 262, 263
wolf - 20, 280, 303, 366
woman - 148, 181, 184, 215, 253, 256, 289, 291, 339, 374
Woodhenge – 136 Wooley - 34
world - 34, 37, 91, 96, 97, 98, 103, 119, 168, 169, 201, 250, 266, 282, 284, 299, 313
World Map - 282, 283 worldwide - 3, 5, 33, 54, 311

X
Xaghra – 286 Xkalumkin - 368
Xkichmook – 368 Xkipche - 368
Xkpche – 368 Xlapak – 368

Y
Yamaguchi - 358 Yarmukian - 19, 22, 23
Yarrows – 48 Yinchuan - 362
Yorkshire - 156, 158, 160, 161 Yucatan - 359, 368, 369
Yukon – 373 Yumen – 361

400 – The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars

Z
Zangato, Étienne – 102 Zennor Quoit - 82, 86
Zhangye - 359, 360, 361 ziggurats - 37
Zodiac - 5, 40, 125, 128, 132, 133, 135, 163, 288, 369
Zosma – 313 Zvejnieki – 11

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"Doreen is the author of several books on these seasoned sages of the 21st Century, including The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children and The Crystal Children. She has just released a guide to this new generation of highly sensitive young people on a 2-CD set called Indigo, Crystal, and Rainbow Children (Hay House, May 2005).

Meet the Rainbow Children!
They are the embodiment of our divinity and the example of our potential. The Rainbow Children have never lived on this planet before, and they’re going straight to the Crystal Children as their moms and dads. These children are entirely fearless of everybody. They’re little avatars who are all about service. These are children who are only here to give—Rainbow Children are already at their spiritual peak.

Then, there’s the Crystal Children.
The first thing that most people notice about them is their eyes—large, penetrating and wise beyond their years. The Crystal Children’s eyes lock on and hypnotize you, while you realize your soul is being laid bare for these children to see. Perhaps you've noticed this special new 'breed' of children rapidly populating our planet. They are happy, delightful and forgiving. This generation of new lightworkers, roughly ages 0 through 7, are like no previous generation. Ideal in many ways, Crystal Children are the pointers for where humanity is headed . . . and it's a good direction!

The older children (approximately ages 7 through 25), are called 'Indigo Children.'
They share some characteristics with the Crystal Children. Both generations are highly sensitive and psychic, and have important life purposes. The main difference is their temperament. Indigos have a warrior spirit, because their collective purpose is to mash down old systems that no longer serve us. They are here to quash government, educational and legal systems that lack integrity. To accomplish this end, they need tempers and fiery determination.

Those adults who resist change and who value conformity may misunderstand the Indigos. They are often mislabeled with the psychiatric diagnoses of Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Sadly, when they’re medicated, The Indigos often lose their beautiful sensitivity, spiritual gifts and warrior energy. I wrote about the Indigos at length in my book, The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children. I also recommend The Indigo Children and An Indigo Celebration, two other Hay House books written by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober.

In contrast, the Crystal Children are blissful and even-tempered. Sure, they may have tantrums occasionally, but these children are largely forgiving and easy-going. The Crystals are the generation who benefit from the Indigos' trailblazing. First, the Indigo Children lead with a machete, cutting down anything that lacks integrity. Then the Crystal Children follow the cleared path, into a safer and more secure world. And now, the fearless Rainbow Children are pure givers ready to fulfill our needs."

Stars, Stones and Scholars

2010-01-21T00:21:00.000+01:00

Stars, Stones and Scholars

The Decipherment of the Megaliths as an Ancient Survey of the Earth by Astronomy By Andis Kaulins

Also available as: Perfect Bound Softcover
Published: December, 2008
Format: Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 424
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 9781412201353

"The hermetic tradition claims 'As above, so below'. Did the ancients mean that literally? Stars, Stones and Scholars shows that many ancient megalithic sites are not tombs, but are remnants of ancient local, regional and perhaps even larger Neolithic surveys of the Earth by Stone Age astronomy, with gigantic stones being placed as immovable survey markers. Circa 40 photographs, 240 drawings and 80 maps show how megaliths were carved and 'sculpted' with figures and cupmarks (holes in the stones) to represent stars and constellations, long before the modern astrological Zodiac was known. Megalithic sites from England (Stonehenge), Wales (Paviland), Scotland (Clava Cairns), Ireland (Newgrange, Knowth), Germany (Externsteine), Benelux (Weris), France (Carnac), Italy (La Spezia), Malta (Tarxien), Greece, Turkey (Anatolia), Scandinavia (Tanum), the Baltic, Russia, the Near East, the Far East (China and Japan), Africa, Central and South America (Tikal, Maya, Aztecs), Oceania (Hawaii), The USA (Cahokia, Miami Circle, Clovis) and Canada (Peterborough Petroglyphs) are included in this fascinating book."

Positive thinking making us miserable, says author - Telegraph

2010-01-20T16:03:00.000+01:00

Positive thinking making us miserable, says author - Telegraph

There are two ways to look at this book by Barbara Ehrenreich.

1) by positive thinking, one would hope that this book would flop,

or,

2) by negative thinking, one would be certain it would flop.

Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times by Nancy F. Koehn - Harvard Business Review

2010-01-14T21:59:00.000+01:00

Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times - Harvard Business Review
by Nancy F. Koehn

"This unique collection of the Times' most fascinating and relevant articles about business opens a compelling window onto how one of the most powerful economies in human history came to be, including the men and women who have helped create it."

A Vintage Caper ? Why hasn't Peter Mayle's new book been published in Britain? – Telegraph Blogs

2010-01-13T16:48:00.000+01:00

A Vintage Caper ?
Why hasn't Peter Mayle's new book been published in Britain? – Telegraph Blogs

Goodreads | The 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards

2010-01-13T16:23:00.000+01:00

Goodreads | The 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards

Google Books : Google is sued by Chinese author Mian Mian, China's Literary Wild Child : Sex Drugs Rock & Roll

2009-12-29T17:09:00.001+01:00

Everybody is now getting into the act of suing search engines for including scanned excerpts of their books in search results. See, for example:

BBC News - Google is sued by Chinese author Mian Mian

My own book, Stars, Stones and Scholars is found at Google Books and I am very pleased about it, since it makes that book much more accessible to millions of potential readers. Indeed, links are offered to major online booksellers where the book can be purchased. Below is a scan of the front cover website page at Google Books of Stars Stones and Scholars by Andis Kaulins:

People who are interested in the book's amazing subject matter buy the book.

You Are Really Rich: You Just Don't Know It Yet by What On Earth Is Going On? Steve Henry - books from rBooks.co.uk

2009-12-10T18:23:00.000+01:00

You Are Really Rich: You Just Don't Know It Yet by What On Earth Is Going On? Steve Henry - books from rBooks.co.uk

Best of the Noughties: Favorite Reads from 2000-2009 at AbeBooks

2009-12-02T22:47:00.001+01:00

Beth Carswell has her Best of the Noughties: Our Favorite Reads from 2000-2009 on AbeBooks

Write a Novel in November « JimKitzmiller.net

2009-11-20T17:28:00.000+01:00

Write a Novel in November « JimKitzmiller.net

E-readers: Will They Save the Publishing Industry?

2009-10-31T14:56:00.000+01:00

E-readers: Will They Save the Publishing Industry?

Tom Osborne, Beyond The Final Score: There's More to Life Than the Game – Family, Mentoring, Leadership, Serving (a book review by Andis Kaulins)

2009-10-01T01:03:00.002+02:00

The legendary Nebraska Cornhuskers football head coach Tom Osborne was a three-time representative in Congress from Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. We guarantee you a smile if you look at this map of that district. Well, OK, it is not ALL of the state.... I wonder how many - or few - of Osborne's colleagues in Congress knew that? It is one of the largest congressional districts in the nation.

Now, on to the book.

Did you know that it takes at least 5 positive comments for every 1 negative comment in a family environment for a healthy family environment to be maintained? and at least 3 positive comments to 1 negative comment to maintain a healthy work environment? and that a simple 1 to 1 balance of positive and negative comments is on the road to separation and divorce in a partnership?

That a positive balance of comments is critical would appear to be self-understood, but that the ratio must be so high is a revelation. That astonishing piece of information is cited in Beyond The Final Score, There's More to Life Than the Game, a truly remarkable book of wisdom by the legendary football coach Tom Osborne, published by Regal Books of Gospel Light, a not-for-profit Christian ministry.

Although the book emphasizes service to God as a guiding personal light, the principles presented are universal and equally applicable to all of us. As Osborne writes:

"Please don't get the idea that I was some kind of religious nut. I was simply trying to apply principles of faith in a highly competitive arena... [My] approach to leadership and team building is related to my faith. I believe that each and every person should be treated with the dignity and respect that they deserve." [emphasis added]

For Tom Osborne, that has been a fantastically successful philosophy.

The cover of my review copy of Beyond The Final Score, There's More to Life Than the Game carries a quotation - not seen above - from Warren Buffett, probably the world's most successful investor, stating: "Tom Osborne improves the lives of everyone he encounters."

If Osborne's book has one definable purpose, then that is the purpose it surely serves. This book can improve your life. It has already improved mine, and I am simply reviewing the book.

It is a rare football coach who would begin the first chapter of his book with a quotation by Mark Twain, author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and known affectionately as the "father" of American literature. Osborne quotes Twain:

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Right from the start of Beyond The Final Score, There's More to Life Than the Game, the reader of Osborne's book is thus aware that this is not simply a personal collection of memoirs, but rather a potentially valuable work of wisdom for everyone, written by three-time congressman Osborne, who is not only famous as the former head football coach at Nebraska but is also a respected leadership educator, who at age 72 presently serves as the Athletic Director at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

When Tom Osborne (pronounced OZ-burn) retired in 1997 as head football coach of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers, "Oz" was his own legend, having won at least nine games in every coaching season and having compiled the then best winning percentage among active Division I-A coaches for a 255-49-3 won-loss record. In his last game as Husker head coach in the 1998 FedEx Orange Bowl, the Huskers won the national championship in the coaches poll, beating Tennessee and Peyton Manning, 42-17.

Indeed, Tom Osborne had gotten better as the years went by, winning 60 games and losing only 3 in his last five seasons, while winning three national championships (1994, 1995, and 1997). In fact, ESPN fans in 2006 rated his 1995 Husker team the best college football team of all time. That same Number 1 rank was assigned to the unbeaten 1995 team in 2005 by Sports Illustrated viz. CBS and Sagarin and in 2001 to the football program as a whole by scout.com. An amazing thirty-three of the players on the Husker's 1995 roster went on to play professional or semi-pro football.

ESPN named Osborne coach of the decade in 1999 and an ESPN poll in 2007 voted Osborne the greatest college football coach of all time. Such accolades are of course always subjective, but, whether you agree or disagree, they do reflect a level of achievement that is outstanding.

But how many football or other fans know the true story of how Osborne became a Nebraska assistant coach to begin with. Osborne relates the story in his book Beyond The Final Score, There's More to Life Than the Game (pp. 182-183):

"When I asked Bob Devaney if I could join his coaching staff, he told me that he had no positions open. However, he said that if I wanted to do so, I could move into an undergraduate dorm with seven or eight players who were causing trouble. If I had success with them Bob and I would revisit the possibility of coaching. These guys had developed a kind of frontier mentality: Anyone who trespassed their territory would suffer the consequences. The dorm counselors were afraid of them, and the school's administrators seemed at a loss for how to deal with the problem....

When I wasn't breaking up fights, I made every effort to get to know each one of the guys. Living side by side with them, day in and day out, helped me to build relationships of trust. And that was the key, I think, in helping them turn things around."

Oz was successful and Bob Devaney was proven to be a very wise man.
Oz got the job.

(Note via LawPundit on the unexpected but close connection of academics, football and law: Bob Devaney became NU head coach through a suggestion made to then NU Chancellor Clifford Hardin (later U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) by Michigan State head coach Duffy Daugherty. I went to school with Hardin's children. Cynthia Hardin Milligan is a J.D. and the Dean Emeritus of the Business School at the University of Nebraska, whose husband Robert S. Milligan is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Cynthia Hardin Milligan worked together with Tom Osborne at the University of Nebraska on leadership matters. Nancy Hardin Rogers is also a J.D. and is the daughter-in-law of the late former U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State William P. Rogers. She is herself a former Attorney General of Ohio and past President of the Association of American Law Schools.)

In the same years that Tom Osborne was beginning his football coaching career, I was in my undergraduate student days at the University of Nebraska. One semester I had a very early morning weight-lifting class (7:30 a.m.) in the basement of the University of Nebraska Coliseum in Lincoln (see video), which today houses the very successful Huskers volleyball program, but then was the arena for Cornhusker basketball games.

That same Coliseum today holds the women's sports NCAA record for the most consecutive sellouts, and I always felt good in the classic aura of that building (see video). Indeed, if I arrived early for my weight-lifting class - this was ca. 6:30 a.m. - I would go shoot baskets on the practice basketball floor prior to that class - I had my own ball.

Few people were even awake on campus at that early hour, and I was usually alone, but I did meet one other person there several times shooting baskets just like I was, very early in the morning. He was a tall (6'5") player who had been selected as an All-State basketball player in high school and was voted the Nebraska Athlete of the Year in 1955. His name, Tom Osborne, who was - then - an assistant for the University of Nebraska football team and - today - is in the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame.

As we all know from Benjamin Franklin, philosophy and wisdom aside, success comes through hard work and effort, quoting ushistory.org: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise" and Osborne's day began early. I am sure Osborne does not remember me from those early morning basketball encounters, but they were significant enough for me that I can recall them well. This was BEFORE Osborne became a famous coaching name.

It is interesting to see that good habits, once made, are not easily broken, although they may have to be amended to adapt to a change of circumstances. Osborne specifically refers in his book to the gym as an "oasis from partisanship" during his years as a congressman in Washington D.C., where he "made many friends on both sides of the aisle during my evening trips to the gym ... and ... would often stay until it closed around 10:00 P.M. I've always enjoyed working out, and the friendships that I formed there made it an even better experience." The time(s) had changed, but the good habits had remained. Note that Osborne was quite clearly not a supporter of the type of blind partisanship that often marks our vastly improvable Congress.

We were very much moved by Osborne's discussion in his book of the values of family, mentoring, leadership and serving, especially his conviction that "leadership as service", what Osborne calls "transformational leadership", is the best of all leadership forms, even though it is the most difficult to attain.

Osborne tells us on this leadership topic that:

"How a person leads is greatly influenced by his or her understanding of the world ... worldviews are inextricably tied to leadership.

There are so many interesting things discussed in Osborne's book that no review can do them justice. Beyond the Final Score should be read in full.

Osborne concludes:

"Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some of these over the years, and I can answer without batting an eye: No. Accomplishments, applause, awards and fortune are rewards that often come as the result of hard work and a determined spirit, but there is something bigger. Something better. Something that will outlast the winningest season, the plushest corner office, the heftiest bonus and the loudest cheers. That something can only be found when we look beyond the final score." - Tom Osborne, Beyond The Final Score, There's More to Life Than the Game, p. 17