the guys at eisenbrauns have done it again for another year - they pulled off another april fool's joke by this dubious email. see also the full layout with pictures at their webpage:
http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~04012008
and they included a video by the mesopotamians!
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From: "James Spinti"
To: "Booknews from Eisenbrauns"
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:03 PM
Subject: [Booknews] New and NOTworthy, Special April 1st Edition
> BookNews from Eisenbrauns
>
> Welcome to our special April first edition of BookNews. This
> is our annual preview of the latest titles from Winged Bull
> Press. Our editors and authors have been slaving away all year,
> scouring the globe for the best titles to advance(?) the study
> of the ancient Near East, biblical studies, and Home Ec.
>
> We have included brief descriptions of the new books below,
> but we encourage you to visit our website for the complete
> description and graphics:
> http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~04012008
> =================================================================
>>Always wanted to be famous? Here's your chance:
> Lost Graves Revealed: The Exact Location of Famous Historical Figures
> Edited by Seems Wright
> Winged Bull Press, Forthcoming August, 2008. Cloth. English.
> List Price: $1000.00
> Your Price: $900.00
>
> During the past year an unusually large number of books and movies
> have appeared claiming to have found the final resting place of
> various biblical figures. In our on-going effort to assist scholars,
> Winged Bull Press has compiled the authoritative guide to who lies
> where.
>
> Also available as a downloadable GPS program to ensure you have
> the correct location!
>
> (Special pricing available if we get a cut on the documentary
profits)
>
> Reviewer's comments:
> "If only we had this when we made the Tall Pot documentary!" S.J.
>
>>Save those Selectric typewriters:
> "Cuneiform type elements for the IBM Selectric"
> by A.P. Ril
> Winged Bull Press, 2008. Akkadian, Sumerian, and Babylonian.
> List Price: $600.00
> Your Price: $540.00
>
> Bring your beloved typewriter into the modern era with a complete
> cuneiform character set.
>
> Available as a set of 10 (ten) 96-character elements for the
> Selectric III, or 21 (twenty-one) 88-character elements for the
> Selectric I and II. Both sets, made of precision cast pot metal,
> include the complete catalog of 907 Akkadian characters set as
> outlined in Borger's Mesopotamische Zeichenlexikon, as well as
> characters to indicate lemmas, lunas, and loonies.
>
> Individual type elements are also available at a cost of $65 each.
>
>>This title will appeal to the linguists out there:
> "Bite Your Tongue: A Practical Guide to Impractical Phonology"
> by Hatta Sayyit and Augusta Summer
> Edited by Felix Languealchat
> Winged Bull Press, 2008. Paper. English.
> List Price: $75.00
> Your Price: $67.50
>
> PART 1: Hatta Sayyit examines archaeological phonological evidence
> for linguists doing field research on ancient phonology.
Pottery-wheel
> gramophonology is examined, along with tablets recently discovered by
> a group of lost tourists in Egypt, including fifteen new sounds
unheard
> in modern languages.
>
> PART 2: Augusta Summer, of the Winter Institute of Linguistics, steps
> through a series of training exercises designed to bring you up to
> date with recent discoveries, enabling you to pronounce these new
> sounds correctly...
>
>>A rare tablet, actually found in situ:
> "Nuzi & the Hurrians: Greatest Hits Collection"
> Winged Bull Press, 2008. CD-ROM. Hurrian.
> List Price: $19.98
> Your Price: $17.98
>
> Now with all the hits:
> Hurrian Slow
> Sweet Home Anatolia
> Amarna Letters (Made You Cry)
> Mari, Mari, Quite Contrari
> Ya Had Me at Yamhad
> Knock, knocking on Hatti's door
> ... and all the Songs of Ullikumi!
>
>>At last, an interpretation of Jeremiah that makes cents!
> "Hostess of Heaven: A Critical Reading (with Recipes)
> from the Book of Jeremiah"
> by T. Winke
> Winged Bull Press, 2008. Cloth. English.
> List Price: $99.00
> Your Price: $89.10
>
> T.Winke advances the theory that the "Queen of Heaven" in the book
> of Jeremiah is not the Host, but actually the Hostess of Heaven.
> After a close reading of the text, the conclusion is drawn that the
> host of heaven is actually a misreading, and it is, rather, the
> blueprint for a party..
>
> To back up this novel theory, T.Winke has compiled over 55 recipes
> he believes are "coded" into the book, the most notable being the
> recipe for a cream-filled pastry in the form of a cylinder, flat on
> one side, and said to have an indefinite shelf life...
>
>
> __________________________________
> Eisenbrauns Booknews mailing list
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit
> http://listmail.eisenbrauns.com/mailman/listinfo/booknews
>
> Visit Eisenbrauns on the web at http://www.eisenbrauns.com
> Customer Service: customer_service@eisenbrauns.com
> Phone: 574-269-2011, Fax: 574-269-6788,
> Toll Free Fax (USA only): 1-800-736-7921
> Eisenbrauns, Inc., P.O. Box 275
http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~04012008
and they included a video by the mesopotamians!
-----------------------------------------------------------------
From: "James Spinti"
To: "Booknews from Eisenbrauns"
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:03 PM
Subject: [Booknews] New and NOTworthy, Special April 1st Edition
> BookNews from Eisenbrauns
>
> Welcome to our special April first edition of BookNews. This
> is our annual preview of the latest titles from Winged Bull
> Press. Our editors and authors have been slaving away all year,
> scouring the globe for the best titles to advance(?) the study
> of the ancient Near East, biblical studies, and Home Ec.
>
> We have included brief descriptions of the new books below,
> but we encourage you to visit our website for the complete
> description and graphics:
> http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~04012008
> =================================================================
>>Always wanted to be famous? Here's your chance:
> Lost Graves Revealed: The Exact Location of Famous Historical Figures
> Edited by Seems Wright
> Winged Bull Press, Forthcoming August, 2008. Cloth. English.
> List Price: $1000.00
> Your Price: $900.00
>
> During the past year an unusually large number of books and movies
> have appeared claiming to have found the final resting place of
> various biblical figures. In our on-going effort to assist scholars,
> Winged Bull Press has compiled the authoritative guide to who lies
> where.
>
> Also available as a downloadable GPS program to ensure you have
> the correct location!
>
> (Special pricing available if we get a cut on the documentary
profits)
>
> Reviewer's comments:
> "If only we had this when we made the Tall Pot documentary!" S.J.
>
>>Save those Selectric typewriters:
> "Cuneiform type elements for the IBM Selectric"
> by A.P. Ril
> Winged Bull Press, 2008. Akkadian, Sumerian, and Babylonian.
> List Price: $600.00
> Your Price: $540.00
>
> Bring your beloved typewriter into the modern era with a complete
> cuneiform character set.
>
> Available as a set of 10 (ten) 96-character elements for the
> Selectric III, or 21 (twenty-one) 88-character elements for the
> Selectric I and II. Both sets, made of precision cast pot metal,
> include the complete catalog of 907 Akkadian characters set as
> outlined in Borger's Mesopotamische Zeichenlexikon, as well as
> characters to indicate lemmas, lunas, and loonies.
>
> Individual type elements are also available at a cost of $65 each.
>
>>This title will appeal to the linguists out there:
> "Bite Your Tongue: A Practical Guide to Impractical Phonology"
> by Hatta Sayyit and Augusta Summer
> Edited by Felix Languealchat
> Winged Bull Press, 2008. Paper. English.
> List Price: $75.00
> Your Price: $67.50
>
> PART 1: Hatta Sayyit examines archaeological phonological evidence
> for linguists doing field research on ancient phonology.
Pottery-wheel
> gramophonology is examined, along with tablets recently discovered by
> a group of lost tourists in Egypt, including fifteen new sounds
unheard
> in modern languages.
>
> PART 2: Augusta Summer, of the Winter Institute of Linguistics, steps
> through a series of training exercises designed to bring you up to
> date with recent discoveries, enabling you to pronounce these new
> sounds correctly...
>
>>A rare tablet, actually found in situ:
> "Nuzi & the Hurrians: Greatest Hits Collection"
> Winged Bull Press, 2008. CD-ROM. Hurrian.
> List Price: $19.98
> Your Price: $17.98
>
> Now with all the hits:
> Hurrian Slow
> Sweet Home Anatolia
> Amarna Letters (Made You Cry)
> Mari, Mari, Quite Contrari
> Ya Had Me at Yamhad
> Knock, knocking on Hatti's door
> ... and all the Songs of Ullikumi!
>
>>At last, an interpretation of Jeremiah that makes cents!
> "Hostess of Heaven: A Critical Reading (with Recipes)
> from the Book of Jeremiah"
> by T. Winke
> Winged Bull Press, 2008. Cloth. English.
> List Price: $99.00
> Your Price: $89.10
>
> T.Winke advances the theory that the "Queen of Heaven" in the book
> of Jeremiah is not the Host, but actually the Hostess of Heaven.
> After a close reading of the text, the conclusion is drawn that the
> host of heaven is actually a misreading, and it is, rather, the
> blueprint for a party..
>
> To back up this novel theory, T.Winke has compiled over 55 recipes
> he believes are "coded" into the book, the most notable being the
> recipe for a cream-filled pastry in the form of a cylinder, flat on
> one side, and said to have an indefinite shelf life...
>
>
> __________________________________
> Eisenbrauns Booknews mailing list
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit
> http://listmail.eisenbrauns.com/mailman/listinfo/booknews
>
> Visit Eisenbrauns on the web at http://www.eisenbrauns.com
> Customer Service: customer_service@eisenbrauns.com
> Phone: 574-269-2011, Fax: 574-269-6788,
> Toll Free Fax (USA only): 1-800-736-7921
> Eisenbrauns, Inc., P.O. Box 275
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