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Between 1978 and 2006 Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers had published over 430 titles.

98% of these titles represent the ancient world: the majority are textbooks for high school and college use, about 25% are in scholarship.

Over the years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has focused 4 books on the Gilgamesh Epic because it's the genesis of the Western literature and mythology; 15 books on Vergil; and several books on each of the following: Cicero, Catullus, Horace, and Ovid.

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has a complete set of school texts, grammars, ancillaries, and enrichment materials, both for Latin and Greek instruction, from basal to advanced levels. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers' developmental team consists of three full-time classicists, one educational specialist, one generalist, four freelance editors with training in the classics, and at least twenty other freelance editors, writers, authors, and peer readers - all either high-school or college/university teachers.

Besides textbooks and scholarship, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers promotes Latin and Greek pronunciation, time-tested aids that still appeal to today’s students, and Latin music on cassettes, CDs, and books. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers also edits and publishes a scholarly journal: The Classical Bulletin.

Over 3,000 Homeschoolers receive their biannual Latin newsletter and use their self-teaching Artes Latinae series; Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers' E-Litterae online newsletter is a favorite among classics educators. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has succeeded in the past 8 years in selling several hundred thousand copies of children's classics in Latin as part of their effort at "Responsible Popularization."

The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Associated Press, and hundreds of other newspapers together with other media like radio and TV joined Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers in promoting Latin in the past eight years. These products in 2005 became available also through the popular Signals catalog.

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Introducing selected titles:

And That's the TruthAnd That's the Truth: Poems in English & Slovak selected and edited by Milan Rufus, published by Bulchazy-Carducci in 2006. This title has received a subsidy from SLOLIA, Slovak Literature Information Center in Bratislava, SAICF, Slovak-American International Cultural Foundation, Inc., Leo T. Tibensky, and Mr. William Ondris.
And That's the Truth translated from the Slovak by Ewald Osers, Viera and James Sutherland-smith, and illustrated by Koloman Sokol.
An English Edition of And That's the Truth contains 62 poems of Milan Rufus. The ten illustrations came from the Slovak-American artist K. Sokol.
The most prominent Slovak poet Milan Rufus selected poems that have been published in Czech, Hungarian, Belorussian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Italian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Spanish, German, Bulgarian, Russian, Romanian, Macedonian, French, Norwegian, and now in English. He is the most translated Slovak poet into foreign languages. Milan Rufus is a recipient of many awards, he has been a candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature every year since 1991. He passively opposed the Communist regime by raising the themes of human values, God, Christian morality, human destiny...
Illustrator Koloman Sokol is a leading personality of 20th century in art. He is one of few artists from Slovakia whose art has reached beyond his country's borders. He died in 2003 at the age of 100.

The Essential HitlerThe Essential Hitler: Speeches and Commentary by Max Domarus [edited by Patrick Romane] published in 2007.
This remarkable title is an invaluable source of the history. The Essential Hitler: Speeches and Commentary contains an important information about Hitler's role as the Fuhrer of Nazi Germany and his public life. Hitler didn't have speechwriters and constructed each statement himself. He didn't trust anyone. Domarus in 1932 began collecting Hitler's statements and continued throughout the duration of the Reich to its end in 1945.
No other figure in modern history had such a profound, and profoundly malevolent, influence upon humankind... Many years after his death in Berlin, people still live in a world that struggle with conditions, forces, and consequences...
This fabulous book is a selection from the standard reference book series on the Third Reich, Hitler Speeches and Proclamations, 1932-1945, a four-volume set.

Words & Ideas, Bolchazy-CarducciWords & Ideas by William J. Dominik published by Bolchazy-Carducci in 2008. This title is designed to broaden the cultural literacy and vocabulary of students. This book doesn’t just cover word building based on Latin and Greek but attempts to introduce students to the ancient civilizations, and seeks to explain how these ancient languages have influenced modern English and culture.
William Dominik is the author and editor of few books and numerous publications on Latin literature and other subjects. He is the founding editor of the journal Scholia.



An Introduction to Greek, Bolchazzy-CarducciAn Introduction to Greek by Crosby & Schaeffer published by Bolchazy-Carducci in 2007. This book published for teaching beginning Greek, and it can be used to review ancient Greek. Syntax and Grammatical forms are presented through manner with exercises and readings. The students will learn a Greek vocabulary of over 600 basic words in 79 chapters of this text book and sections. Fully illustrated with black & white photographs this title introduces the reader to Greek history, archaeology, arts, and literary language. This account contains Greek to English and English to Greek exercises in each chapter; Greek to English Glossary; English to Greek Glossary; Complete Grammatical appendix; information on word formation, ancient Greek culture, etymology, and much more.


Slovak Songs in Latin, Slovak, English
Slovak Songs, Bolchazy-CarducciSlovak Songs in Latin, Slovak, English with 170 Music Scores and 93 Illustrations published by Bolchazy-Carducci in 2008. Fully illustrated with 87 black & white drawings, this title presents to the whole world 170 New Folk Melodies, and includes 49 English versions of Slovak lyrics, trilingual introductions, bilingual index, and bibliography. It is a first publication of a 1963 translation of Slovak lyrics into Latin - hymns and folk songs.
Translated by Bystrik Muransky, arranged by Viktor Stefanec and illustrated by Joseph Cincik, this title explores a universal collection of Slovak songs with their unique spirit of people who over a millennium syncretized their culture in the heart of Europe, with their eastern and western thinking.


The Wrath of Achilles, Bolchazzy-CarducciThe Wrath of Achilles by Ed Dehoratus (illustrated by Brian Delandro Hardison) published by Bolchazy-Carducci in 2009. This book featured prose story of the Iliad that lets you control action; 13 different endings - depending on your choices; 5 illustrations by award-winning comic book artist Brian Delandro Hardison. The ancient Greeks had been fighting the Trojans, who live in the northwest corner of today modern Turkey, for 10 years. The Trojan prince Paris had kidnapped the most beautiful Greek woman in the world, named Helen. The Greeks besieged the city to get Helen back. After 10 years Troy finally fell…
Ed DeHoratus teaches Latin and classics in the Boston area, and spends his free time with his wife and children. He holds an AB from Duke University in Classical Languages and Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and MEd and MA in Latin from Boston College. He has published 2 books and many articles.


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