The Penny Falls by Mark Bastable
Why: The title and cover art intigues me.
Secondly; to support Forum member and Bloke.
Just illuminated the screen (cracked it open). Plan to delve into it with conviction this weekend.
The Penny Falls by Mark Bastable
Why: The title and cover art intigues me.
Secondly; to support Forum member and Bloke.
Just illuminated the screen (cracked it open). Plan to delve into it with conviction this weekend.
Cheannaich mi s an seachdainn seo chaidh mar a leanas: The Vivisector, Cloud Atlas, Wonder, Land of Decoration, Wild Coast, The Collected Poems of Philip Larkin and ASJ Tessimond. And a copy of The Songs of DR Maclachlan of Rathuaidhe. Ah but when will I read them? Well into Tessimond already.
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The Wealth of Nations-Adam Smith, 1937 Modern Library, cannan edition full of annotations and footnotes.
Why: I have a nearly complete, 1952 set of Great Books of the Western World, which while being awesome for tracing ideas between great minds through generations, has generally small print and is in their original forms without annotation and such. Plus, besides enjoying leatherbound books, I like crusty old books that are in decent shape because it makes me feel connected to the past by having a piece of it in the present, sort of.
The Tale of Heike, as translated by Royall Tyler, because I loved his 'Genji' so much.
Me and my boyfriend ordered some books yesterday. He really wanted to read the A Song of Ice and Fire series, so we got all published books so far. As for myself, I noticed that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie had released a new book, Americanah, so I got that (I've been waiting for it for years!) - as well as The Fault in Our Stars by John Green that I have been recommended to read by several people now.
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Virgin in the Garden (A.S. Byatt)
Auto da Fé (Elias Canetti)
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
"He lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha!"
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Just bought the 28 book set of the civil war published by time life, they're hardback and in perfect shape. I got them for $150 at a flea market, and after googling them online didn't see a price that cheap. I purchased them because I love having complete series of books (I just got the complete set of history of civilization by will durant a week ago), I love history, and my grandfather left me the complete set of the time life WWII books. Also, I have just plowed through a song of ice and fire, and the boyfriend of the previous poster will love them. However, I am definitely in need of some non-fiction after five straight fantasy books; luckily I just replenished my supply
Shakuntala and Other Writings by Kalidasa. I don't know any other book that has those translations of his epic poems The Birth of the War God or The Dynasty of Raghu, plus it comes with two minor plays and other epic poems I've already read but didn't own.
"So-Crates: The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing." "That's us, dude!"- Bill and Ted
"This ain't over."- Charles Bronson
Feed the Hungry!
UN ETE A BADEN-BADEN (Leonid Tsypkin)
LA MAISON AUX ESPRITS (Isabel Allende)
LE PONT SUR LE DRINA (Ivo Andric)
HOMO FABER (Max Frisch)
LE STECHLIN (Theodor Fontane)
"He lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha!"
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
I believe the last book that I bought was The Portrait of Dorian Grey.
Because I had heard of the story from a couple of people and it caught my interest immensely.
''Foucault's Pendulum''- Umberto Eco
''Being and Nothingness''- Jean Paul Sartre
''Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus''- Ludwig Wittgenstein
''Paradise Lost''- John Milton
''The Waste Lands''- T.S Eliot
''Waves''- Virginia Woolf
Baburnama, translated by Wheeler Thackston
linear algebra, 2nd edition, by Michael O'Nan. Had to get it in a used book store. I was working on a problem that required the use of matrices and I needed to review the theory. Since this was the text I used in college and knew it had what I needed, I hunted around for it rather than just picking up any of the other more easily available texts...$6...
I bought Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev last week. My aunt suggested it to me. Turgenev is one of her favourite writers.
Salinger's Franny and Zooey. I've already read Franny, I liked it very much!
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