Just ordered Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac.
Slowly building up my book collection, but running out of space for the buggers! :p
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Just ordered Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac.
Slowly building up my book collection, but running out of space for the buggers! :p
I went bookshopping again:
The Family ~ Mario Puzo
The Dollmaker~ Harriette Arnow
Atlas Shrugged ~ Ayn Rand
Whip Hand ~ Dick Francis
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.Bought it yesterday.
My library just sold some old books. I bought:
1. Intruder in the Dust by W. Faulkner
2. J. Kerouac: On the Road (My second copy. Love the novel.)
3. S. Rushdie: Fury
4. H.G. Wells: The History of Mr. Polly
5. B. Easton Ellis: American Psycho
I read this a few weeks ago, definitely worth the hype... and while there are some sections that are fairly esoteric, it is to Hawking's credit that he makes pretty difficult concepts digestible to the non-physicist...Quote:
Originally Posted by johann cruyff
I think you probably need to have a basic interest/curiosity in astro-physics and cosmology though otherwise it could be pretty hard work ..
Obviously...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Stamper
The vindication on the rights of women by mary wollsencroft ( well actually im in the process of putting the amazon order in right now... so it sort of counts doesnt it?
I've bought several books recently
1 - Merle's Door : lessons from a freethinking dog
2 - Of Men and Their Mothers
3 - Mean Girls Grow Up
4 - Tell Me Where It Hurts: a day of humor, healing and hope. In my life as an animal surgeon
Could have sworn I posted this already, but:
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Tolkein
Mythology - Edith Hamilton
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates - Tom Robbins
The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan
I just got Millicent Bell's Meaning in Henry James in the mail today and have pre-ordered the forthcoming new Penguin editions of The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors...
It's only a trick to mislead you about my username... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
Seriously...all of it? *very impressed* :thumbs_up :) :DQuote:
I love his writing, too, but I have to confess I've not read The Ambassadors or The Bostonians. I think I've read everything else, though. The Golden Bowl is my favorite, though it all began with Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw.
I bought The Collected Short Stories of William Faulkner. After reading "A Rose For Emily" here on lit net, I decideed I needed to have a book of Faulkner's short stories in the house. ;)
You will enjoy the Tom Robbins book, one of my favorite contemporary humorous writers. Can't say the same about James. I think I have Fierce Invalid somewhere. Isn't it the one with the old lady's pet bird, some sort of a parrot? I once started reading it and then never finished. Naught wrong with the book, I was distracted by other things at that time. His Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas is hilarious and so is Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Good writer, that Robbins fellow is, he is mad!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian