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Yeah, I love them as well. I love the covers, the introductions, and the part in the end entitled "Comments and Questions" which offer thought-provoking questions for discussion and provide a bit of commentary taken from various sources. And it was $93.88 out of my pocket (my memory failed me! :p).Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
B&N is now offering a library set including 200 B&N Classics for ~$750-$800 (I think).
I downloaded quite a few books today for my Amazon Kindle. I got them all for free, but I'll post them anyway.
"Surplus: Spinoza, Lacan" by A. Kiarina Kordela
"The Cambridge Companion to Walter Benjamin" (various)
"Portnoy's Complaint" by Philip Roth
"How Proust Can Change Your Life" by Alain De Botton
"Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond
"Gilles Deleuze: An Apprenticehip in Philosophy" by Michael Hardt
Murakami- Kafka on the Shore (translation)
Banville - The Sea
Shakespeare - The MErchant of Venice
--- Julius Caesar
Hi EricP,so you have a Kindle? I just read all about those - an ad came into my email from Amazon the other day.Quote:
Originally Posted by EricP
They sound really cool; the concept is great and so little and lightweight; no more lugging big books around with you.
Unfortunately, I can't afford one presently, but it is a thought for the future. How do you go about getting free downloads for these?
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Well, I just went on a buying binge on books.
Dover had another sale and since I was satisified with what I received a few months back,
I decided to fill up my cart with some of the sale books and make up enough to total over 50 dollar,
so I could get the free shipping. Now I have the package to look forward to opening.
I bought a lot; here is the list:
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliff (?)
Four Great Russian Plays (various authors)
Chrome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
And Occurance at Owl Greek Bridge and Other Stories by Ambrose Bierce
Great Short Stories by American Women
In addition - some art/design type books
Ready to Use Celtic Designs
Great Characters from Shakespeare - Paper Dolls
Mikado - Paper Dolls
Gibson Girl - Paper Dolls
I love costume design and these well designed paper dolls are really fun!
Someday, who knows, I may share them with my granddaughter.
I am especially excited about the Shakespeare ones.
From Amazon I bought a book of a famous childrens/adults fairlytale illustrator - Kay Neilson.
I think the book is called
The Fairytale Illustrations by Kay Neilson
His paintings and drawings are marvelous; very decorative. I love that sort of thing.
I especially like his illustrations for"The Arabian Nights". You can find his work online.
I also bought a few DVD's onsale this week. I can't wait to get that order as well.
I didn't have to pay as much since I had a cashback bonus of $25. It was fun spending it! I guess all told I spend about $75.,
but I think I got quite a lot for my money.
Today I picked up two books: "Oil!" by Upton Sinclair, and "Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr" by Nancy Isenberg (which I am currently reading).
Antiquarian, I thought I did pretty well, although I just missed out on some I really wanted, about 3 weeks ago - another clearance sale. They had some Henry James, I longed to buy and they were really cheap; and there were some others that interested me then, too...oh well...I missed the boat on those. The good ones must have gotten snatched up quickly. The cover art on some of the ones I recieved last time from Dover, were very nice. I was satisified with my order and will be this time, I am sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
I can also download "Heart of Darkness" from my library site free. I can put it directly into my little MP3 player - my Creative Nano Stone. It is so tiny I can cart it anywhere with me easily. It will be fun to read the text and listen to the novel on audiofile. Presently, I downloaded "The Winter's Tale" on the player and should be listening to that right now.Quote:
I bought Heart of Darkness recently, too, but I had a Barnes and Noble gift certificate and I used it for one of their classic editions. Also got Dracula and a volume of Kafka with that certificate. I love the Barnes and Noble Classic series. The books hold up well, aren't expensive, and have beautiful cover art. The three I got are actually hardcovers and I think they were only $7.95 each.
I've never read any Kafka.:(
I read "Frankenstein" now, I think 2 times and listened to half (so far) on the audiofile; Kenneth Branagh is narrating but I had to settle for tapes. I haven't read "Dracula" yet, but someday will do so. I recently bought "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" - that should be interesting and it's very short. I read tons of Arthur Connon Doyle's mystery stories and loved them. I also delved into his "The White Company" tales. They were quite interesting.
The books you bought at B&N sound really nice and hardcovers are truly nicer to own; but I can settle for paperbacks for now at such a cheap price. I love going to browse at B&N and of course, I always do find something interesting to buy; I hardly ever come home empty-handed. I love their classic books, too...and their artbooks...and their bargain books, etc. I love going there and staying for hours. I always get a Starbucks, of course.;) Yum!
Antiquarian, wasn't it you who recommended it to me awhile back? I would definitely enjoy another Charlotte Bronte book. I loved "Jane Eyre".Quote:
I hope you enjoy Villette. I really did. I think you will since you like Jane Eyre.
I think I saw a movie based on "Agnes Gray", but I may be thinking of something else. I think I know someone who read it and said it was good. That should round out my Bronte sister's reading, don't you think?
A week or so ago I saw a movie based on Ambrose Bierce and his short stories - it featured 3 or 4 of the best ones from the Civil War. I liked them all and thought they were quite different, very psychological and almost ghostlike. On the featurette, they talked about this particular one; in the film it was featured. They said that it had also been adapted into a famous episode of "The Twilight Zone". That really intrigued me. I especially would like to read Bierce's ghost stories. I think they would be fascinating. There should be some in this collection. In the film Campbell Scott (he plays the author) read some segments and that was enough to convince me to try reading his short stories. I found the writing fluid and deep.Quote:
I love "An Occurrance at Owl Creek Bridge," but I read it online recently. I don't have a hard copy.
Same here, Antiquarian; however, you have the thick hair for the look and I don't. I used to love to put my hair up, when I was younger (when I had more of it;) ). I guess I thought I did look like a Gibson Girl. :lol: You also have that picturesque height on your side and a slim figure. From now on I am going to think of you as a Gibson Girl!Quote:
I love the Gibson Girl look. :) When I was little, I wanted to look like that. LOL
Anti, it will be awhile before I get to those new books. I still have the other ones I bought a few months back, to tackle and I read super slow. But eventually, I hope to read all that I bought.:)Quote:
Enjoy! :) And let us know what you're reading and how you like it.
It will be great fun opening the new box full of books. Now where to put them....that is another story....eek!
Antiquarian, you have surely heard of Peter's Principle? (Work expands to fill the time available?) Well, it works for books too - no matter how much space you have, it gets filled up with books and you wonder how you managed before. :D I keep intending to downsize - but where would I put all the books? (Don't anyone dare say 'Oxfam'!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
I love my Kindle and would highly recommend it to anyone considering purchasing one. I've found several websites that offer free ebooks. Because the Kindle only recognizes .azw and .txt files, I sometimes have to convert the files to .txt before loading them onto my Kindle. Here are the websites I most often use:Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
http://www.truly-free.org
Most of the books are already .txt files, which is convenient. This site also offers many copyrighted, post-WWII books that are not available on most other sites.
http://manybooks.net/
This site has a great selection and all books are available compatible formats, so no conversions are necessary!
http://allfreedownloadlinks.com
All books here are .pdf files, so converting them is a must. The selection for philosophy books, however, is definitely worth the extra trouble! The site has many recent books from university presses.
There are plenty of other websites as well. Just search around and you'll find them! :D
The Mandarins - Simone de Beauvoir
The Coming of Age - Simone de Beauvoir
After Dark - Haruki Murakami
I just picked up,
Bloom's The Best Poems of the English Language: from Chaucer through Frost
Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes, translated by Edith Grossman
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Canterbury Tales Chaucer in the original language (though edited typescript to remove the thorns and such from the alphabet).
Going away for a month and a bit to Italy (I probably won't be able to post here for then) and these are the only books I am bringing. a bit scary actually, only 4 volumes. Oh well, I guess I'll have the so called best poems memorized, and Dickinson down solid, as well as a better rounding in Cervantes and Chaucer.