The Silmarillion. For my friend's b-day.
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The Silmarillion. For my friend's b-day.
The nice old man and the pretty girl, and other stories, by Italo Svevo, because I liked The Confessions of Zeno and Senilita, and had never ever heard of this one.
My last one was A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Why? It was only a penny+shipping on amazon and I'm about 3 years late knowing what the big fuss was about.
Gogol - The Collected Stories
Pushkin - The Collected Stories
Dante - The Divine Comedy
Lermontov - A Hero of Our Time
All from Everyman's Library and I bought them for pretty obvious reasons. :)
To put them on top of each other to climb and reach higher shelves in the kitchen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nico87
:p
Collins English Dictionary ( from Oxfam) because I unpacked all my books when I got to my new house and discovered that I do not own a dictionary, the ones that had been living on my shelves were my mums.
:rolleyes:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee. It was on sale :p
Death of a Naturalist-Seamus Heaney
Why? because it contains most of my favourite Heaney poems.
LOTR, whole serial, for only 4€!!!! New, hard cover! I couldn't believe it!
Haha, I use my old schoolbooks for that :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
That is cheap. I spent like 100 euro on this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-5...3497222&sr=1-7 - some years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by bazarov
1. Ireland - Frank Delaney
2. Outlander - Gil Adamson
3. Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs - John Lindow
4. Othello, Signet Classics Edition
5. Midsummer Nights Dream, Signet Classics Edition
6. Myths and Legends of Japan - F. Hadland Davis
7. Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable - Thomas Bulfinch
I bought them all at the same time. I have this rising interest in folklore, hence the books on mythology. I saw Ireland and I was impressed with the summary on the backcover.;) As for Shakespeare, I'm going to go see Othello on stage very soon and so I intend to read it before then. I'm sure a lot of people here have read The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. It explains the interest in MND. :thumbs_up
The Hours by Michael Cunningham. I liked the movie and decided to give the actual book a try.
I just got a marvelous coffee-table scaled book published by Könemann on Florence. The work is hundreds of pages of gorgeous, glossy photographs of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of Florence. I purchased the book because it is easily worth $75... but I got it for less than $15 as part of a teacher's discount promotion. I already have similar books on Rome, the Romanesque, the Gothic, and the Italian Renaissance. I still want to get the volume of Venice... and Islamic Art and Architecture. I also got another book on William Blake... because the 14 I already have just weren't enough.:lol:
Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris, who is absolutely hilarious.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Anniversary Edition - J.K. Rowling. It's a really nice copy with a new cover, the actual book cover has stared, and it has a few extra illustrations. I'm going to keep it in good condition. Versus my old copy which I picked up once and the pages fell out of the spine. It's a bit worn.
Cuttlefish Bones by Eugenio Montale. Why? Because we are reading it for the poetry bookclub. Come and join in: http://www.online-literature.com/for...258#post631258