Civil War Poetry: An Anthology
Narrative of My Escape from Slavery - Moses Roper
Civil War Poetry: An Anthology
Narrative of My Escape from Slavery - Moses Roper
Art Now- Vol 2 by Uta Grosenick (2008 edition):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Now-25th...9330906&sr=8-3
Why I bought it? Well, my short review should appear on Amazon page very shortly. I bought a copy for an artist friend a couple of months ago for £25. I liked the book but couldn't afford another copy for me but this new and updated edition costs only £5.99! An excellent book for the price of a Macdonald's meal and a beer!
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"The farther he goes the more good it does me. I don’t want philosophies, tracts, dogmas, creeds, ways out, truths, answers, nothing from the bargain basement. He is the most courageous, remorseless writer going and the more he grinds my nose in the sh1t the more I am grateful to him..."
-- Harold Pinter on Samuel Beckett
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Gracia Marquez
I liked the title and the cover. I liked the story itself, so I got it a gift to someone since I only give books or copybooks as gifts (I lack other tastes). Awhile later, I got another one for myself.
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, a special version for high-school students and college juniors.
I liked to see how it was abridged, and I was confused if I had the original story at home or not. So both ways, decided on reading it.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death. - Robert Fulghum
Je Chante Une Chanson Sombre
The Lady of Mine - Opinion please
A tragedy crept to the name Bathory
I just did some shopping on amazon. I had such a back log of books on my 'to read' pile so I haven't done any book shopping for a couple months and man, it felt good.Here's a list of what I got:
Moscow-2042 by Vladimir Voinovich...because I love him
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine...because it looked interesting and I'm trying get over my aversion to French lit.
The Sibyl by Par Lagerkvist...because I'm trying out a new Scandinavian author
Another Life and The House on the Embankment by Yuri Trifonov...because...I'm not sure but I would imagine it looked interesting.
The Galosh by Mikhail Zoshchenko...because Vladimir Voinovich recommended him. I couldn't find the book he specifically recommended but I'll at least be able to check out the author.
Viriconium by John Harrison...because Riesa told me too.
and finally,
The Trial by Franz Kafka...because I haven't read anything by him and it seemed like it was time.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
I have an addendum, after getting some wonderful recommendations from a real Viking
One of Life's Slaves and The Visionary by Jonas Lie and By The Open Sea by August Strindberg. I'm very excited!
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
Lord of the Rings, whole serial; hard cover, brand new. Why? It was only 6$!?!?
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
Yikes - here comes half the list, the other half next week. School just started, and this is just from my literature classes:
Stephen Adams, Poetic Designs (Broadview Press); The Norton Anthology of Poetry (5th ed. abridged); Shakespeare, Sonnets (Signet); New Life in Dark Seas: Brick Books 25 (Brick Books), Eliot, T.S., Four Quartets.
That for the course, "Reading Poetry". A rather slim list in comparison with the rest;
Donna Bennett, Russell Brown: A new Anthology of Canadian Literature in English
Thomas King: Green Grass, Running Water
Sinclair Ross: As for Me and My House
Hugh MacLennan: Barometer Rising
Margret Laurence: The Diviners
Alice Munro: Who Do You Think You Are
Robert Kroetsch: The Studhorse Man
Michael Ondaatje: In the Skin of a Lion
Thomson Highway: Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
Joy Kogawa: Obasan
Margret Atwood: Alias Grace
Douglas Glover: Elle
That's from Canadian Literature; I still haven't picked up the 12 or so books for my last class, which will bankrupt me utterly.
Yesterday I found a great little antique book shop(I just recently moved to a different city),bought a collection of Chekhov's short stories.
Noću, u intimnom, poluglasnom razgovoru sa samim sobom, nikako ne mogu zapravo logički opravdati zašto se u posljednje vrijeme toliko uzrujavam zbog ljudske gluposti.
Miroslav Krleža
For some reason, I was under the impression that you were less than impressed by Tolkien and Lord of the Rings...why is that?!Originally Posted by bazarov
Lord of the Rings, whole serial; hard cover, brand new. Why? It was only 6$!?!?
All the books I ordered have started coming in. I'm only missing 2 right now and then I had coffee with my sister at Barnes and Noble the other day and picked up yet another book, Death In Venice and seven other stories by Thomas Mann.
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the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
I just send away for a book: D.H.Lawrence ~ Film Adaptations of his Novels/Stories; I have about 6 films, but did not know there were more. It will be a great addition to my DHL collection and interesting to read.
I also bought two books at the 5 Below Zero store - one on King Arthur and one on Fantasy - both are picture/text type books and should give me a break from difficult reading. I read another from the same store on the Holy Grail and loved it. These new ones look interesting as well.
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"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cup of Gold (John Steinbeck)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
An Obedient Father (Akhil Sharma)
Green Hills of Africa (Ernest Hemingway)
The Short Stories (Ernest Hemingway)
Falconer (John Cheever)
"He lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha!"
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. I've wanted to buy it for sometimes now, and while I was looking for another book today I found it, right there on the shelf
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
Moorish Architecture in Andalusia by Marianne Barrucand and Achim Bednorz. Beautiful book published by Taschen, the German publishing house that always bring out beautiful books. It is a large-sized hardbound book and at £5.99 it must be one of the best bargains out there. I love the history of Moorish Spain and after the Reconsquita zealots and inquisitors like Ximenes de Cisneros burned every single book written in Arabic (only three manuscripts of cultural importance survived that carnage out of the two million books that brought Renaissance to Europe. Further 300 books of medicine and science were 'pardoned' because Christians testified to their greatness). Architecture is the only surviving art form that speaks for the cultural greatness of that era and its achievements:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moorish-Arch...3233541&sr=8-1
Amazing buildings, amazing cities and absolutely beautiful paintings and calligraphy.
Last edited by Kafka's Crow; 10-05-2008 at 03:25 PM.
"The farther he goes the more good it does me. I don’t want philosophies, tracts, dogmas, creeds, ways out, truths, answers, nothing from the bargain basement. He is the most courageous, remorseless writer going and the more he grinds my nose in the sh1t the more I am grateful to him..."
-- Harold Pinter on Samuel Beckett
The Complete Jane Austen~Jane Austen
Does it need a reason??
I was reading pride and prejudice for the second time for class, and i realized how much I wanted to read all of Austens other works... I was lucky enough to nab it at a Half Price Books. 10 bucks for ALL 6!!
How's the quality of the book? good paper, any intro notes? I'm wondering, because it would need to be a big book.
Last edited by JBI; 10-05-2008 at 05:27 PM.
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