Demons, by Dostoevsky.
Why? Because I have been eyeing it for a long time, and finally got enough money.
Demons, by Dostoevsky.
Why? Because I have been eyeing it for a long time, and finally got enough money.
He prayed best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Either of these: Mad World...Evelyn Waugh and the secrets of Brideshead by Paula Byrne.
The secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings.
I went into Foyles with the intention of buying the Waugh biography but I couldn't resist getting the Maugham also.
The book: The Complete Poems - John Keats
Why? It's like you don't know me anymore.
"Do you mind if I reel in this fish?" - Dale Harris
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." - Ernest Hemingway
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Went to B & N the other night to browse the discount books. I bought a rather nice large size book of Dali prints (portfollio) - suitable for framing. Lynne50 got the same book and showed me the other night when we got together socially and I wanted a copy as well. We both went to the Philadelphia Museum special Dali exhibit a few years ago - marvelous! Very nicely printed works in this book. A few I am interested in framing eventually.
I also picked up this neat book of arial shots all throughout Europe. It showed a lot from the UK, England, Wales, Scotand, Ireland; I loved the various ruins and castles so much, I had to have this book. A thick hardbound book for only $8.49 - a cool photo book I will enjoy emensely. A shame I didn't have this before Petrarch's Love went on her trip. It gave me a lot of good idea on places she could visit.
I also picked up this neat little book called "Must-See Movies"...hahah.. I thought this would aid me in the movie game threads. Each page is a movie with stills and information on the cast, director, etc. I was happy to realise that about 80% of these films, I have seen....guess I do have good taste in films afterall. It also gave me ideas on the ones I need to seek out and see in the near future. It's a mix of older and newer films - all classics in their own right. It was a neat find.
I bought these at my library recently - over 8 volumes of a set of books on various actors...just some of the ones I got were - Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Ingrid Bergman and one thicker one of Cecile B. DeMille films. I was thrilled to find these and found I could even sell them later on Amazon, if I grow tired of them. For now, I am keeping them to browse through. They are large hardbound editions and in really great condition - hey, 50 cents each - you can't beat that!
I also got Butler's "The Way of all Flesh" and "An American Tragedy" by Dreisler. I also bought Emerson's Essays to give to my friend Lynne. I have a book of his essays already. All hard bound books were only 50 cents. I think I get the best buys at my library! hahah....
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"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"A Farewell to Arms" by Hemingway. Aside from the fact that it's a classic, also because it was mentioned in the movie "The Mirror has two faces". One of the movies I watch from time to time. Probably my favorite romance movie.
"So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales!There's no need for red-hot pokers. HELL IS--OTHER PEOPLE!"
— Jean-Paul Sartre (No Exit: A Play in One Act)
was Little Dorrit because I wanted to read it and it was not at my library.
"bruised reed" Isaiah 42:3
Today I bought "Pride & Prejudice" and Dostoevsky's "The Idiot"...just because I haven't read them and plan to soon.
"So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales!There's no need for red-hot pokers. HELL IS--OTHER PEOPLE!"
— Jean-Paul Sartre (No Exit: A Play in One Act)
I just bought Saramago's Blindness, Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, and The Bible because I wanted read some relatively recent works and study the Bible as a literary text.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
-W.Blake
I read Eco's "on Ugliness" and loved it. I think a lot of the quotes in this books inspired me to want to read a lot of the darker literary pieces.Originally Posted by Barbarous
"So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales!There's no need for red-hot pokers. HELL IS--OTHER PEOPLE!"
— Jean-Paul Sartre (No Exit: A Play in One Act)
Philip Roth's Goodbye Columbus". I want to read more of his works after finishing "Portnoy's Complaint".
Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes, vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.
Yo sé quién soy, y sé que puedo ser no sólo los que he dicho. - Don Quixote
"catch 22 " by J Heller
"Gravity's rainbow" and "the crying of lot 49" by T Pynchon
"Slaughterhouse 5" by K Vonnegut
all ordered from amazon and are on the way.
All the above are books mentioned many times here in litnet, so i thought to give them a try (that's why i love litnetit may make my purse lighter but it's full of book recommendations).
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
Johnny Cash's autobiography. I bought it after googling Johnny Cash and Elvis. Someone had put up a portion of his writings about Elvis from his book. So, I went and bought it
Online:
North by Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Rigadoon by Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
I bought these because Celine is my favorite writer, and those two books complete his war trilogy, of which I've read the first book. I bought Emerson because I've heard a lot of good things about him lately, and I feel he's essential anyways. Plus they were all fairly inexpensive.
In store:
Stories by Anton Chekhov
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
These two are just essential Russian lit that appeal to me at the moment.
" Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire " by Simon Baker. I misssed the BBC series and i'm interested in Caesar.
Just back off my hols, (a week in Carnforth.) Some of you may know that as well as brown shrimp (delicious)and the 'Brief Encounter' railway station, Carnforth is famous for its large second hand bookshop. So I was able to sneak off and browse the shelves for an hour or two. Unfortunately my wife has a one in-one out policy when it comes to books so I only bought three.
1 Romola, by George Elliot.
Because no one at my book club had heard of it when I suggested it for consideration. I read it years ago and remember liking it for its atmospheric and evocative setting in Renaissance Florence.
2 Medea and other plays, by Euripades
It's time I had my own copy of this one.
3 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronte
It was being discussed in a thread on here and I hadn't read it and I reside in Bronteland and she's the only Bronte I hadn't read. I've started this one and like it so far.
I got all three for a fiver by the way.
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