El Paciente Ingles
Because it was cheap, I was bored, and it's been recommended on several occasions.
El Paciente Ingles
Because it was cheap, I was bored, and it's been recommended on several occasions.
My last two books were a volume entitled Byzantine Art and another 1492, a catalog from an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington from some years back. I bought both books for the wealth of color photographs of some beautiful art work and because they were both grossly inexpensive.
Beware of the man with just one book. -Ovid
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.- Mark Twain
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after all that heavy stuff....
the last book I bought was Legends O f Australian Fantasy edited by Jack Dann & Jonathan Strahan.
I like fantasy.
My Antonia by Willa Cather because many people on here seem to rate it and Selected Letters of Jane Austen, out of interest.
The Eternal Husband and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky P/V translation.
Working my way through P/V translations as I enjoyed their C&P immensely.
The Last book I bought was Burma Boy. I had no specific reason for buying this one. I walked randomly into this bookstore, had a look at the books, found it. Then I turned it around to read the synosis and found it interesting.
Perfume by Patrick Süskind and The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. I bought Perfume because I've wanted to read it for ages and The Virgin Suicides because I'd read about it recently and thought it sounded promising.
"...You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?..." E. A. Poe
Machiavelli's The Prince - I have heard so many thing about it I was curious to see what its about.
(The what)
The Autocrat Of The Breakfast Table - Oliver Wendell Holmes
(The wherefore)
I had not read it, it was in perfect condition for a second printing and only 50 cents at a charity shop.
I'd rather have questions that I can't answer than answers that I can't question.
Rimbaud's complete works. I'd heard references in Dylan songs and decided to check it out.
I love "My Bohemian Life", which I read first due to its influence on the Dylan tune "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues".
Wuthering Heights - Like the Kate Bush song, and want to see if its novelization lives up to the musical version.
Making Money, Terry Pratchett - this makes my Discworld collection complete.
Yeah, I hear Ms Bronte made some quick buck by writing that book based on the song but writing seems a little dramatic and sensationalist.Originally Posted by LuggageFan
Wuthering Heights - Like the Kate Bush song, and want to see if its novelization lives up to the musical version.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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The Zookeeper's War..By Steven Conte.
It has won Prime Minister's Award..2008 (Australia).
I also like the cover
I like to read about animals, my favourite was Water For Elephants.:seeya
Entire Works of Edgar Allen Poe
Because I had not read any of his writing, yet of course had hear about the Raven and other snips, so thought I would try to read a piece at a time between other books.
"Subculture: The Meaning of Style" - Dick Hebdige
"The Hip Hop Wars" - Tricia Rose
"Lords of Chaos" - Michael Moynihan
"Sober Living for the Revolution" - Gabriel Kuhn
"The Philosophy of Punk: More Than Noise" - Craig O'Hara
"Notes From Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture" -Stephen Duncombe
"Make a Zine!" - Bill Brent
"Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore" - Albert Mudrian
"We Owe You Nothing" - Daniel Sinker
"Zine Yearbook #9" from Microcosm Publishing
Big ole' order for school, for a humanities class I'm taking about underground subcultures (primarily subcultures centered around music). I'm super excited for the class, since I'm a fan of and very interested in all of the genres we're covering (black/death metal, punk/hardcore, and hip-hop) and the class is (from what I understand) going to be very independent and research oriented.
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