If you like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, you should also check out Isabel Allende. Especially, The House of Spirits. Great book.
Aphrodite - A Memoir of the Senses is a quick foodie read by her, too.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Give it a try myself...I'll name the books I have with my home, which are very few. Can't remember those in my parents house...
Charles Bukowsky-Hollywood
Charles Bukowsky-Post Office
Charles Bukowsy-Tales of a Dirty Old Man
Paul Auster-New York Trilogy
Paul Auster-Smoke & Blue in the Face
Pulp Fiction Script-Quentin Tarantino
David Lynch-Michel Chion
Jack Kerouac-Big Sur
Jack Kerouac-Dharma Bums
John Kennedy Toole-Confederacy of Duncees
George Orwell-1984
Steppenwolf-Hermann Hesse
The Tin Drum-Günter Grass
J.D. Salinger-Catcher in the Rye
Mario Vargas Llosa-La Fiesta del Chivo
Nelson Mandela-Long Walk to Freedom
Buried Alive:The Biography of Janis Joplin-Myra Friedman
Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division-Deborah Curtis
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain-Charles R. Cross
Plase Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Rock-Legs McNeil&Gillian McCain
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond-John Savage
I also have more than 20 books about the Peronist Movement, the Montoneros Guerilla and the Peronist Left
And, finally I don't know how many books/papers/manuals about Economic Theory, Econometrics, Statistics, Math, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Social Policy, Public Politics, etc, from the time I was a student
PS: for those with some preferences for Latin American writers, I highly recommend Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortazar and Jorge Luis Borges books!!!
One random shelf? I have thirteen big ole bookcases in this room. I'll do one shelf, because even if I do one case, I'll be here all night. Er... hang on....
The Complete Pelican Shakespeare - Comedy and Romances (Pelican)
The Complete Pelican Shakespeare - Histories and Tragedies (Pelican)
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Midpoint Press)
Shakspeare (sic) - another complete works (Kegan Paul Ltd 1909)
Shakespeare in Production: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cambridge)
Twelfth Night (Oxford)
Othello (Cambridge Schools)
Shakespeare in Production: Antony and Cleopatra (Cambridge)
Shakespeare's Sonnets (eds. Ingram and Redpath)
Antony and Cleopatra (Oxford)
Shakespeare in Production: The Tempest (Cambridge)
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (Cambridge)
The Merchant of Venice (Cambridge Schools)
Duncan Salkeld - Madness and Drama in the Age of Shakespeare (Manchester)
Keir Elam - Shakespeare's Universe of Discourses (Cambridge)
The Norton Shakespeare
Mr William Shakespeares: A Facsimile of the First Folio, 1623 (Routledge)
Helen Vendler - The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets (Harvard)
The TLS on Shakespeare (TLS)
Anne Righter - Shakespeare and the Idea of the Play (Penguin)
The Longman Guide to Shakespeare Quotations (Longman)
There ya go. Yes, every edition is different.
Yeah, my shelves look a lot like that, too
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
What? No one has Exam Cram's CCNA Study Guide by Tod Lamle?
I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
What? No one has Exam Cram's CCNA Study Guide by Tod Lamle?
I am waiting for someone to list something quasi-normal, like something in the "For Dummies" series, or like 80 volumes of the long-standing Western serial "Longarm".
I haven't had the time to read Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams, but I've wanted to for a while. I've read The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich's, but I didn't finish Questions of Heaven or MATCH TO THE HEART, A: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning. I think my nature writing reading phase ran it's course a couple years ago.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I am waiting for someone to list something quasi-normal, like something in the "For Dummies" series, or like 80 volumes of the long-standing Western serial "Longarm".
I don't have any "For Dummies" books, there is something about the title that makes me not want to buy it. I'd sooner by the "For Scientists and Engineers" and read it four or five times until I understand it.
I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
I am waiting for someone to list something quasi-normal, like something in the "For Dummies" series, or like 80 volumes of the long-standing Western serial "Longarm".
Come on, now ... you know better than to come to the MT looking for normality
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
I am waiting for someone to list something quasi-normal, like something in the "For Dummies" series, or like 80 volumes of the long-standing Western serial "Longarm".
I had Architecture for Dummies, I have Knitting for Dummies, and I had Drawing for Dummies. I have Project Management for Idiot's, and a few other's. That's not the shelf I'm going to focus on, though.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I had Architecture for Dummies, I have Knitting for Dummies, and I had Drawing for Dummies. I have Project Management for Idiot's, and a few other's. That's not the shelf I'm going to focus on, though.
Yes indeed ... This forum requires a different focus, no?
I have a LOT of work-related books ... Manuals, etc. Some classics by people like Freud, Jung, Adler ... I actually have a fair number of the books Kenny mentioned ... My fiance is the one who actually owns great literature. I read too much non-fiction, probably.
I haven't had the time to read Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams, but I've wanted to for a while. I've read The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich's, but I didn't finish Questions of Heaven or MATCH TO THE HEART, A: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning. I think my nature writing reading phase ran it's course a couple years ago.
Ran it's course? Oh, too bad, there's so many great books on the subject....
I've read Match to the Heart & Open Spaces - really good. Just finished Barry Lopez' - "Field Notes: The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren" & loved it. If you like Lopez, check out "Of Wolves & Men" - awesome. It's one of his earlier works.
For the animal lovers, I also recommend "The Ten Trusts" by Jane Goodall & "When Elephants Weep" by Jeffrey M. Masson. And since winter is coming, Bernd Heinrich's "Winter World".......
I know there are a lot of feline lovers on this board, I can recommend some good ones for u too!
I have Charles Bukowski - "The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain" (poetry) & we have a few books in common.......
Yeah. He's the man. I love his early short story collection 'Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and general tales of ordinary madness', and his poems - especially 'You get so Alone..' and 'Betting on the muse'.
Ran it's course? Oh, too bad, there's so many great books on the subject....
I've read Match to the Heart & Open Spaces - really good. Just finished Barry Lopez' - "Field Notes: The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren" & loved it. If you like Lopez, check out "Of Wolves & Men" - awesome. It's one of his earlier works.
For the animal lovers, I also recommend "The Ten Trusts" by Jane Goodall & "When Elephants Weep" by Jeffrey M. Masson. And since winter is coming, Bernd Heinrich's "Winter World".......
I know there are a lot of feline lovers on this board, I can recommend some good ones for u too!
I loved When Elephants Weep. I lent that book to many people.
Have you read The Tapir's Morning Bath? I just got it recently, it's in the running for "book to be read next," I'd be curious to hear what you thought of it.
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
I loved When Elephants Weep. I lent that book to many people.
Have you read The Tapir's Morning Bath? I just got it recently, it's in the running for "book to be read next," I'd be curious to hear what you thought of it.
No, can't say that I have. But I'll prolly check it out - I love reading about animals/nature.."way back when" I wanted to be an oceanographer or a forest ranger or something like that.....didn't pursue it, but my interests are still very much hooked in w/all that.
PM me, hippiemom, if you want some titles....I got tons of 'em! :-)
PS- you look great in the photo I saw on another thread!
Charles Bukowski - Betting on the muse
Charles Bukowski - Last night of the Earth Poems
Charles Bukowski - Poems written before jumping out of an 8 story window
Charles Bukowski - The Days run away like horses over the Hills
Charles Bukowski - Notes of a dirty old man
Cool, another Hank fan...my favorite, however, is one of his late books: Hollywood
I loved When Elephants Weep. I lent that book to many people.
Jeffrey Masson wrote another excellent book about dogs -- "Dogs Never Lie About Love." It was wonderful!! Great stories about dogs' amazing abilities, combined with a really touching portrait of his relationship with his own dogs.
"Things will just get better and better even though it
doesn't feel that way right now. That's the hopeful
idea . . . Hope didn't get much applause . . .
Hope! Hope is the underdog!"
Yeah. He's the man. I love his early short story collection 'Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and general tales of ordinary madness', and his poems - especially 'You get so Alone..' and 'Betting on the muse'.
There's a new movie out recently about him. I haven't seen it yet - "Factotum" starring Matt Dillon. Have you seen it?
Jeffrey Masson wrote another excellent book about dogs -- "Dogs Never Lie About Love." It was wonderful!! Great stories about dogs' amazing abilities, combined with a really touching portrait of his relationship with his own dogs.
I heard about that - He also has one about cats called "The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (A Journey into the Feline Heart)". It was really good. I'd like to read the 1 you mentioned too. Thanks for the info.
Well, Ahnimus, maybe you just don't like to read.....??? Hmm?
I like to read, just not fiction or philosophy. I like to read facts. Let's talk about Quantum Mechanics or something. The M.T. is boring today.
I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
Quantum Mechanics?? Huh? Boring.......I suggested lots of books that are factual - how about history? I like that too.....
Meh history is so-so, depends on what it is I guess
I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
Well we just discussed the Third Reich, so that's out of the question. What about Asian history. I read that the North American Natives were believed to be Asians that discovered N. America long before the English or French, but before that was even Norse Vikings. Also Ninjitsu was a cool art.
I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
Well we just discussed the Third Reich, so that's out of the question. What about Asian history. I read that the North American Natives were believed to be Asians that discovered N. America long before the English or French, but before that was even Norse Vikings. Also Ninjitsu was a cool art.
Hmm, haven't read much Asian history....as far as Native Americans, there's a theoery that they crossed a land bridge from Asia eons ago, but I don't kow much about it. I assume ninjitsu is a martial art? My fiance used to be a national champ in Kajukempo. It's a combo of karate/judo/kempo or something......i think they call it "American Karate".
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The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Charles Bukowsky-Hollywood
Charles Bukowsky-Post Office
Charles Bukowsy-Tales of a Dirty Old Man
Paul Auster-New York Trilogy
Paul Auster-Smoke & Blue in the Face
Pulp Fiction Script-Quentin Tarantino
David Lynch-Michel Chion
Jack Kerouac-Big Sur
Jack Kerouac-Dharma Bums
John Kennedy Toole-Confederacy of Duncees
George Orwell-1984
Steppenwolf-Hermann Hesse
The Tin Drum-Günter Grass
J.D. Salinger-Catcher in the Rye
Mario Vargas Llosa-La Fiesta del Chivo
Nelson Mandela-Long Walk to Freedom
Buried Alive:The Biography of Janis Joplin-Myra Friedman
Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division-Deborah Curtis
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain-Charles R. Cross
Plase Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Rock-Legs McNeil&Gillian McCain
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond-John Savage
I also have more than 20 books about the Peronist Movement, the Montoneros Guerilla and the Peronist Left
And, finally I don't know how many books/papers/manuals about Economic Theory, Econometrics, Statistics, Math, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Social Policy, Public Politics, etc, from the time I was a student
PS: for those with some preferences for Latin American writers, I highly recommend Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortazar and Jorge Luis Borges books!!!
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I have Charles Bukowski - "The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain" (poetry) & we have a few books in common.......
I am waiting for someone to list something quasi-normal, like something in the "For Dummies" series, or like 80 volumes of the long-standing Western serial "Longarm".
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I don't have any "For Dummies" books, there is something about the title that makes me not want to buy it. I'd sooner by the "For Scientists and Engineers" and read it four or five times until I understand it.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Yes indeed ... This forum requires a different focus, no?
I have a LOT of work-related books ... Manuals, etc. Some classics by people like Freud, Jung, Adler ... I actually have a fair number of the books Kenny mentioned ... My fiance is the one who actually owns great literature. I read too much non-fiction, probably.
Ran it's course? Oh, too bad, there's so many great books on the subject....
I've read Match to the Heart & Open Spaces - really good. Just finished Barry Lopez' - "Field Notes: The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren" & loved it. If you like Lopez, check out "Of Wolves & Men" - awesome. It's one of his earlier works.
For the animal lovers, I also recommend "The Ten Trusts" by Jane Goodall & "When Elephants Weep" by Jeffrey M. Masson. And since winter is coming, Bernd Heinrich's "Winter World".......
I know there are a lot of feline lovers on this board, I can recommend some good ones for u too!
Yeah. He's the man. I love his early short story collection 'Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and general tales of ordinary madness', and his poems - especially 'You get so Alone..' and 'Betting on the muse'.
Have you read The Tapir's Morning Bath? I just got it recently, it's in the running for "book to be read next," I'd be curious to hear what you thought of it.
I like the sound of that - cool title!
No, can't say that I have. But I'll prolly check it out - I love reading about animals/nature.."way back when" I wanted to be an oceanographer or a forest ranger or something like that.....didn't pursue it, but my interests are still very much hooked in w/all that.
PM me, hippiemom, if you want some titles....I got tons of 'em! :-)
PS- you look great in the photo I saw on another thread!
Cool, another Hank fan...my favorite, however, is one of his late books: Hollywood
Jeffrey Masson wrote another excellent book about dogs -- "Dogs Never Lie About Love." It was wonderful!! Great stories about dogs' amazing abilities, combined with a really touching portrait of his relationship with his own dogs.
doesn't feel that way right now. That's the hopeful
idea . . . Hope didn't get much applause . . .
Hope! Hope is the underdog!"
-- EV, Live at the Showbox
I've got more than I've listed - too many to list.
There's a new movie out recently about him. I haven't seen it yet - "Factotum" starring Matt Dillon. Have you seen it?
I heard about that - He also has one about cats called "The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (A Journey into the Feline Heart)". It was really good. I'd like to read the 1 you mentioned too. Thanks for the info.
Well, Ahnimus, maybe you just don't like to read.....??? Hmm?
I like to read, just not fiction or philosophy. I like to read facts. Let's talk about Quantum Mechanics or something. The M.T. is boring today.
Yeah. I can send you a copy if you like. Just pm me your address.
Quantum Mechanics?? Huh? Boring.......I suggested lots of books that are factual - how about history? I like that too.....
Meh history is so-so, depends on what it is I guess
Well, like what?
Well we just discussed the Third Reich, so that's out of the question. What about Asian history. I read that the North American Natives were believed to be Asians that discovered N. America long before the English or French, but before that was even Norse Vikings. Also Ninjitsu was a cool art.
Hmm, haven't read much Asian history....as far as Native Americans, there's a theoery that they crossed a land bridge from Asia eons ago, but I don't kow much about it. I assume ninjitsu is a martial art? My fiance used to be a national champ in Kajukempo. It's a combo of karate/judo/kempo or something......i think they call it "American Karate".