What's in your bookshelf?

kenny olav · October 2006

From left to right, mine has:

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy - Greg Palast
Napalm and Silly Putty - George Carlin
The I Hate Republicans Reader
A Choice Not an Echo - Phyllis Schafly
Tao Te Ching
The Holy Bible
The Beat Book: Writings from the Beat Generation
Mexico City Blues - Jack Kerouac
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? - George Carlin
Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich
America and the Crisis of World Capitalism
The Mystical Life of Jesus
The Elements of Counseling
On Death and Dying - Elisabeth Kiibler-Ross, MD
Ecotopia - Ernest Callenbach
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Book of Mormon
Two Treatises on Government - John Locke
The Rationalists - writings of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz
The Presidential Papers - Norman Mailer
The Hundredth Monkey - Ken Keyes Jr.
Looking Backward - Edward Bellamy
Peasant Fires - Richard Wunderli
The Ralph Nader Reader
In Pursuit of Justice - Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon - Justin Martin
Rules for Radicals - Saul Alinsky
World on Fire - Amy Chua
Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
The Republic - Plato

catefrances · October 2006

false flag - zeev avni
every contact leaves a trace - dr. zakarias erzinclioglu
african exodus - christopher stranger & robin mckie
axis of deceit - andrew wilkie
dude, where's my country? - michael moore
finding freedom:writings from death row - jarvis jay walker
demon lover:the roots of terrorism - robin morgan
bush in babylon - tariq ali
a problem from hell: america and the age of genocide - samantha power
the clash of fundamentalisms - tariq ali
allies - william shawcross
big boys rules - mark urban
made in america - bill bryson
stupid white men - michael moore
no logo - naomi klein
branded - alissa quart
the new rulers of the world - john pilger
power and terror - noam chomsky
terrorism and war - howard zinn
frontier justice - scott ritter
oxford history of australia 1860-1900 - beverley kingston
still life with woodpecker - tom robbins
a guide to recognising your saints - dito montiel

hippiemom · October 2006

Most of my books are downstairs, but I do have a small book shelf up here ...

War Talk - Arundahti Roy
The Trial of Henry Kissinger - Christopher Hitchens
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Unequal Protection - Thom Hartmann
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Anne Fadiman
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky
Work, Consumerism and the New Poor - Zygmunt Bauman
The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
Working Men - Michael Dorris
The Human Stain - Philip Roth
The Places In Between - Rory Stewart
Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
How To Be Good - Nick Hornby
Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Tender Bar - J.R. Moehringer
American Theocracy - Kevin Phillips
Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews - Jonathan Cott
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Barrel Fever - David Sedaris
Light in August - William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
Sick Puppy - Carl Hiassen
My Traitor's Heart - Rian Malan
A Walk Across America - Peter Jenkins
Hitler's Willing Executioners - Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
America (The Book) - Jon Stewart
The I Hate Republicans Reader - Clint Willis
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
The Bookseller of Kabul - Asne Seierstad
People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
The Bible - New King James Version
The Survivor - John F. Harris
'Tis - Frank McCourt
It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong
Arc of Justice - Kevin Boyle
The Great Big Book of Tomorrow - Tom Tomorrow
The Fool's Progress - Edward Abbey
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Bait and Switch - Barbara Ehrenreich

catefrances · October 2006

hippiemom wrote:

The Bookseller of Kabul - Asne Seierstad

have you read 'reading lolita in tehren' by azar nafisi.
i think you may enjoy it.

hippiemom · October 2006

catefrances wrote:

have you read 'reading lolita in tehren' by azar nafisi.
i think you may enjoy it.

I bought it, but my daughter swiped it before I could get to it. I'm sure I'll read it eventually

wendy1976 · October 2006

celtic book of living and dying-Juliette Wood
and some other celtic history books.(too many to name them all
L'isola del giorno prima-Umberto Eco(don't know the title in english)
The Eleventh Plague-John Baldwin Marr
Band of Brothers-Stephen E Ambrose
almost everything from Marion Zimmer Bradly
The Outlander series (7 books)-Diana Gabaldon
Labyrinth-Kate Mosse
prehistoric series from Jean M Auel
Doomsday book-Connie Willis(book about the middle ages and the plague)
And many more books about dutch and french history.
Some books about witchcraft
Some Raymond e Feist
Lots more but most is about woII and some more history(prehistoric,middle ages and celtic culture)

redrock · October 2006

Hippiemom.. noticed you mention Marquez a couple of times. He's my all time favourite author. I read all of his books (some in english, some in french). He is soooo interesting.

Have you read anything by Jorge Luis Borges? If not, you might enjoy his stuff. Also, 'Ana Non' by Agustin Gomez Arcos. A most beautiful story.

Ahnimus · October 2006

Seriously, I read ebooks and articles online.

I do have a few books, but none of them are philosophical. I'm not really a big fan of reading a lot of philosophy.

The books I have are:
• A+ Complete Study Guide
• Best Karate Comprehensive
• CCNA Study Guide
• Exam Cram's Core Four Windows 2000
• Getting Along in German
• Illustrated History of the Third Reich, The
• Physics: For Scientists and Engineers
• Microsoft's MCSE Windows 2000 Study Kit
• Top 100 Best Selling Albums, The
• Russ Whitney's Property Tax Valuation

OutOfBreath · October 2006

As I'm sitting at school right now, my shelf by my designated computer looks like this, left to right:

Grusky (red): Social stratification
Ritzer (red): Sociological theory 5th edition
Granovetter: Getting a job
Lash & Urry: The end of organized capitalism
Johannessen: Introduction to SPSS
Beck: Globalization and individualization
Esping-Andersen: Social Foundations of post-industrial economies
Bauman: The individualized society
Halvorsen: When there's no use for you - unemployment and living conditions (norwegian)
Hellevik: Research method in sociology and political science (norwegian)
Landman: Issues and methods in comparative politics
Beck: Risk society
Bauman: Work, consumerism and the new poor
Weber: The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism

and various outprints and stuff in regards to my (now completed) master's thesis.

As for home at my bedroom table, I am currently re-reading a compilation of Lovecraft's horror stories.

Peace
Dan

FinsburyParkCarrots · October 2006

One day, I'll sit down and catalogue my library. Then I'll tell you what I've got, here.

Ms. Haiku · October 2006

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

One day, I'll sit down and catalogue my library. Then I'll tell you what I've got, here.

I'm looking forward to going home today, and just write down one of the layers of my book shelves. You'll see it's pretty consistent with how I present on here, you know.

catefrances · October 2006

Ms. Haiku wrote:

I'm looking forward to going home today, and just write down one of the layers of my book shelves. You'll see it's pretty consistent with how I present on here, you know.

i like that. 'one of the layers of your bookshelves' cause when i saw this thread i laughed and thought just ONE shelf? how the bloody hell am i gonna do just A shelf. cause you know i've got quite a few.

and hey fins. can't you just pick one random shelf. i for one am fascinated by what would be on your shelves.

qtegirl · October 2006

redrock wrote:

Hippiemom.. noticed you mention Marquez a couple of times. He's my all time favourite author. I read all of his books (some in english, some in french). He is soooo interesting.

Have you read anything by Jorge Luis Borges? If not, you might enjoy his stuff. Also, 'Ana Non' by Agustin Gomez Arcos. A most beautiful story.

If you like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, you should also check out Isabel Allende. Especially, The House of Spirits. Great book.

qtegirl · October 2006

I'm not at home, so I'll try to remember what's there

A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky
The Chomsky Reader
The Holy Bible
The Great War for Civilisation, the Conquest of the Middle East - Robert Fisk
Failed States - The abuse of Power and Assault on Democracy - Chomsky
Passionate Declarations - Essays on War and Justice - Howard Zinn
The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The House of Spirits - Isabel Allende
Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
The Once and Future King - T.H. White
Maria - Jorge Isaacs
Azul - Ruben Dario

And then... A WHOLE BUNCH of Chemistry, Biology and Chemical Engineering books, a few dictionaries, and a few how-to books.

_Crazy_Mary_ · October 2006

The Savage Nation- Michael Savage
The Enemy Within - Michael Savage
Liberalism is a Mental Disorder - Michael Savage
The Political Zoo - Michael Savage
Godless: The Church of Liberalism - Ann H. Coulter
How to Talk to a Liberal (if You Must): The World according to Ann Coulter
Treason: Liberal Treachery From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism-Ann Coulter
Slander: Liberal Lies about the American Right-Ann Coulter
Way Things Ought to Be-Rush H. Limbaugh
See, I Told You So-Rush Limbaugh
Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America-Mark R. Levin
Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands-Laura C. Schlessinger
Ten Stupid Things Couples do to Mess up Their Relationships-Laura Schlessinger
Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess up Their Lives-Laura C. Schlessinger
Stupid Things Parents Do to Mess Up Their Kids-Laura C. Schlessinger

Hope&Anger · October 2006

On my nightstand:

Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer
Politics: Observations and Arguments 1966-2004 by Hedrick Hertzberg
State of Denial by Bob Woodward
American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (always there)
The Bible (always there)
The Republican War on Science by Christopher Mooney
Don't Try This at Home by Kimberly Witherspoon and Andrew Friedman (about professional chefs' biggest disasters)
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (This is the best book ever about my favorite -- and most misunderstood -- Founding Father. Contrary to popular belief, he would *never* have signed off on this administration's expansion of power.)

FinsburyParkCarrots · October 2006

catefrances wrote:

i like that. 'one of the layers of your bookshelves' cause when i saw this thread i laughed and thought just ONE shelf? how the bloody hell am i gonna do just A shelf. cause you know i've got quite a few.

and hey fins. can't you just pick one random shelf. i for one am fascinated by what would be on your shelves.

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.

Lizard · October 2006

I have a good old fashioned set of Encyclopedias I bought when my 18 year old was a baby!!! among other books. All the Harry Potters! The Jungle, The Pelican Brief.
You Too can be Pretentious

How not to Strain Your Arm While Patting Your Own Back

Date/Place Book

Dictionary

FinsburyParkCarrots · October 2006

Just for the sake of variety, I'll do another, completely random bookshelf:

Keywords - Raymond Williams
The Dematerialisation of Karl Marx - Leonard Jackson
Marxism and Literary Criticism - Terry Eagleton
Marxism and Literature - Raymond Williams
Post-Structuralism and the Question of History - ed. by Attridge, Bennington, Young
Narrative and Ideology - Jeremy Tambling
A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms - ed. by Roger Fowler
Ideology - ed. by Terry Eagleton
The Long Revolution - Raymond Williams
Literary Theory at Work: Three Texts - ed. by Douglas Tallack
Sructuralism and Semiotics - Terence Hawkes
Structuralist Poetics - Jonathan Culler
Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction - Michael J. Toolan
Indian Literature in English - William Walsh
Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism - ed. by Maud Ellmann
New Historicism and Cultural Materialism - John Brannigan
Medieval English Poetry - ed. by Stephanie Trigg
The Pelican History of England 2: The Beginnings of English Society - Dorothy Whitelock
The Pelican History of England 4: England in the Late Middle Ages - A.R. Myers
Modernism: A Guide to European Literature 1890-1930 - ed by. Bradbury & McFarlane
The Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud
Art and Literature - Sigmund Freud
Readers and Reading - ed. by Andrew Bennett
Feminist Literary Criticism - ed. by Mary Eagleton
Literary Theory: An Introduction - Terry Eagleton
Critical Approaches to Literature - David Daiches
Culture and Society 1780-1950 - Raymond Williams
Aspects of the Novel - E.M. Forster
Seven Types of Ambiguity - William Empson
Narratology - ed. by Onega & Garcia Landa
The Country and the City - Raymond Williams
Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics - Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan
Literature and Criticism - H. Coombes
Drama From Ibsen to Brecht - Raymond Williams
Narrative Discourse - Gerard Genette
The Anatomy of Poetry - Marjorie Boulton

TheVoiceInside · October 2006

Nice list Hippiemom, my senior year spanish literature class was all about One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. amazing book. it is about as universal a book can get. And as another poster suggested Isabel Allende is also very good.

Hope&Anger · October 2006

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Just for the sake of variety, I'll go another, completely random bookshelf:

Keywords - Raymond Williams
The Dematerialisation of Karl Marx - Leonard Jackson
Marxism and Literary Criticism - Terry Eagleton
Marxism and Literature - Raymond Williams
Post-Structuralism and the Question of History - ed. by Attridge, Bennington, Young
Narrative and Ideology - Jeremy Tambling
A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms - ed. by Roger Fowler
Ideology - ed. by Terry Eagleton
The Long Revolution - Raymond Williams
Literary Theory at Work: Three Texts - ed. by Douglas Tallack
Sructuralism and Semiotics - Terence Hawkes
Structuralist Poetics - Jonathan Culler
Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction - Michael J. Toolan
Indian Literature in English - William Walsh
Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism - ed. by Maud Ellmann
New Historicism and Cultural Materialism - John Brannigan
Medieval English Poetry - ed. by Stephanie Trigg
The Pelican History of England 2: The Beginnings of English Society - Dorothy Whitelock
The Pelican History of England 4: England in the Late Middle Ages - A.R. Myers
Modernism: A Guide to European Literature 1890-1930 - ed by. Bradbury & McFarlane
The Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud
Art and Literature - Sigmund Freud
Readers and Reading - ed. by Andrew Bennett
Feminist Literary Criticism - ed. by Mary Eagleton
Literary Theory: An Introduction - Terry Eagleton
Critical Approaches to Literature - David Daiches
Culture and Society 1780-1950 - Raymond Williams
Aspects of the Novel - E.M. Forster
Seven Types of Ambiguity - William Empson
Narratology - ed. by Onega & Garcia Landa
The Country and the City - Raymond Williams
Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics - Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan
Literature and Criticism - H. Coombes
Drama From Ibsen to Brecht - Raymond Williams
Narrative Discourse - Gerard Genette
The Anatomy of Poetry - Marjorie Boulton

Okay, now you're just showing off!

What's in your bookshelf?

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