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Member: BGP

Library1,262 books — see library

Reviews9 reviews — see reviews

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TagsNon-Fiction (859), Fiction (380), Authoritarian politics (307), US (253), Europe (205), FL (198), Revolutionary politics (167), American fiction (134), Political theory (129), Middle East & North Africa (128) — see all tags

Groups20-Something LibraryThingers, Arrested Development, Board for Extreme Thing Advances, Ethical Theory, Existentialism, Ken's Class, Maps and Atlases, Non-Fiction Readers, Oregonians, Pacific Northwest — show all groups , Philosophy and Theory, Political Philosophy, Pro and Con, Progressive & Liberal!, Progressive Democrats of America, Reading Globally, Real Ale (& Other Beers), Social Democrats & Democratic Socialists, Sustainability, The Globe, Whisky, Working Class, World History

Favorite authorsIsaiah Berlin, Jorge Luis Borges, Mikhail Bulgakov, Robert Fisk, Michel Foucault, Herodotus, Christopher Hitchens, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Robert Kee, T.E. Lawrence, André Malraux, Thomas Paine, Salman Rushdie, William Shakespeare, David Simon (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresPowell's City of Books, Smith Family Bookstore - Campus, Smith Family Bookstore - Downtown

About me I'm a social democrat (in the European tradition) living in a nation of economic liberals, reactionary populists, traditional conservatives, docile nationalists, imperialistic Straussians, amoral hedonists, apathetic "gamers" and the obligatory handful of right- and left-leaning anti-statists... Consequently, my free hours are typically dedicated to histories, political theory, literature, a thorough review of national and international news or a heated political debate regarding any number of the pressing issues of our time.

My productive hours are currently being spent: working part-time for the man; volunteering locally; and applying to various graduate programs...



Member of:
The Democratic Party (US);
Progressive Democrats of America

Contributing member of:
Amnesty International;
Conservation International

Lapsed contributing member(it's a recession, folks) of:
The Sierra Club;
The Wilderness Society;
The American Civil Liberties Union;
The Electronic Frontier Foundation

And, finally, a less-than-frequent contributor to:
Doctors without Borders

About my library This is my corporeal library. A partial library of books that I've read, but do not own, can be found here, and a selection of books which I would one day like to peruse can be found here. Likewise, a selection of e-books, journal articles, notable works of journalism, pamphlets and the like which have been recently collected (or rediscovered) can be found here. Oh, and for record, this is not me.

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Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers

LocationOregon

Account typepublic, lifetime

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/BGP (profile)
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Member sinceAug 18, 2007