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Auszeichnungen des Deutschen Reiches 1936-1945: Eine Dokumentation ziviler und militarischer Verdienst- und Ehrenzeichen by Kurt Gerhard Klietmann
Grandiloquent Dictionary by Russell Rocke
Encyclopedia of the Animal World Complete Set (Volumes 1-21) by Elsevier International Projects Ltd.
The Platypus and the Mermaid: And Other Figments of the Classifying Imagination by Harriet Ritvo
Zippy Quarterly #10: A quarterly Compilation of Sketching, Kvetching and Envelope Stretching (this Issue: CUBA UNCOVERED by Bill Griffith
The Large and Growly Bear by Gertrude Crampton
I know an Island by R. M. Lockley
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Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Roger Angell, Isaac Asimov, Carl Barks, Roger James Bender, David Boswell, Bob Burden, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Beverly Cleary, Bernard Cornwell, Robert W. Creamer, David Quammen, Jane Duncan, Willard R. Espy, John Feinstein, C. S. Forester, Paul Fussell, Craig Shaw Gardner, Stephen Jay Gould, Bill Griffith, David Halberstam, Sven Hassel, Robert L. Heilbroner, Stewart Holbrook, Molly Ivins, Lynn Franks Johnston, Franz Kafka, Walt Kelly, Richard Lederer, R. M. Lockley, French Maclean, Richard Mitchell, Robert Obojski, Patrick O'Brian, Dan Piraro, Terry Pluto, Terry Pratchett, Don Rosa, Oliver Sacks, Barry Sadler, Gitta Sereny, Thomas Burnett Swann, Tom Tomorrow, Barbara W. Tuchman, John R. Tunis, Richie Unterberger, Bill Watterson, Tom Weaver, Mark C. Yerger (Shared favorites)
About me Old, broken down and hurtin', with a house full of kids and grandkids- all of whom read, Read, READ! I am one of those poor poor wretches who can't eat without having a book in front of me (and this malady was passed on to the next generations). I also am one of those who has, in addition to a dining room book, the following: a bathroom book, a bedroom book, and two living room books, depending upon where I sit. 95% of my books are non-fiction, because a day in which something is not learned is a day wasted.
About my library People who come to our house frequently ask "Did you read all those books?", and I always think, "What an odd question"- why in the world else would we have 'em?
Our house has two rooms dedicated to books (my office and the family room) as well as book shelves in the hall, on one wall of our bedroom, on one wall of the "cousins room", one wall of the dining room, two walls of the living room, and as this is being written, my dad is building us a bookshelf to run along our entry-way stairs.
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posted by rocketjk at 6:07 pm (EST) on Sep 13, 2008
My daughter and I just finished reading the Penderwicks, twice in a row. I told her it was Daddy's turn to read it next! I just learned from comments below that there is a 2nd. Yea!
I see that 95% of your books are non-fiction, do you really believe you can only learn from non-fiction? I love history and memoirs, but I find I can learn about life and the human condition from fiction too. I would love to hear what you think.
Lisa.
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Rock on,
Joyce
posted by starcitywoman at 10:03 am (EST) on Jun 23, 2008
And I like marine reptiles a lot, especially plesiosaurs. And I love the true story of the English girl who found the first complete ichthyosaur, Mary Can't-recall-her-last-name, and that she's immortalized in the children's poem/tonguetwister She Sells Seashells By the Seashore.
It's so cool that Dimetrodon, the sail-backed critter who everybody thinks was a dinosaur/reptile was actually a precursor to the mammalian line. And that you can tell by the number of holes in its head! Equally cool that whales evolved from dog-like land mammals, Pachyena, who decided to go back into the water!
Have you ever been to the American Museum of Natural History in New York to see the dinosaur murals painted by Roy Chapman Andrews?
Night,
Joyce
posted by starcitywoman at 3:38 am (EST) on Jun 21, 2008
Happy reading,
Helene
posted by Helene123 at 11:52 pm (EST) on Jun 19, 2008
Have you checked out BookMooch or one of the other book-swapping sites? It's not often an expensive art book on my wishlist becomes available, but it does happen!
Thanksd for braving an e-mail. I should leave you alone but now you've piqued my interest so I'll bug you with one more question: what is your particular paleontological interest/specialty?
Nosily,
Joyce
posted by starcitywoman at 1:01 pm (EST) on Jun 19, 2008