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Discovering old handwriting by John Barrett

The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn

Damia's Children (Rowan) by Anne McCaffrey

Descartes: Discourse On Method and the Meditations by Laurence J. Lafleur

Henry II (English Monarchs) by W. L. Warren

Julius Caesar (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare

On Fortune's Wheel by Cynthia Voigt

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Favorite authorsJim Butcher, Barbara Hambly, James Heriot, James Herriot, Georgette Heyer, Diana Wynne Jones, Laurie R. King, Elizabeth Peters, Dorothy L. Sayers, Connie Willis, P.G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

About me The books should tell you everything you need to know.

About my library The books in my library represent a concerted attempt by myself to remember and list everything I have read since I was about 12 (hence things like Piers Anthony appear...which I would NEVER read these days). I have to admit that I am pretty disappointed with the total, even though I am sure that the list is not complete. Everyone has their thing that they are good at; reading a lot is mine. It is a little more respectable if you add the five times I read ever Anne McCaffrey novel in my teens, and the three times I've read every Elizabeth Peters novel, every Dorothy L. Sayers novel or anything by Georgette Heyer. I figure you that you can add at least ten to the total for Mairelon the Magician and charmed Life, both of which I first read in fifth grade, and I must have read Dragonsinger at least a dozen times as well. Pretty much anything that is worth reading, I've read twice--except Les Miserables.

UPDATE! About to embark on a major book purge! My living room is full of stacks of books waiting to leave the house. Still have more books than will fit on my bookshelves though...it is a serious life dilemma. Does one purchase more bookshelves or keep fewer books?

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Hello again,

Only two people have contacted me about preserving the old `20s mag - my wife and I were thinking it would be nice to offer something in return, if only as a gesture.

We have an e-bay shop on E-Bay UK (Hoonaloon Books and Bits, user name Hoon170) - if there`s anything you want from our shop, let us know and we`ll see if we can manage a discount for you.

Unfortunately, postage to the US may offset the discount, but then again, we might have items difficult to find in the US.

Have a look, and we`ll see what we can do.

Best,

Ann-Marie + Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 2:46 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2006

Just a very quick note to say Thanks for the tips on preseribg my `20s mag. It was very kind of you to take the trouble. Now I`ll just need to find some alkaline, buffered paper (whatever that is !).Very Best Wishes,

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 8:52 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2006

Well, I always think a good book is bigger inside than outside :)

posted by tardis at 5:16 pm (EST) on Aug 25, 2006

I'm taking the GRE so I can apply to an MA program in Southeast Asian studies (maybe with a little linguistics mixed in...) Not sure if I could handle grad school multiple times, though! One MA is good for me, then maybe a PhD for fun. :)

posted by rikker at 2:59 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2006

Actually, I think I got Thorndike's History of Magic and Experimental Science remaindered or inventory reduction from Columbia University Press. They're new not used. It was some years ago, so I don't remember all the details, but I'm sure I paid lots less then for the set than CUP wants for a single volume today. I've got a few things like that where I got lucky.

posted by MMcM at 12:24 am (EST) on Aug 18, 2006

Your jealousy is graciously accepted. I keep the OED as my primary reference directly next to the computer. All the other reference books seem puny next to it. It is quite possibly the most amazing book ever written. If you haven't yet, read Simon Winchester's "The Professor and the Madman" and "The Meaning of Everything"

posted by NielsenGW at 10:52 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2006

The first book we share: Wheelock's Latin. Ha!

posted by Alixana at 11:37 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2006

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