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America is in the heart; a personal history by Carlos Bulosan

Crime and Punishment (Bantam Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Zen Attitude by Sujata Massey

The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw 1948 Hardcover by Irwin Shaw

Ayer's Almanacs 1889: Specimens of Printing in 21 Languages by J.C. Ayer

King Henry VI, First Part (The New Temple Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare

Topper by Thorne Smith

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About meI'm a long-time book lover, now retired on the shores of Cape Cod. Despite the English major, I ended up in a mostly technical career with IBM and Pfizer, much of it Japan. I miss Kitazawa bookstore in Tokyo.

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About my libraryThe books reflect an early interest in Joyce and Irish literature -- I actually won one of the old Saturday Review library awards in college, which I used to buy a vintage set of Harvard Classics. More recently I've been interested in early American history, especially the dissonance that comes when different cultures meet and start to interact. Our overseas experience ties in with that, of course, and we have lots of books about Japan and the other places we've been able to visit.

Stipulation: I haven't catalogued thousands of science fiction books from the 60s and 70s that are now in boxes waiting for donation to the library sale when I get around to hauling them all down there.

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The miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith

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The noodle maker by Jian Ma

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Rice : a novel by Tong Su (read review)

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Citizens of London : how Britain was rescued in its darkest finest hour by Lynne Olson

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Serena: A Novel (P.S.) by Ron Rash

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Lacuna : a novel by Barbara Kingsolver

Here comes a belated thank you. You were the secret Santa for my friend, and while she hadn't started reading when I last talked to her, she sounded genuinely pleased and seemed excited to get started. Thank you.

posted by pontusfreyhult at 9:35 am (EST) on Jan 13, 2010

It doesn't look like the MARC Records are being exporting today. Hopefully, sometime this week, though.

posted by moibibliomaniac at 4:02 pm (EST) on Dec 15, 2009

Petal to the medal? Very very clever!

posted by TheoClarke at 11:18 am (EST) on Dec 7, 2009

Connelly eh? I'm reading a nonfiction work of his, the source of many of his fiction works.

Johnson's Library: I decided to start cataloging Johnson's Undergraduate Library before cataloging Fleeman's list of Association Copies. I'll probably catalog Johnson's Subscription Books too before getting back to cataloging the Association Copies.

posted by moibibliomaniac at 11:34 am (EST) on Dec 2, 2009

I updated the list of essays and reference books pertaining to Johnson's Library on his Profile Page, and included links to some of the essays that are online.

posted by moibibliomaniac at 12:04 pm (EST) on Nov 30, 2009

I'll query Gabriel Austin to see if he knows the whereabouts of the index cards and if they are accessible.

posted by moibibliomaniac at 11:06 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2009

Looks good, Dave.
I like the Japanese, but I'll leave it up to you to decide. I can get either John Yamamoto-Wilson or Gabriel Austin to go over your work if you'd like. Gabriel Austin made index cards with the descriptions of the works which the Hydes used as their "catalogue" in describing their Japanese Collection.

posted by moibibliomaniac at 4:44 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2009