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Member: abueno

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Tagsfiction (58), literature (17), world history (16), us history (14), classics (12), gay fiction (12), philosophy (11), humor (10), biography (9), ancient history (8) — see all tags

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GroupsAmerican Civil War, American History, American Politics, Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts, Ancient History, Antiquarian Books, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Bible Scholarship, Biblical History, Book Care and Repair — show all groups , Book Fiend, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Books by Taschen, Byzantinistik, Cemeteries & Gravestones, Central Asia, Christianity, Church History, Conflict Management, Cookbook Collectors, Cookbookers, Coptic, Council of Elrond, Crescent City Connection, Deep South, Donauschwaben Book Club, Emerging Church, Erlesenes Deutschland, Faith and Reason, Gay Men, genderqueer, Genealogy@LT, German Library Thingers, Global/Area Affairs Aficionados, Graduate Students, Historical Fiction, Hogwarts Express, International Relations, Interventionist vs Non-Interventionist Politics/Policies, Jewish History, Late Roman, Lawyers, LibraryThing-ers Anonymous, Lingua Latina, Maps and Atlases, Medieval Europe, Military History, Native/First Nations Literatures & Studies, New England Genealogy, New Yorkers, Pilgrims and Puritans, Progressive & Liberal!, Readers for Peace, Reformation Historians, Texas History, The Gene Pool, The Green Dragon, The Middle East, Travel and Exploration literature, World History, World Religions

Favorite authorsHarm De Blij, Christopher R. Browning, Peter Robert Lamont Brown, William Dalrymple, Bart D. Ehrman, Niall Ferguson, Norman G. Finkelstein, Gershom Gorenberg, Jim Grimsley, Raul Hilberg, Adam Hochschild, Philip Jenkins, Hubertus Knabe, Hans Küng, Mark Mazower, Samantha Power, Simon Winchester, Michela Wrong, Michele Wucker (Shared favorites)

About meI'm a former history PhD candidate (late antique and Byzantine history) in my final year of law school in New York City. I have a particular interest in international human rights law. Fluent in German, Spanish, French.
I also have a strong interest in genealogy. My dog Bella (see picture) is a source of joy in my life.

About my libraryMy books take up too much space in a small apartment. They're already double stacked as much as possible and now are starting to live on chairs, under tables, in stacks behind furniture, and other unsuitable locations.
My partner says that the books need to stop appearing, but the books don't seem to pay him much attention and continue to arrive.
My library's strong points are atlases, history, religion, international relations, genocide studies, and genealogy related books. Historical atlases are a particular vice. In the history field, my library is strongest in ancient Greece & Rome, medieval and modern Europe, Latin America, and the US South. I also have a pretty excellent and growing collection of genealogy books related to the Pfalz (Palatinate) region of Germany and Colombia.
My library is pretty deficient in fiction.
Oh yeah, and all the books listed here are actually in my library, as opposed to being books that I'd like to own.

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Member sinceDec 1, 2006