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Collections18th Century That I Own (228), Lent to Others (4), Currently reading (4), Favorites (77), Your library (832), Thomas Jefferson (193), Owned but not read (396), Read but unowned (109), Wishlist (3,183), All collections (4,085)

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About meI have a bachelor's degree in history, and I'm known for my addiction to books. I go book hunting almost twice a month, and will often walk away with four or more at a time. I'm actually running out of space to put them! But mind you, I don't just buy any books for the sake of buying them. No, I read all the books I buy, although it is hard to keep up with my spending. After all, you should read what satisfies your interests and curiosity, instead of letting others dictate your tastes. One mustn't limit oneself to what one's "told" to read, for the field of literature is endless!

My 2013 50 Book Challenge: http://www.librarything.com/topic/147373

About my libraryI currently own 847 books: Oldest published: 1817
History:
-Biography (American, British, French, Other)
-Cultural Studies
-Focused (American, French, British, Other)
-General History
-Historical Fiction
-Historical Writings
Magazines/Special Issues
Manga / Comics
General Fiction
-Fantasy
-Myths, Folkore, Fairy Tales
-Sci-fi
-Poetry
-Other
Non-Fiction
-Theology
-Philosophy
-Reference
-Writings
-Other

Cities I have visited in books:

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Groups20-Something LibraryThingers, 50 Book Challenge, American Revolution & Founding Fathers History, Diana Wynne Jones Fans, For the Love of Wilde!, French Connection, History Fans, Le Salon du peuple pour le peuple, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite authorsNellie Bly, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, Alan Pell Crawford, Robert Darnton, Daniel Defoe, Guillermo del Toro, Stephen Fry, Eric Gable, Mark Gatiss, Alex Grecian, Jakob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, C.S. Harris, Joe Hill, Aldous Huxley, Rhys Isaac, Thomas Jefferson, Diana Wynne Jones, William B. Crawley Jr., Brian Keene, Dumas Malone, George R. R. Martin, Roy Porter, Daniel Preston, Stendhal, Jules Verne, Voltaire, Caroline Weber, Oscar Wilde, Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Shared favorites)

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Favorite bookstoresBradley's Books (Marshall Plaza), Bradley's Books in Macy's, Caliban Bookshop, E. Shaver, Bookseller, Griffin Bookshop & Coffee Bar, Mr. K's Used Books - Greenville, Riverby Books, Southworth Antiques and Rare Books, Townsend Booksellers, Wounded Bookshop

Favorite librariesC. C. Mellor Memorial Library, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- Main (Oakland), Greenville County Library System (Kerry Ann Younts Culp Branch), Mt. Lebanon Public Library

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Member sinceSep 10, 2009

Currently readingHistory of My Life. 6 Vols. by Giacomo; Translated By Willard R. Trask Casanova
Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn's Holy Experiment by Kevin Kenny
Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
Witches and witch-hunts : a global history by Wolfgang Behringer

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Portrait of a Lady: A Leonardo DaVinci Mystery by Diane A. S. Stuckart

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Nellie Bly:: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger

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Encyclopedia of the American Revolution by Mark Mayo Boatner

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Misery by Stephen King

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20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

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Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy

I don't know if you found your fairy tale book yet or not, but The Giant All-Color Book of Fairy Tales by Jane Carruth fits the description, it had several American and English editions in hardback and paperback, lots of illustrations, and the Emperor's Nightingale is number 3 out of 51. I looked for this book myself for years and finally found it.

posted by yolana at 7:21 am (EST) on Jul 28, 2012

I have gotten very interested in the Occupy group - history in the making and come across a couple of books -- one in particular that begins with the East India group. It would be fun to discuss them, but may have a chance to do that here with a study group.

So much to read... so little time. Your new titles sound interesting. All are new to me.

posted by Cyss at 2:23 pm (EST) on Dec 5, 2011

Is anyone reading corporate history?

posted by Cyss at 10:14 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2011

Thanks for answering my question. Well, at least I know I'm not being an idiot and missing the obvious easy way to do things!
Judith

posted by Judith_Starkston at 11:35 pm (EST) on Jul 19, 2011

I have a question that I can't sort out about Librarything and since you administer the History group you'll probably know the answer. Is there a way to get notifications when someone comments on a thread or does one simply have to check back regularly with the groups/threads of interest? I belong to a couple different online discussion websites and this is the only one that seems to be lacking this feature so I'm guessing I just haven't figured out how to make it work! Thanks. Judith

posted by Judith_Starkston at 11:09 am (EST) on Jul 19, 2011

Great minds, indeed!

posted by jordsly at 2:36 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2011

I just wanted to say hello. I miss hearing from you. I hope all is well!

posted by Joansknight at 4:35 pm (EST) on Apr 30, 2011

I should have kept a list of people I've already invited to a group I started called JEFFERSONIAN...did i invite you already? Fee; free to join if interested or have the time chime in anytime.

posted by pre20cenbooks at 3:10 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2010

pray tell, define T.Jefferson's commonplace books...I've only been self-studying this pres a short while. thanks

posted by pre20cenbooks at 3:06 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2010

Thank you for starting this thread! I needed to utilize the notes and words I kept from my summer/fall reading, and I did not know TJ kept notes on what he read. I do that too, either directly in the book (a keeper) or inn a journal or on my computer diary software.

posted by pre20cenbooks at 8:06 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2010

Jpyous and blessed Christmas my friend.

posted by Joansknight at 9:17 am (EST) on Dec 25, 2010

I just wanted to say goodnight. I need to get off here and read.

posted by Joansknight at 7:01 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2010

How many St Joan books do you have?

posted by Joansknight at 6:51 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2010

Do you attend UV?

posted by Joansknight at 1:44 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2010

I hear VA is a beautiful state.

posted by Joansknight at 11:42 am (EST) on Dec 6, 2010

Thank you for adding me as a friend.I majored in history, but I didn't graduate.

posted by Joansknight at 11:38 am (EST) on Dec 6, 2010

I hope you don't mind if I say hello to you here also. What are you going to do with your history major?

posted by Joansknight at 7:51 am (EST) on Dec 6, 2010

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a little bust of TJ that I got here lives on top of my monitor. It's often my feel-good place to rest my eyes for a bit. eek

posted by carptrash at 9:17 am (EST) on May 13, 2010

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It was exciting for me too. eek

posted by carptrash at 12:18 am (EST) on May 5, 2010

I see you just added In the Heart of the Sea. I loved it. I can't wait to read more of Philbrick's books. Thanks for inviting me to History Fans,

Lisa.

posted by labfs39 at 12:36 am (EST) on May 2, 2010

I also see we share a Nelson book. Get to know him. I worked at the Dockyard Library and Museum in Antigua where he was for a year or so between wars. Facinating guy. There were of course a lot of books about him and the period.

posted by carterchristian1 at 12:14 pm (EST) on Mar 7, 2010

Are you planning to teach history ?

posted by carterchristian1 at 12:13 pm (EST) on Mar 7, 2010

Yes, if you have time read the book about the Paris Terror. I have just read Salisbury book about the Russian Revolution and they seem to go together, showing how after one revolution others follow with terror in between. To some extent this seems to be happening in Africa.

Good luck with moving out into the world from college.

I just read the Pulitizer winning biography of Lindberg, now over 10 years ago, and at a garage sale yesterday found his wartime journals...1938-1945, then by using Library thing realized I had his wife's journals of the same period and could locate them in "Box 19"...the way I have my collection stored in a less than dry basement. Librarything is really getting it all together.

posted by carterchristian1 at 12:12 pm (EST) on Mar 7, 2010

Thanks for your invitation to join the History Fans group. I've done so.

posted by Thrin at 4:04 pm (EST) on Feb 23, 2010

Poke away. I did my MA at UVA a few years ago and got into the TJ mania there. I'm currently working on a project on TJ's design of the Academical Village, though it's on the backburner now as I work on my dissertation. Hopefully I'll be able to publish it in the next year or two.

posted by pranogajec at 3:00 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2010

On another note, based on titles, we seem to share an interest in Jefferson and Mozart. Something about the Enlightenment period still captures my imagination, despite the reams of criticism of it in the past couple decades.

posted by pranogajec at 12:20 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2010

Ah, now it makes sense. Oscar Wilde popped into my head when I saw the book's title, but I wasn't sure. Hopefully these days he'd be a little less furtive about such things.

posted by pranogajec at 12:17 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2010