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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel by Rebecca Wells
EthnoQuest(R): An Interactive Multimedia Simulation for Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork, Version 3.0(BK & CD-Rom) by Frances F. Berdan
Pancho Villa and John Reed: Two Faces of Romantic Revolution by Jim Tuck
Planetwalker: 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence. by John Francis
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Reproducing the Future by Maril Strathern
Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science by Donna J Haraway
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About my libraryThis library is, for me, Odysseus’ ship. It has persisted during my voyage through life to this point, but has been reorganized, purged, added to and remade often enough that it can hardly be said to be the same library. It is a library full of ethnographies, a result of the PhD’s in anthropology which my wife and I both hold. Parenting books have appeared in great numbers since the birth of our two daughters over the last four years. It includes less science fiction than at any time in my adult life, half the books being lost when we were last in the field. Ironically, this makes the friend who was to have stored the lost books one of the principal creators of the library in its current form. Finally, there is my paternal grandmother, who died thirty years ago, whose “Ancient Mariner” and Pennybacker’s “History of Texas” were carried by her to school in the first quarter of the last century. Her books, culled in the losses already mentioned, remain, as does she as a palpable presence in the notes scribbled in margins and letters tucked in the back of volumes. I feel the presence of lost friends, family members and eras of my own life when looking through this library. I look forward to the emergence of my daughters as its next builders.
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I uploaded a cover for this book if you are intersted
posted by yeremenko at 10:24 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2009
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posted by callmejacx at 10:15 pm (EST) on Jun 16, 2009
posted by callmejacx at 12:52 pm (EST) on Jan 23, 2009
posted by SimonHaynes at 8:06 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2007
My books are only widely available in Australia, but Powell's Books and Amazon do get them in from time to time. Expensive though, since they're imports. My agent is trying to sell the series to UK and US publishers, but even if he succeeds it'll probably be 2 years before they actually come out.
Thanks for emailing back - and sorry to hear you lost a lot of books. I had to leave ALL my 500+ books behind when we emigrated to Australia, although I did manage to bring two titles with me. Yes, you guessed it - "Martin Magnus, Planet Rover" and "Martin Magnus on Venus"!
There's an article I wrote on the series right here, including my lengthy search for the third book:
http://www.spacejock.com.au/Magnus.html
posted by SimonHaynes at 10:29 am (EST) on Aug 15, 2007
posted by SimonHaynes at 10:42 am (EST) on Aug 12, 2007