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Member: bespen

CollectionsYour library (1,036), Bre (101), Manga (208), Currently reading (44), To read (4), Read but unowned (183), Favorites (3), All collections (1,036)

Reviews79 reviews

Tagsmanga (206), read (182), Bre (99), ebook (76), sold (74), Chaos Manor (67), japanese (55), Cline Library (49), christian (47), Flagstaff Public Library (41) — see all tags

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GroupsCatholic Tradition, Physics!, Project Gutenberg Readers

Favorite authorsJames P. Blaylock, William M. Briggs, G. K. Chesterton, W. Norris Clarke, Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem, Edward Feser, Fujisawa Tooru, Timothy R. Furnish, Stanley L. Jaki, Masashi Kishimoto, Ralph M. McInerny, Charles Murray, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, John James Reilly, James V. Schall, J. R. R. Tolkien (Shared favorites)

About meI am a medical engineer for a major medical device company.
I graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor of Science in Physics, with minors in Japanese and Mathematics. That probably explains most of my books.

I am now working on a Master's degree in philosophy, so that probably explains the remainder of my books.

About my libraryI originally intended only to include books I actually have on my shelves, but the necessity of leaving a caustic review of a terrible book (cf. Lowbrow History) opened the door for me to keep track of the books I've read that I no longer own. The number of books I actually own is the total minus the number tagged read.

Books tagged read are books I no longer have in my possession. Other tags will then explain that books ultimate fate.
Books tagged sold are just that.
Books I borrowed and returned will have some identification of the source, just in case I want them again.

I have found certain book reviewers a valuable source of good books, so I have grouped books by the website that encouraged me to read them. In most cases I have included a link to the pertinent review in the reviews page for the work.

Orrin Judd's Brothers Judd book reviews and blog are tagged: Brothers Judd
John Walker's Fourmilab, co-creator of Autodesk, Inc., tagged: fourmilab
John Reilly's The Long View millenial scholar and metaphysical gadfly, tagged: The Long View
Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor, a day book and home of the world's best-informed email correspondents, tagged: Chaos Manor

Now that LibraryThing Local is up, the location tags on my books will make more sense.
Bookmans, used book store extrordanaire, tagged: Bookmans
Cline Library, my alma mater's library, tagged: Cline Library
Flagstaff Public Library, the city/county public library, tagged: Flagstaff Public Library

I added most of the books in my physical library. I will be adding books I can remember reading as I go.

Homepagehttp://www.benespen.com

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Real nameBenjamin I. Espen

LocationFlagstaff, AZ

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Member sinceSep 26, 2005

Currently readingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard
On Law, Morality, and Politics by St. Thomas Aquinas
Anansi Boys : A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Beat the dealer: a winning strategy for the game of twenty-one: a scientific analysis of the world-wide game known vario by Edward O. Thorp
The Spirit of Early Christian Thought : Seeking the Face of God by Robert Louis Wilken
Doe Simplified: Practical Tools for Effective Experimentation (Quality Management) by Mark J. Anderson
GTO: The Early Years - Shonan Junai Gumi 1 by Tohru Fujisawa
The strategy of technology; winning the decisive war by Stefan Thomas Possony
Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut by Mike Mullane
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge
Rising Sun by Michael Crichton
The Road To Reality (A Complete Guide To The Laws Of The Universe) by Roger Penrose
The Homework Myth by Alfie Kohn
How to Read a Book (A Touchstone Book) by Mortimer J. Adler
The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cu by Andrew Robinson
Another Step Further Out by Jerry Pournelle
In defense of people: ecology and the seduction of radicalism by Richard John Neuhaus
Oh My Goddess Volume 3 by Kosuke Fujishima
A Step Further Out by Jerry Pournelle
History of Philosophy, Volume 1 (History of Philosophy) by Frederick Copleston
Transformers: The Ultimate Guide by Simon Furman
The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory (Princeton Science Library) by Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem
Latin: A Complete Course (Teach Yourself) by Gavin Betts
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Naruto, Volume 17 by Masashi Kishimoto
The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard Herrnstein
The Disuniting of America : Reflections on a Multicultural Society by Arthur M. Schlesinger
Hannibal by Harold Lamb
GTO: The Early Years -- Shonan Junai Gumi Volume 6 (GTO: The Early Years) by Tohru Fujisawa
The evolution of political thought by C. Northcote Parkinson
Man's knowledge of reality; an introduction to Thomistic epistemology by Frederick D. Wilhelmsen
History of Philosophy, Volume 3 by Frederick Copleston
Reason, Revelation and the Foundations of Political Philosophy by James V. Schall
Classics of Western Philosophy by Steven M. Cahn
Basic Writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas: God and the Order of Creation (Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas) by Aquinas Thomas, Saint
The City of Man by Pierre Manent
Extraordinary Engines by Nick Gevers
The Average American: The Extraordinary Search for the Nation's Most Ordinary Citizen by Kevin O'Keefe
The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings by Peter Kreeft
Fires of Freedom by Jerry Pournelle
The sources of Catholic dogma by Heinrich Denzinger
Thought and Language - Revised Edition by Lev S. Vygotsky
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science (Vol 1) by E. T. Jaynes
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