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The flowering of New England, 1815-1865 by Van Wyck Brooks
The confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
Abbot Suger on the Abbey Church of St. Denis and Its Art Treasures by Abbot Suger
Jazz Improvisation 1: Tonal And Rhythmic Principles by John Mehegan
Piero Della Francesca : the Arezzo frescoes by Michael Michael
Mirror of Infinity: A Critic's Anthology of Science Fiction by Robert Silverberg
William Henry is a Fine Name (Civil War Series #1) by Cathy Gohlke
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About mea librarian, reader, museum and book store browser who steals time from daily chores to visit with old friends as it were and dwell in the life of the mind and imagination.
About my libraryeclectic and chaotic. still sorting and arranging books following my july 2006 house fire. LT has provided me the opportunity to inventory my books which I've been gathering for nearly a half century AND to 'web 2.0' with other readers and foragers for knowledge.
Fall 2008 -- focus now is on bib record cleanup and covers. thinking about adding LPs and CDs, but current LT entry form is for books and does not accommodate audiovisual bibl. requirements.
Nov 08 -- scanner kaput, but replacement works well. lots of paperback Clancy, Cornwell, Baldacci, Johansen, Thor, and other page turners. And I found a 'lost' carton of books about classical music and musicians.
Jan 09 -- re-working LT entries for art books, scanning bookjackets and covers.
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-Maki
posted by Makifat at 10:08 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2009
Thanks for having such an interesting library. Great to see what a librarian who loves ideas is up to.
posted by keylawk at 4:23 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2009
Hello Chuck,
I was viewing our common library--we have more than a few books--and came on your comment above. I, too, have thought about that, wondering how I might do it. I have over 400 albums of of folk music, western (cowboy) music and calypso, plus a couple of hundred CDs of same; this doesn't count my classical and popular music recordings. It would be fantastic to catalog them as easily as is done at LT.
Most of my library is listed already; I only keep books that really interest me, and which I refer to, often. I don't keep fiction nor non-fiction which is on topics that I don't have an enduring interest in.
John
posted by oldfolkgc at 10:20 pm (EST) on May 24, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for "The Best School in the World": West Point, the Pre–Civil War Years, 1833–1866 by James L. Morrison. This is from the 1986 Kent State University Press hardcover edition.
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posted by vintage_books at 8:41 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2008
With the Flag to Pretoria
in case you want to grab it.
Cheers-
vintage_books
posted by vintage_books at 8:36 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2008
posted by docjohnb at 10:14 pm (EST) on Sep 30, 2008
That is a tremendous story. And should you pick up a copy of 'flatmanCROOKED - First Winter,' we'd be fascinated to hear your take on our translation of "Gradus Ad Parnassum." When it was first published in 'The Chronicles of Bustos Domecq,' interestingly enough, Borges himself helped with the translation from the Spanish. But he admittedly did not write well in English, and it is rather ironic that our translation may be truer to the original Spanish than the great Argentine's translation was.
www.flatmancrooked.com
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posted by LolaWalser at 11:35 pm (EST) on May 16, 2008
http://www.librarything.com/work/971148/...
If that doesn't work... searching for the title:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?...
It's a hardcover (no dustjacket, I don't know if one was included originally). Yes, I was a little surprised to see this essay wasn't included in "ABC of reading". I suppose the latter may be an elaboration of the ideas in "How to read" (haven't read "ABC..." yet.)
posted by LolaWalser at 9:36 pm (EST) on May 15, 2008
posted by LolaWalser at 9:05 pm (EST) on May 15, 2008
1. I hadn't read my profile comments for some time and currently, they feel rather prescient. I'm a physician/academic at Michigan though I will someday soon leave both medicine and academia and will take up something more compatible with becoming a single, adoptive parent.
2. Thank you for collaborating with Helene LaFaro on a memoir of Scott LaFaro - I thoroughly enjoy the many, many pieces that you have cataloged on your site but I would deeply appreciate a longer-form consideration of this marvelous musician.
3. Jazz. The 1960's. Admittedly, I am slightly (or perhaps not merely slightly) envious that you were able to see live performance from these musicians who I can readily listen to, but otherwise exist as a near myth for me. That said, I celebrated my fortieth birthday by taking my first vacation, a vacation that included seeing Ken Vandermark, and I think, rather than dreaming about the mythological past of jazz, I shall immerse myself more often in the many fine jazz musicians currently performing.
My best to you (and your project),
Rob.
posted by ryab at 11:33 pm (EST) on May 8, 2008
We have a favicon! Is it not showing up for you? Next to the URL?
posted by ablachly at 4:21 pm (EST) on May 2, 2008
Best,
Abby
posted by ablachly at 3:40 pm (EST) on May 2, 2008
I also love Eric Dolphy, another exemplary jazz musician who died early, and, though I have extensive recordings of Dolphy in his final year, I would have loved to have seen him in performance as you have.
Lastly, perhaps someday I shall track down a copy of the illustrious T. Monk Time magazine cover but, for now, I am grateful that its contents are readily available online (http://www.howardm.net/tsmonk/tsmonk3.ph...).
My great thanks - it is wonderful to hear from another person who listens to jazz.
Rob.
posted by ryab at 7:10 am (EST) on May 2, 2008
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