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The Flounder (Helen & Kurt Wolff Book) by Gunter Grass

Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks

History of the Concept of Time (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy) by Martin Heidegger

How to Lie with Maps (2nd Edition) by Mark Monmonier

Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre : Revised and Expanded Edition by Walter Kaufmann

The Dream Endures: California Through the Great Depression (Americans and the California Dream) by Kevin Starr

Care of the Soul : A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore

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GroupsAP World History Books For Students, AP World History teachers: what we read, Art Books, Coachella Valley Literature Readers, History Readers: Clio's (Pleasure?) Palace, Lawrentians

Favorite authorsJames Baldwin, Wendell Berry, Bob Black, Noam Chomsky, Don DeLillo, Mircea Eliade, M. F. K. Fisher, John Gardner, Gabriel García Márquez, Toni Morrison, Thomas Wolfe (Shared favorites)

Favorite librariesRancho Mirage Public Library

About meI've been reading mainly histories for the last few years. I used to read more broadly, and one day I will again.

About my librarySince starting my LibraryThing catalog I've come to realize that I've been grossly underestimating the number of books in my library. As of today (11/13/06) I have probably done far less than half. I have no idea how many I own: many of them have been in boxes for at least 5 years. I am so excited to own my first home: I can now build shelves to bring all my collection out into the light of day.

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Currently readingCare of the Soul : A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore

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Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club) by Alan Paton

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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

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Islam: A Short History (Universal History) by Karen Armstrong

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Historical Atlas of the Medieval World by John Haywood

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Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas by Edward Reynolds

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The Illustrated History of Magic by Milbourne Christopher

Finally getting around to reading these emails...I've just finished up teaching my summer institute at Phillips Academy (Andover). The course is on early American history and historical archaeology. I've got other Fisher, just haven't had time to put them in. His work is really wonderful...the way he writes about history and narrative is thought provoking. I was on a panel that he chaired last spring and his comments hit the mark (on the importance of teaching narrative).

I did not study much history at Lawrence... was a philosophy major (Dreher student) with a cultural anthropology focus as well. History became an academic passion after going to London to the Lawrence program there, then I went to Boston College for graduate school in history.

Charlie

posted by cnewhall at 11:37 am (EST) on Aug 8, 2008

I teach AP United States history during the school year and a summer institute on early American history, historical archaeology, and native American history. I'm north of Boston. Yourself?

Charlie

posted by cnewhall at 2:16 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2008

I finally got around to changing that LU group picture!
It's funny you immediatly recognized it as sculptured of bunnies... I think I only figured that out sometime my junior year myself :)

posted by no_blue at 10:40 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2007

Hmmm. I was a high school AP student way back in the 80s, and I remember mostly just liking SciFi, and even talking my 11th grade English teacher into letting me do a research paper on Vonnegut. John Gardner's Grendel was a fave, at least back then, as was Portrait of an Artist.

I'll think about it a bit, and see if any good suggestions come to mind.

posted by swanksalot at 4:12 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2007

re: History books for teenagers. What are some you've assigned so far that went over well?

posted by swanksalot at 10:49 pm (EST) on Feb 26, 2007

Hi there,

I provided a cover for Man in Black, so if you have the same one, enjoy! Thanks for dropping me a line (a long time ago)!

Kate

posted by katiebobus at 5:47 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2007

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