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Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse

Understanding Chinese Characters by Their Ancestral Forms (Chinese Edition) by Ping-Gam Go

The Joy of Music by Leonard. Bernstein

Women's Consciousness, Women's Conscience: A Reader in Feminist Ethics by Barbara Hilkert Andolsen

The Harvard Classics: Volume 33: Voyages and Travels by Charles W. (editor) Eliot

Lectures & Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Beliefs by Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Shorter Bartlett's Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett

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Favorite authorsPeter L. Berger, Dave Eggers, William James, Elie Wiesel, Oscar Wilde (Shared favorites)

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Favorite librariesFoothill College Library, Mountain View Public Library, Santa Clara County Library - Los Altos Library

About meHoping to go into a scholarly career in religious studies. Currently taking classes in community college while working on a BA in Philosophy from the University of Illnois at Springfield. I live with my 95-year-old grandpa, a practical, hard-working man who is anything but bookish. When I make ideas, I think,"How can I explain this to him? Why is it important?"

I hate reading, but like having read.

"One can always reason with reason." -Henri Bergson

About my libraryOne day at a library book sale, I bought a bunch of old college English textbooks. They smell so great and are so ignored, as most of them are never touched after being used for one or two classes.

Now I have a ton of them. Never met anyone else who collects them, so no competition!

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Currently readingThe Republic Of Plato by Allan Plato; Translated with Notes and an Interpretive Essay by Bloom
Pagans and Christians by Robin Lane Fox
A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber
Sixty Poems by Charles Simic
In Defense of Academic Freedom by Sidney (Editor) Hook
Plato: Republic by Plato
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History of Philosophy, Volume 5 by Frederick Copleston

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History of Philosophy, Volume 3 by Frederick Copleston

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I've heard it said that you are what you eat, but given my diet I'd rather be what I read.

Here's a link to the books I've read since June 1st this year.
http://www.librarything.com/topic/66004

Pursuing wisdom through the accumulation of knowledge has long been my goal in life.

posted by infopump at 8:35 pm (EST) on Aug 29, 2009

I saw you added Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell. This translation by Stephen Mitchell is awesome. I tried for decades to read Gilgamesh before reading this version and being able for the first time to feel the power of the story being told.

I borrowed his translation of the Bhagavad Gita from the library, enjoyed reading it, and now have it wishlisted so that I can obtain a copy to ponder.

I see you also have his translation of Tao Te Ching which I haven't read yet but do have wishlisted.

I've recently BookMooched copies of Genesis: A New Translation of the Classic Bible Stories and Meetings with the Archangel but have yet to read them.

He's a great translator, but you can safely skip his poetry.

posted by infopump at 8:12 pm (EST) on Aug 28, 2009

I can count on one hand the number of people on whose weighted list of "members with your books" my library appears. Generally, my collection has too many different parts to make it onto anyone's list. I discovered this about our libraries when looking for owners of books that are a focus of a new group I recently started. One of those is Maps of Time by David Christian.

I sent you an invitation. Perhaps you'll have a look?

posted by stellarexplorer at 1:45 am (EST) on Apr 2, 2009

Jonathan,
I noticed you added a copy of The True Believer. I have had the book for a long time. I remember seeing Eric Hoffer in a television interview when he was in his seventies. He had worked as a longshoreman for most of his life and continued that work after he began writing. (I remembered some of his story but checked the Wikipedia to be sure.) I think his concept of the true believer fits people from religious fanatics to communists. A small book that packs a lot of punch. I see you adding books all the time. If you keep going you will have a 10,000 volume library by the time you're 40. Good for you.
Bill

posted by wildbill at 1:20 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2008

Hello Jonathan,
You and I are the only members of LT with the Modern Library edition of "The Philosophy of William James". I have a number of James' titles including the two volumes from Library of America and his volume in Britannica's Great Books. He is probably my favorite philosopher. I looked through the books we share and added yours to my list of interesting libraries. We seem to share an interest in buying used books. Next door to my office is a used book store with about 35,000 volumes. I also use ABE books for specific titles. I like the idea of buying a used hardcover for $8.00 when new paperbacks are $15.00. A lot of the used books I buy are in very good condition. I invite you to check out my library and leave a comment. LT is a good site for the readers of the world to get acquainted and share their thoughts.
Bill Rucker (wildbill)

posted by wildbill at 11:21 am (EST) on Apr 11, 2008

I love how eclectic your library is. And from the looks of it, you really know how to take advantage of library book sales! :)

posted by wellred2 at 9:22 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2008

Oh, and I see you have quite a few of the Harvard Classics. I'm collecting the Harvard Classics as I find them at library sales and used book stores, so before long we'll have some books in common after all :)

posted by waterlibris at 4:25 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2007

You're library is great though, and there's nothing wrong with having a bunch of books you haven't read. It's like survival preparedness- if you're ever snowed in, trapped in your house due to zombie insurrection or are short on cash for a month- at least you'll still have plenty to read (^-^)

I love books on writing and literature as well, though my favorite genre is nature writing. I used to have a larger collection of literature but we moved so many times I ended up giving most of my fiction books away. Now that we bought a house, the collection is growing again- much to my husbands dismay LOL

If you like books on writing, I bet you'd also like Annie Dillard's "The Writing Life" and Anne Fadiman's Ex Libris. Well, the latter is more about books and reading than writing. But it's gold, pure gold!

Love you're library!

posted by waterlibris at 4:21 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2007

Most of those textbooks are ones from my wife's college days that I wish she'd get rid of. A few of them are mine from college which I think might still be useful some day. I've had some doubts about the textbook tag since a lot of the technical books could be assigned in a college course, and indeed for some of my wife's technical books I'm not sure if she got them in college or later. I've been thinking of just using a reference tag.

As for 2001, I liked it very much when I read it but that was when I was a teenager 25 years ago.

posted by jjwilson61 at 10:12 am (EST) on Nov 11, 2007

Another lover of book smell! My mom taught me to sniff books at an early age. I am a lot older now. I still do it.

posted by slickdpdx at 10:04 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2007

Thanks for the kind comments - I have, over the years, had an article or two published but for the most part my writing was limited to what I wrote in connection with my work as a diplomat and thus not for publication. I am working on a couple of projects right now, having attempted some graduate work and given up in the face of modern educrats. However, I am still pursuing the reading, research, and writing program that I laid out for my graduate work. I am in the process of shutting down my old website (combatic.com) and preparing a new militaryphilosopher.com website that will host some of the stuff I have already written in various guises.

Robert A. Mosher

posted by RobertMosher at 4:08 pm (EST) on Nov 4, 2007

I am a little foggy this morning, but the best I can recollect is that I found you while exploring the Web 2.0 group. Your book addiction and overall enthusiasm about books--even your textbook fetish, which I do not share, but I buy and stack books in piles that lean against the wall and go over my head.

posted by Darrol at 5:38 am (EST) on Oct 31, 2007

O Bratty One,

First up: didja notice that "LibraryThing Author" bug on my Profile? Yes, I'm a published author, with two books to my credit and another one on the way. Don't you feel honored being my acquaintance. (No, I wouldn't either...)

Re the Friends Sale: I guess after eight-plus years of buying and selling books for a living, I just look at the whole enterprise in pecuniary terms. Too, I lack the acquisitive, pack-rat mentality of the collector, although I am quite good at *catering* to it. And my own personal reading tastes tend to run towards either stuff that I'm researching for writing purposes, or really mindless entertainment (mystery and horror rule OK!)

I'm planning to do my usual Sunday visit to PA in November. With any luck, there will be some saleable stuff in Religion/Metaphysics left after you and the others have grubbed through them.

See ya soon...

posted by Mikal9000 at 12:50 am (EST) on Oct 31, 2007

How am i like Wilde? Reading the collection of Oscar Wilde The Critic i recognized someone who is hyperlogical, as was Twain, and the Chinese novelist+essaist Li Yu. By hyperlogical, i mean he pushes logic in ways most writers don't, no, he applies it on more things than most do, and doing that comes up with things that seem outrageous at a glance but are really only logical. One recalls Burke re Paine (i love both) complaining that logic carried to far is insanity. Well, it is and it isn't and, if written with the right touch hyperlogic becomes humor, for even though it may say something true, it reads like hyperbole. i doubt i got that just right but, at any rate, you will probably find kinship in the way logic takes me to outrageous places.

posted by keigu at 12:19 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2007

Thank you for reminding me how much I too like Reference work, compilations, and specifically, our DICTIONARY OF THE HISTORY OF IDEAS. Your interest in Ideas will be deeply rewarded - but always be kind to those who are devoted to the Un-Thought: The Cults, Personalities, and Things of the world. Perhaps they cannot help it. Certainly for myself, I can stifle my thinking and desire, but not my love of Ideas.

posted by keylawk at 2:02 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2007

Right now...
I'm still reading Reading Lolita in Tehran, but only because we have a "set pace" in school.
I'm also reading a book that deals with the history of the Renaissance. Kinda dry, really.
What are you reading?

posted by Always_Reading at 4:28 pm (EST) on Oct 27, 2007

Mikal, back at'cha (finally!)

Re the library sale: I was actually rather disappointed. The best scores in the Bargain Room were a battered but saleable copy of Rodney Collin's Gurdjieffian THE MIRROR OF LIGHT in the original UK hardcover, and a set of "Seth Speaks" cassette tapes by Jane Roberts. Still, it's nice to be able to buy a grocery bag full of books -- for resale or personal use -- for a mere five clams.

See ya at the November Sunday sale?

posted by Mikal9000 at 1:08 am (EST) on Oct 21, 2007

jonathon, just left a long comment on the influential books page that might interest you -- in partic. a prescription for ayn rand though i doubt you need it, others you know might = seing oscar wilde with your favorites, i think you might like my books, so please drop by paraverse.org. i do not think i have any readers under 30 or 40, so any comments you would give will be weighted and awaited eagerly. the newbooks page has all the books i've written in english and all are new (from 2003-right-now-in-press) keigu

posted by keigu at 9:25 am (EST) on Oct 20, 2007

Hey...
You asked how [Reading Lolita in Tehran] was. It is so good, and let me warn you, it's not a light read. It's very insightful on how Tehran is functioning. Even though you are a guy, you'll still like it.
-AR

posted by Always_Reading at 10:59 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2007

Hey Jonathan,
You have a fantastic collection of books! I love it when people have a load of maths or science books as well as literary ones. I also really liked 'The Master and Margarita'. You'd probably enjoy Salman Rushdie, who does the same sort of thing: magical realism and historical allegory. 'The Satanic Verses' has more in common with Bulgakov's work, but 'Midnight's Children' is undeniably better (it was awarded the Booker of Bookers), and safer to read in public.

Your love of old textbooks is much understood- I garner old, yellowed books on classics. I should make a tag group of them...yes, you must come back and check that out ;) . I've heard/read good things about 'Cancer Ward', and I rate 'The Gulag Archipelago' very highly, so that's why I want it. Yeah, not just want to read it, I musst haves it.

Let us know about the Management System when it's up and running.

posted by rebyonak at 11:42 am (EST) on Sep 22, 2007

Hi Jonathan,

The reading list really changes on my whim:) I dont limit myself to science fiction or cognitive science if I don't want to. For the 'cognitive science' part, I mainly use articles from Scientific American, Nature, Science etc. Short rather easily digestible articles used to spur *questions* on the part of students rather than attempting to provide 'answers' (which we don't have anyway, even when we think we 'are close'). For the science fiction, I do not have a set list either, but usual suspects are having them watch The Matrix, Blade Runner, Memento, Gattaca, some Star Trek TNG and Twilight Zone episodes. They read PK Dick stories, I, Robot, various Stan Lem, and other stories that fit the particular class topic (I try to let the class steer towards subject matter as much as is reasonable). I plan on teaching it next Fall, and am always looking for any new material. (I am going to post a new thread for it shortly).

posted by PeterKein at 10:42 am (EST) on Sep 8, 2007

This is an awesome website, yep! The reason I list books I want to read rather than books I have is because I need somewhere where I can clearly see what to read next, and motivate myself to read and read and read. And it might also help me find new books to read - I was about to ask you a question about one of the books you have, but it's slipped my mind now. :p

I thought about Amazon but I didn't like it quite as much.

posted by sceptreofmypassion at 1:29 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2007

Hi Jonathan,
Thank you for responding. I don't get much time for surfing web, but when I can manage it, I like to look up 'friends' most of all.
Librarything is an ingenious concept, esp for bookworms (and sad souls like me who don't have a life outside printed page)though I can tell from your livejournal you are not one of the second (hopefully the first).
I notice you catalogue Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward and Tolstoy's Ivan Illich (my favourites of theirs) though I'm more into Dostoievsky, Gogol, Zoschenko, and Kharms, on the Russian front.
Anyone who has read (and listed)Elie Wiesel has my undivided support.
Science and Technology, alas, leave me comatose, though I know enough to appreciate your witty cartoon about Schrodinger, and to enjoy mathematical paperbacks (Kline, say, or Ian Stewart).
I must say I'm impressed by the wide variety of interests you list on your homepage. Like you, I'd consider myself 'liberal' politically, though I'd lean to the left of that,rather than the right. How come you're reading Ayn Rand, for pity's sake, when you could be drooling (with me) over Susan Sontag or Hannah Arendt?

posted by reuchlin at 11:26 am (EST) on Aug 25, 2007

agreeable profile.
In was impressed by your sensible comment on Talk group "Happy Heathen" "Gods Warriors" (message 2) (though I have to add that BOTH phrases in inverted commas strike me as self-contradictory).
mazel tov
R.

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