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The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own: Insights from a Practicing Neurologist by Richard Md Restak
About Love: Reinventing Romance for Our Times by Robert C. Solomon
The Great Courses - Ancient & Medieval History The High Middle Ages by Professor Philip Daileader
YogaKids: Educating the Whole Child Through Yoga by Marsha Wenig
Home Improvement 1-2-3: Expert Advice from The Home Depot (Home Depot ... 1-2-3) by The Home Depot
Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
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GroupsHistory at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture
Favorite authorsChinua Achebe, C. J. Cherryh, Fyodor Dostoevsky, William Faulkner, Nikolai Gogol, Franz Kafka, Patrick O'Brian (Shared favorites)
About meI am a bibliophibian. ;)
About my libraryXIV.
Here is the book
the dog-eared page
the ribbon and the note
Here is the plot
the archetype
the saucy little quote
Here is the heft
the smell of ink
the crinkle and the sweep
Here is the world
the character
the company I keep
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what my ratings mean:
5---unmissable
Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
-Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
-Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Reading, 1854
4---great stuff
When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.
-Marie de Sevigne
3---worth reading
I have read your book and much like it.
-Moses Hadas (1900 - 1966)
2---mind candy
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
-Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832), Lacon, 1820
1---waste of time
Reading this book is like waiting for the first shoe to drop.
-Ralph Novak
0---unfinishable
I read part of it all the way through.
-Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
The covers of this book are too far apart.
-Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
-Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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Member sinceFeb 19, 2008
Currently readingTroika: A Communicative Approach to Russian Language, Life, and Culture by Marita Nummikoski
Troika, Workbook and Laboratory Manual: A Communicative Approach to Russian Language, Life, and Culture by Marita Nummikoski
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posted by Vetch at 1:45 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2009
posted by Vetch at 4:57 am (EST) on Apr 12, 2009
posted by Theta9 at 6:49 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 3:59 am (EST) on Mar 31, 2009
posted by MtnSk8tr at 12:23 am (EST) on Mar 31, 2009
posted by RobertKoger123 at 3:34 am (EST) on Mar 24, 2009
posted by flissp at 6:54 am (EST) on Feb 2, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 12:04 am (EST) on Jan 12, 2009
Well, I am still rooting for you! Talk to you in December, if not before!
posted by stellarexplorer at 11:35 am (EST) on Nov 15, 2008
You wanted to know my thoughts on THE WORLD WITHOUT US:
"read it", "don't miss it", and "5 stars".
A remarkable book, and well written too! Sobering, fascinating, depressing... like watching a train wreck in progress. You know there will be carnage but riveted, you can't take your eyes away. Certain passages even made me gasp out loud. Sadly, I can't say I'm very encouraged that earth can survive the havoc mankind has wrought upon it.
I've learned a lot from it, and feel it should be required reading for everyone.
posted by MtnSk8tr at 11:27 pm (EST) on Oct 15, 2008
posted by valkylee at 3:54 pm (EST) on Oct 5, 2008
posted by stellarexplorer at 2:05 am (EST) on Sep 30, 2008
posted by stellarexplorer at 2:03 am (EST) on Sep 30, 2008
posted by stellarexplorer at 11:36 pm (EST) on Sep 17, 2008
Silver Nutmeg Graters -- thanks for asking! What was the question?
Lovely book on, well, its pretty self-explanatory. They are decorative items, collectible, some in museums. There must be a reason I own this book (?) I am interested in general in objects d'art. And also, it was a gift.
If you look at my art books, I also have books on Chinese porcelains, Kachina dolls, ceramics,snuff bottles,rugs. Many of these originated with stellarwoman. Though we each brought many books of painting and sculpture to the marriage.
posted by stellarexplorer at 1:33 am (EST) on Sep 17, 2008
posted by stellarexplorer at 9:36 am (EST) on Sep 13, 2008
I bought it 2 days ago & won't be able to get to it for a few weeks at the ealiest. The author was interviewed on NPR this winter & was so fascinating, I put the book on my "to buy" list. It came out in paperback this month: Costco had it for $8.99, so I snapped it up.
posted by MtnSk8tr at 12:39 am (EST) on Aug 15, 2008
I meant to comment earlier. Moers' City ... has arrived! I have a work trip away next week and I'll be taking it with me along with the August Babbler. I hope to finish both (it shouldn't be a strenuous trip in any way ... there should be plenty of reading time).
posted by Surtac at 7:05 am (EST) on Jul 24, 2008
posted by stellarexplorer at 10:30 pm (EST) on Jun 18, 2008
Anyway, A World Lit Only By Fire looks very enticing too. Have you read it by chance?
posted by stellarexplorer at 10:01 pm (EST) on Jun 16, 2008
That would be truly wonderful, Moira-ji. I've been looking for it ever since Mule mentioned it on the (old) board, but I've never managed to find a copy - even in our library system. Sometimes, Oz is just too far away ...
posted by Surtac at 6:16 am (EST) on Apr 28, 2008
posted by Aelith at 7:04 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2008
I think that poetry is the densest form of written communication we have. I love it and hope to return to writing it one day.
Thank you exceedingly for visiting my library, moira-ji.
Peace,
Suzdal
posted by CyanDag at 5:18 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2008
posted by Aelith at 3:46 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2008
I'm intrigued by your amazing library! Thanks for showing me this site
~niki
posted by peridoteyes at 1:11 pm (EST) on Mar 19, 2008
I know, cyberspace is jam packed with 'owners' not wanting their borders interrupted ;-)
But hopefully there's some hospitality or unclaimed space left, yet.
If the conversation cannot be jointly conducted I'm still glad to be able to listen in - with your permission, of course.
posted by Busifer at 3:45 am (EST) on Mar 15, 2008
posted by stellarexplorer at 12:17 am (EST) on Mar 15, 2008
SQUEEEE!, too. :)
posted by Vetch at 4:26 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2008
I am reeling from that Edwards article about Pike's work. Forever, I have been concerned about human rationality, its limits, its nature, its relation to language, what piece of human consciousness rationality represents. I find appealing the recoiling from Chomsky's proposal of inherent preprogrammed logic and grammatical potential, not because it is implausible, but because of its distance from people and human experience.
I was going to remark on an implication of Pike's ideas -- one related to our discussion of tags -- but then there it was at the end of the article. It was that if think about ourselves from the perspective of emic/etic, we stand in both relations to ourselves. So that as we make tags to label our books -- or to label how we see the world -- our tag-making is not just the emic/insider view of our world-labeling process. Limited in our self knowledge, we make a stab at conveying an accurate emic understanding of our view of the world, but we necessarily fall short, are inaccurate, are limited by subjectivity and blindness and humanness. And also, our tag-making can be seen as something of an etic attempt to label what is inside with some sense of accuracy and analysis and specialist skills -- we as specialists or scientists on the matter of our perceptions, classificatory tendencies, and worldview.
Phew. Thanks for that -- please keep sending me the results of your ambling through this territory!
“have you ever spent much time following this direction?”
Not specifically perhaps, but I am VERY familiar with the process of following my fancy into whatever direction it may take me. That IS my life! (Or one tag I would use to label my life!! LOL)
posted by stellarexplorer at 1:17 am (EST) on Mar 10, 2008
posted by tuuli at 12:44 pm (EST) on Mar 6, 2008
posted by MtnSk8tr at 2:27 am (EST) on Feb 27, 2008
Very true. For me the article made me more aware of how much others define external reality on the internet, which I find alarming. Each new technology presents opportunities for greater chioce and greater control by others. Those drop down menus could make you believe that those really ARE the relevant choices.
I always want to preserve the possibility of "D-- none of the above!"
Please keep reminding me of this stuff -- it's important!
posted by stellarexplorer at 1:44 am (EST) on Feb 24, 2008
posted by kokipy at 12:57 pm (EST) on Feb 22, 2008
posted by kokipy at 7:51 am (EST) on Feb 21, 2008
posted by kokipy at 5:08 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2008
Well, Busifer has pointed out that things sometimes slow down here because of so much traffic. We'll just give it all the time it takes.
And it is lovely to have you here!
posted by kokipy at 5:06 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2008
posted by kokipy at 7:56 am (EST) on Feb 20, 2008
I love to archive and to classify in a way that pleases me. I find it wonderful that I can arrange my books on my shelf as I wish, and that the choices I made in so doing reflect something about how I see my books and how I see the world.
I am struggling to remember the exact quote, but Borges said something along the lines of "Any act of placing books on a shelf requires classifying choices."
Here, very much in the spirit of the Shirky article, tags are without limit and you are free to put your own stamp on the world.
As I look at my tags (as I frequently do) or more visually, as I look at my tag cloud, I am amazed at the feeling that I have created an image of myself, of the way I see the world, of what interests me. I have considered framing my tag cloud (when I am finally "done" (Ha!) entering all my books/tags). It could be titled "One Representation of Me"
And there is no theoretical limit to the number of self-representations I may have, save the time to imagine them.
posted by stellarexplorer at 3:20 am (EST) on Feb 20, 2008
Looking at your tags so far, I'm guessing you will be someone with many. I am a big tagger, especially with my nonfiction.
posted by stellarexplorer at 9:38 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2008
posted by kokipy at 3:42 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2008
posted by kokipy at 3:27 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2008