Members with nikitasamuelle's books

RSS feeds

Recently-added books

nikitasamuelle's reviews

Reviews of nikitasamuelle's books, not including nikitasamuelle's

Helper badges

HelperCommon Knowledge

 

Member: nikitasamuelle

CollectionsYour library (1,360), Currently reading (7), To read (79), All collections (1,360)

Reviews14 reviews

Tagsmystery (682), British (158), amateur sleuth (105), history (105), reference (77), detective (73), Agatha Christie (66), literature (63), thriller (62), foreign language (55) — see all tags

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud

GroupsAnglophiles, British & Irish Crime Fiction, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, Women of Mystery

Favorite authorsSusan Wittig Albert, Bill Bryson, Agatha Christie, Deborah Crombie, Slavenka Drakulic, Elizabeth George, Teri Holbrook, Laurie R. King, Ian Rankin, Julia Spencer-Fleming (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAvid Reader, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Birdcage, Bookworm

Favorite librariesSacramento Public Library - Carmichael Library, Sacramento Public Library - Central Library, Sacramento Public Library - Fair Oaks Library

About meI work in marketing, but still dream of going back to school for my doctorate in Anglo-Saxon literature.

About my libraryMy fiction library is heavy on mysteries and spy novels. Thanks to my mom, I started with Nancy Drew in 4th grade and moved on to Agatha Christie in 6th grade. Then, it was all schoolwork until I rediscovered modern fiction in the book forums on CompuServe in the early 90s.

In college, I majored in English with minors in History and Political Science. That explains the rest of my library, except for the foreign language textbooks. I don't speak any other language very fluently. I'm just fascinated by language and think it's fun to play around with new ones.

Now, I just need to figure out an easy way to catalog my Audible.com library here, too, and I'll have a complete list of my books.

Also onTwitter

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

Account typepublic, lifetime

Connection NewsConnection News

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/nikitasamuelle (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/nikitasamuelle (library)

Common KnowledgeSeries (249), Awards (186), Characters (2325), Places (479)

Member sinceAug 15, 2007

Currently readingInside Section One : Creating and Producing TV's La Femme Nikita by Christopher Heyn
The Event Marketing Handbook : Beyond Logistics & Planning by Allison Saget
What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George
Yes! : 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Noah J. Goldstein
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
show all (7)

Leave a comment

Desiderata
by: Max Ehrmann (1872 - 1945)


Go placidly amid the noise and the haste
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly,
and listen to others,
even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself to others
you may become vain and bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself, especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the council of the years
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture the strength of spirit
to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars:
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be;
and whatever your labours and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.
With all its shams, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Help/FAQs | About | Privacy/Terms | Blog | Contact | APIs | WikiThing | Common Knowledge | 45,535,124 books!