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Ruby The Copycat by Margaret Rathmann

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

A funny thing happened to me on my way to the grave: an autobiography by Jack Douglas

Basic Seamanship and Safe Boat Handling by Blair Walliser

The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx

Flying Colours by C.S. Forester

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CollectionsYour library (595)

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Tagschildren's literature (130), humor (70), history (68), sea (43), women's studies (39), sailing (31), fiction (28), cookery (28), americana (27), naval history (23) — see all tags

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Groups18th-19th Century Britain, Aboard the Jolly Roger, Books on the Violin, Children's Fiction, Early Reviewers, Everything Is Miscellaneous, Eye Candy: illustrated kid's books, late 40's to early 70s, HMCPL Reader's Corner Thing, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift, Language — show all groups

Favorite authorsBill Barnes, Lynda Barry, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tomie dePaola, Alexandre Dumas, Christopher Duncan, C. S. Forester, William Gibson, Robert A. Heinlein, Victor Hugo, Trina Schart Hyman, Dick King-Smith, Sharyn McCrumb, Christopher Moore, Barry Moser, Patrick O'Brian, Patricia Polacco, Alice and Martin Provenson, Barbara Rogasky, William Shakespeare, Nevil Shute, H. Allen Smith, Lemony Snicket, Art Spiegelman, Tomi Ungerer, David Weinberger (Shared favorites)

About meB.A. in Communication Graphics(Advertising) and Art History.
Yes, I did the time. (M.L.S.,1991) But I got sidelined into IT. Spent a year in Book Arts Master's program.

About my libraryNeed more SHELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A book is a complete package, from dust jacket to binding design, frontispiece to colophon. Nothing ruins a good read like a badly chosen or poorly set typeface. There is not a single book from my childhood that I could not still tell you who was the illustrator--more than I can say for the author of the prose! It is equally important to give authorial attribution to the illustrator of a work.

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The Way of a Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail by Derek Lundy

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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz

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The Verse By the Side of the Road: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles by Frank Rowsome, Jr.

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Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World by Roger Crowley

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Steam Tramps and Cargo Liners, 1850-1950 (The Ship, Number 5) by Robin Craig

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Pattern Recognition by William Gibson

Would you believe that I only just saw your June message about the Howard Finster book? I apologize. I haven't kept up with my LibraryThing other than posting the books in my library. Not only do I have several of Hoard's books, but some of his art and lots of memories of visits to Paradise Garden in the '80s.

posted by mtngrl at 10:45 pm (EST) on Feb 12, 2008

"How did you like "Everything is Miscellaneous"? and if the library starts a non-fiction book club that reads INTERESTING books, are you interested?"

It's on my wishlist, and I haven't been able to get it through ILL. May have to break down and actually buy it. I have read lot about it and a lot of the criticisms against it.

From what I can tell, I agree with a lot of whay he says, but I think that having both a top-down AND bottom-up approach is better than either/or.

I'm interested, but don't have a lot of time available, and my hours constantly shift, so it really depends on when and where the meetings are, physical or online.

posted by cainmark at 9:56 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2007

Well, not all my volumes. Some are on my wishlist and others are ones I've read but do not own.

posted by cainmark at 9:45 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2007

Thank you for the 3 books -- I love them!!! I just "thinged" them, what fun. :)

posted by patruska at 9:24 am (EST) on Jun 16, 2007

yippee! thank you for the lovely 2 books, I can't wait to see them! :) your reward is this: gratitude! hey, you're up to 501 enteries, way to go!

posted by patruska at 9:36 am (EST) on Jun 7, 2007

Wow, p.79, thanks for the memories, I recognize that cute guy! :) btw, the uncanny thing about you mentioning that is the other person in the picture on p.79 I had inquired about to your mum, she found her addy & # in the phone book. We'll be sure to send her an invite to "our upcoming event", so maybe we'll have a little reunion!

posted by patruska at 9:44 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2007

I LOVE the flicr pics, the monacle on the clown face painting is so very smart. You sewed the whole thing?! Amazing!!! How many Bratz does it take to open a hermetically sealed acrylic packaging bubble? Such sweet pics! I haven't gotten much into flickr yet http://flickr.com/photos/39077696@N00/, think I might loose sight of daylight if I do.

I don't know about the "Strand" isbn thing, I'll look into it -- are you the one who uploaded the photo? last time I checked it wasn't around. thusly, you rock.

...still on Cloud 9, think I'll take up permanent residence. "Ring in the new year", indeed. :) Sometime soon we should be girly & go shop for bookshelves instead of clothes (tho I do have a dress to hunt for now...) ;)

posted by patruska at 11:21 am (EST) on Jan 2, 2007

Greetings, sistah Thingamabrarian! tag, you're it!

posted by patruska at 2:04 am (EST) on Dec 31, 2006

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