Random books from shelterdowns's library
A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle
Willow by Cathy East Dubowski
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Broken Music: A Memoir by Sting
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Henry the Fourth, part I;: An annotated text, extracts from the major sources, essays in criticism (Norton critical edit by William Shakespeare
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LibraryThing authors: Nicholas Nicastro (nicastrobooks), Naomi Novik (naominovik), Doreen Md Orion (DoreenOrion), Janny Wurts (JannyWurts)
Member: shelterdowns
Library1,426 books — see library
Reviews30 reviews — see reviews
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Tagspolitics (125), writing (124), women's studies (123), theology (111), history (110), ethics (102), philosophy (90), sexual violence (82), mythology (81), good/evil (78) — see all tags
GroupsA Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment, Early Reviewers, Upcoming Books
Favorite authorsDiane Ackerman, Jacqueline Carey, Diane Duane, Elizabeth George, Laurell K. Hamilton, Guy Gavriel Kay, Philip Yancy, Timothy Zahn (Shared favorites)
About me Obsessed collector of quotes. A random sample of favourites, to be changed out, well, randomly:
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. "
- Thomas Edison
“Originality has nothing to do with priority. An image is like a musical key; just because someone used G-minor before doesn’t make Mozart a copycat.”
--Stephen Mitchell
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
--Douglas Adams
“To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”
--Elbert Hubbard
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
~T.S. Eliot
and, of course:
“Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.”
--W.H. Auden
About my library “To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.”
--Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks”
Homepagehttp://shelterdowns.livejournal.com/
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Real nameKatrina L. MacWhirter
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Member sinceMay 7, 2006






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My bathroom is harper blue...REAL harper blue. LOL
posted by adawnt at 1:01 am (EST) on Jul 8, 2007
Cheers!
Christ
posted by soylentgreen23 at 5:40 pm (EST) on Dec 27, 2006
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posted by artisanbard at 5:52 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2006