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A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
WHITE HEAT: A HISTORY OF BRITAIN IN THE SWINGING SIXTIES by DOMINIC SANDBROOK
Rising From The Plains by John McPhee
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography by Ian Carr
A Journey in Ladakh: Encounters with Buddhism by Andrew Harvey
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album by Ashley Kahn
Europe: A History by Norman Davies
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About meI'm Information and Learning Technology Manager at a college in Oxford.
About my libraryThere are some interesting comments in Anne Fadiman's books about strategies for organising your library on shelves, similar to Nick Hornby's ideas about music collections and Italo Calvino talking about how books should be set out in book shops.
I've started my Library Thing listings with some clusters of topics such as music, British history, ceramics and natural history.
I suppose the really clever feature of Library Thing is that you can re-organise the collection online at the click of a mouse instead of pulling everything all over the floor and starting again.
One interesting question I'm reflecting on is whether a book that you decide isn't worth listing is one that ought to be going to the second hand book store?
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Last Thursday I ran the Tuolumne County (California) Technology Advisory Committee Meeting, and it was my pleasure to share Library Thing with all who attended (local school district tech people). I think the school librarians in our county are going to love this site when they get time to look into it.
Interesting nexus between music, literature, and technology. I believe those of us in the education technology are by nature life-long learners and autodidacts. It's why we read (not just technical manuals) and it's why playing music has such appeal. Music is a life-long process, reading is an exercise either in learning something new or putting yourself into someone else's shoes.
BTW, would you recommend A History of Reading? It looks interesting!
Not a lot of overlap in our libraries, but I imagine that's typical. I read a lot of U.S. history and you read a lot of British history.
Thanks for telling me about this site!
Best regards,
Daniel
posted by JFCooper at 1:49 am (EST) on May 28, 2008
Sent you an invitation to be my LT friend.
Daniel (AKA JFCooper)
posted by JFCooper at 2:18 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2008