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Favorite authorsKate Auspitz, Ernst Badian, George Ewart Bean, Walter Burkert, Callimachus, Lisa Carey, Constantine Cavafy, C. W. Ceram, Michael H. Crawford, Robertson Davies, M. I. Finley, Robin Lane Fox, Paul Fussell, Edward Gorey, Paul Graham, Peter Green, Peter Green, Daniel J. Harrington, Herodotus, Saint I, Patriarch of Constantinople Germanus, Ibn Khaldūn, Jaron Lanier, Nicholas Lash, Longus, John McWhorter, Jon Meacham, John P. Meier, Arnaldo Momigliano, Peter Morville, Vladimir Nabokov, Ovid, Tim Spalding, Tim Spalding, Mark Twain, David Weinberger (Shared favorites)
Favorite bookstoresAvenue Victor Hugo, Books Etc. (Portland), Brattle Book Shop, Brookline Booksmith, Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Bull Moose - Scarborough, Carlson & Turner Books, Dawn Treader Book Shop, Eren Kitabevi, Faulkner House Books, Harvard Book Store, Harvard University Press Display Room, Longfellow Books, Lorem Ipsum Books, Maine Coast Book Shop, McIntyre and Moore Booksellers, Pages, Porter Square Books, Raven Used Book Shop, Rodney's Bookstore, Schoenhof's Foreign Books, Second Run Bookstore, Shaman Drum, Strand Bookstore, The Green Hand Bookshop, The Non-Existant Bookstore, Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Waterstone's Boston USA, Yes Books
Favorite librariesCambridge Public Library - Main Branch, Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Library, McClintic Public Library, Pocahontas County Free Libraries, New York Public Library - New Amsterdam Branch, Portland Public Library, Portland Public Library - Peaks Island Branch, Portsmouth Athenaeum, Schlesinger Library, The Boston Athenaeum
Other favoritesLibraryThing H.Q., Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (museum and shop)
Favorite publishersCandlewick Press, Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors LLC, Mercer University Press, O'Reilly Media, Orbit Books, Osprey Publishing, Penguin Australia, RAND Corporation, Shire Publications, W.W. Norton
About meI am the founder and lead developer of LibraryThing.
About my libraryMy interests run to ancient history, Greek and Latin. So far I've done maybe 1/4-1/3 of what I have. Frankly, it's also gotten a bit mixed-up and redundant, as I use this account for testing. (There are a couple books I test out with, because I know they have certain fields or are in certain libraries.) That said, I've got a good chunk of my history, religion and archaeology in. Greek, Latin and novels to come....
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Real nameTim Spalding
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Member sinceAug 21, 2005
Currently readingA marginal Jew : rethinking the historical Jesus by John P. Meier
Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians by Enrico Ascalone
Philip II of Macedonia by Ian Worthington
A history of warfare by John Keegan
Greeks and Romans in the modern world by Roger-Paul Droit
A chronicle of the last pagans by Pierre Chuvin
Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Western languages, AD 100-1500 by Philippe Wolff
An imperial possession : Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC-AD 409 by D. J. Mattingly
The Downing Street years by Margaret Thatcher
The English Language: A Historical introduction (Canto) by Charles Barber
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posted by paulstalder at 8:04 am (EST) on Jan 29, 2012
I noticed (justjoey as well) that the book titles on the starting page of librarything.de are dutch and not German. Do you know why? Was there a mixup of languages when the picture was uploaded or was a Dutchman involved? I don't mind, just curious.
posted by paulstalder at 4:03 pm (EST) on Jan 27, 2012
posted by GeeDubayou at 11:13 am (EST) on Jan 21, 2012
posted by _Zoe_ at 6:37 pm (EST) on Jan 20, 2012
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/to-know-but-not-understand...
posted by Jesse_wiedinmyer at 12:10 am (EST) on Jan 20, 2012
Kathy
posted by litlady121 at 2:19 pm (EST) on Jan 19, 2012
posted by prosfilaes at 8:02 pm (EST) on Jan 18, 2012
I absolutely love LT. I have met great people on here and have learned about many great books and writers. But the color of the header, this redish, pinkish, terra-cottaish, mishmash, has got to go. It is absolutely hideous. Horrendous. May I suggest a blueish-grayish color instead? Or if you don't fancy that how about alternating the color daily? I know it is a minor detail in an otherwise brilliant website, but the aesthetics are always important. True?
- joseph.
posted by jodavid at 11:39 pm (EST) on Jan 3, 2012
This is not a complaint but a question: Every time I post a review on LT, when I go back I see Twitter and Facebook icons next to the byline in my post. Most other reviews aren't showing those icons. I don't have a Twitter or Facebook account.
Why are those icons showing up on my posts? I'm not complaining, like I said. I'm just curious. So let me know, please?
I really enjoy myself here. I like everything about LT. Thanks for giving us a great site.
Deke Solomon
posted by dekesolomon at 12:30 am (EST) on Jan 1, 2012
posted by bwhitson at 9:12 pm (EST) on Dec 27, 2011
posted by b_macdonald at 11:29 pm (EST) on Dec 26, 2011
posted by Capybara_99 at 2:05 pm (EST) on Dec 25, 2011
http://www.librarything.com/work/7870164
http://www.librarything.com/work/12066799
and all that's left to do is explode http://www.librarything.com/work/12066814 and put them where they go.
This is not critical, of course. Just Christmas housekeeping. :)
posted by Collectorator at 12:12 am (EST) on Dec 23, 2011
Indeed. More than enough.
posted by Makifat at 1:31 pm (EST) on Dec 21, 2011
Hope you and your family have a fabulously happy Christmas.
:o)
posted by clamairy at 9:04 pm (EST) on Dec 19, 2011
posted by clamairy at 3:25 pm (EST) on Dec 17, 2011
I, personally, have not been "encouraging her," in the sense of engaging in a conversation with her as if a conversation were possible. But I do intend to poke her from time to time, when and if reading her rants is worth my time.
posted by lawecon at 7:32 am (EST) on Dec 14, 2011
http://www.librarything.com/topic/128109#3088175
I bet you're going to ignore this one as well.
posted by theapparatus at 7:55 pm (EST) on Dec 11, 2011