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HISTORIA DE ESPANA by Jose-Luis Martin, Carlos Martinez Shaw and Javier Tusell

King Lear (Arden Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare

Tagore on Books by Rabindranath Tagore

The Principles of Ethics : Volume 1 by Herbert Spencer

The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) by William Shakespeare

Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's Macbeth (Oxford Paperbacks) by Garry Wills

Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammars) by Yip Po-Ching

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Groups25 Books in 2009, Abraham Lincoln & Lincolniana, Ancient China, Ancient History, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Historia en español (castellano), Philosophy and Theory, Political Conservatives, Spaniards who LibraryThing, The Globe

Favorite authors杜甫 (Du Fu), Dante Alighieri, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, William Blake, Harold Bloom, Jorge Luis Borges, William F. Buckley, Jr., Joseph Conrad, Rubén Darío, John Donne, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Du Fu, Umberto Eco, Benito Pérez Galdós, Homer, Samuel Johnson, Mario Vargas Llosa, Antonio Machado y Alvarez, Herman Melville, Ludwig von Mises, V. S. Naipaul, Murray N. Rothbard, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, William Shakespeare, Alexander Solzhenitzin, Leo Tolstoy, John Updike, Lope de Vega, Virgil (Shared favorites)

About meI enojoy reading books on virtually any topic, although I tend to prefer history, fiction and biographies. I also enjoy poetry.
Currently I'm reading primarily history books on the U.S., Spain and China. In fiction I tend towards more classical, proven authors although often I venture with some contemporary writers whose writing styles may intrigue me. Of course often I read fiction of lesser literary value for sheer relaxation.

About my libraryI am slowly cataloguing all my books into Librarything. I think I'm a little more than halfway through.
So far I've catalogued most of my fiction (novels, short stories, etc.), poetry, literary criticism, biography and history books. I still need to tackle my non-fiction books, which are mostly economics, statistics and business books.

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A New China (Two Vol. Set) by Chih-p'ing Chou

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The Poetics (Great Books in Philosophy) by Aristotle

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My Life and Other Stories (Everyman's Library classics) by A.P. Chekhov

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Hola. Sólo tengo uno de los volúmenes de editorial Destino. El resto son del Círculo de Lectores, en una edición facsímil preciosa y que no sale nada cara. Que conste que no llevo comisión eh? jajaja.

posted by teresasoler at 3:34 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2009

Last time I checked, you could still get the Scandia shelving I have. However, they don't always have much in stock, and it's a bit more pricey than it used to be. They apparently had trouble getting a reliable supply from Europe. There is a US made version of Scandia, built to different dimensions with different type of wood, but the same basic design. I believe it's the same company - check out Lundia at http://www.lundiausa.com/

I moved my entire library to a different part of the house, and, though moving that many books is a big job, the shelving was a breeze to relocate and re-configure. The shelving itself is very tough. I have shelves up to 40" wide that have been loaded with hardcover books for 6-7 years, with not even a hint of bowing. I would hope the US version would perform as well, but, either way, I wouldn't go for anything wider than 40" if you're going to fill them with books.

There's also a bookshelf group on LibraryThing (Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill) with lots of threads about different ideas for bookshelves. This thread - http://www.librarything.com/topic/874 - is pretty good, and has more photos of my library (before the move), as well as those of others.

Good luck,
Os.

posted by Osbaldistone at 6:38 pm (EST) on Jun 13, 2009

Accesible es palabra española totalmente correcta. Eso sí, con una sola "s". Gracias por tu comentario. Y sí es cierto, a veces recuerdo lecturas de libros, voy anotándolos para dejarlo después catalogado, pero sé que muchos todavía andan por esos rincones de casa en espera de ser rescatados.

Saludos!

posted by fugaz_42 at 6:27 am (EST) on May 17, 2009

Hola!!

Reconozco que la cantidad de libros catalogados en su biblioteca me ha dejado sorprendida, desde luego ya me gustaría a mi llegar a publicar y opinar acerca de tantas lecturas. Todo lleva su tiempo, de eso no hay la menor duda.

posted by fugaz_42 at 5:34 pm (EST) on May 15, 2009

Thanks for the info! I might just have to pick it up :-)

posted by wisewoman at 12:33 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2009

I'm glad to hear you liked the Guji shudian. The upstairs is a great trove of serious literature and commentaries. My advisor prefers Shanghai for buying books but until my last visit I had preferred Beijing. However, with all the Olympic construction in Beijing, many of my favorite bookstores have been displaced. So, I think Shanghai is now THE place for serious book shopping. Although Kaogu and Wenwu still have stores in Beijing and they are worthwhile stores.

There's also a nice bookstore on the corner with two sides open to the street--although it isn't a specialist bookstore, they often had a good selection.

posted by liao at 7:14 pm (EST) on Mar 1, 2009

Hello! No, I have not yet read Foucault's Pendulum. It is a classic case of too many books and too little time :-) But I have a copy, and I do plan to read it eventually! I'll make a note in my individual book page for it to let you know when I've read it.

Take care!

~ww

posted by wisewoman at 9:48 am (EST) on Jan 22, 2009

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posted by flatmancrooked at 7:00 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2008

Welcome to the Political Conservatives group. Thanks for joining!

posted by ggchickapee at 4:51 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2008

Thanks so much for your nice comments about my blog (Literary License: litlicense.blogspot.com). It's a fun hobby and a good way to keep track of my reading. Feel free to drop me a comment if you see something interesting on the internet related to literature and/or reading, and I'll post it on my blog. I get a lot of good ideas for the blog from others.

posted by gwendolyndawson at 9:12 am (EST) on Jun 6, 2008

Hi,
That store is perhaps the first stop for students of Chinese literature in Shanghai. Anything to do with Chinese literature up until 1912; history, etc. Its all there, crammed into a tiny space.

Other bookstores in Shanghai may have the same books and similar stocks but these people specialize in the matter. I always come away with more books than I can comfortably carry :-)

Thanks for writing; I'm in the middle of moving apartments, and can't write at length about my reasons for liking the store. I'll try later. I would like to hear your opinions afters you've been there.

Charles AKA liao

posted by liao at 5:49 pm (EST) on May 31, 2008

Discovering Librarything was a delightful surprise. Several times, in the past, I've tried to build a database of my library using several software tools, but all proved either too cumbersome to implement and uninteresting to view. Librarything provides an aesthetically pleasing solution that is enjoyable to use. Thanks.

posted by xieouyang at 8:25 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2008

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