28-06-2005 03:31									#1
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Today I made a bargain

Talon of the Silver Hawk - Raymond Feist
The Elder Gods pt 1 & 2 - David Eddings
Belgarath The Sorcerer - David Eddings

for $1.30 each! Ok the Elder gods will probably suck donkey balls like everything else Eddings written post-Belgariad but hope springs eternal

I also bought "TV" by Jean Philippe Touissant and "Popular Music from Vittula" by Mikael Niemi as well as a textbook on beginners German and a text book on mathematics for senior high school (I thought I´d brush up on my german and my math...)

The whole bundle didn´t cost more that $16.50

	28-06-2005 04:08									#2
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How Dogs Think by Stanley Coren.
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons.
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.

Border's gift cards, like crack for bibliophiles.

	28-06-2005 04:09									#3
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Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The World is Flat (Tom Friedman - I do not recommend this book if you are looking for economics. its more of a sociology/technological type deal. easy to read, but not technical enough for me. it was only marginally interesting for me.)

	28-06-2005 04:12									#4
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Awaiting these from Amazon.com:
"The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language"
David Crystal; Paperback; $22.43

"Describing Morphosyntax : A Guide for Field Linguists"'
Thomas E. Payne; Paperback; $24.95

	28-06-2005 04:15									#5
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I actually hardly ever buy books anymore. Whatever I want is available at the public library. Plus I have very little time to read anyway

	28-06-2005 04:30									#6
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"Bushland" by that lady Pulizer Prize winner from the NY Times. I don't recommend it.

"Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince."

"A Hatful of Sky" by Terry Prachett.

	28-06-2005 05:18									#7
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J.G. Ballard, Millenium People. Read it. It was ok, but I don't recommend it.

Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man. Reading it right know. Its pretty good, actually.

I also bought the next Harry Potter novel. 40% off if you preordered it. I figured that I would buy it anyway, just to see what happens next. I didn't like the last two very much. They were like bad Robert Ludlum novels IMO. (What am I saying? All Ludlum novels are bad.) They were bad, but they were never boring...

	28-06-2005 05:22									#8
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I do not typically buy books from amazon or Barnes and Noble anymore, generally because of lack of funds. Philly has ample used book stores (go to the Book Trader if you find yourself in the city) and my local library in Connecticut runs semi-annual used booksales that allowed me to purchase thirteen books for less than $5.

The most recent purchases, from aforementioned book sale, included ...

Eugene Onegin by Pushkin
Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister by Goethe
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Howard's End by EM Forster
Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner (blessedly purchased before Oprah stained it)

And others ... Most of my new books are purchased for school.

	28-06-2005 05:49									#9
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Japanese - The Easy Way by Karen Sandness.

I figured if I'm dating a girl for 8 months, I might as well start learning some of her language.

I think I also purchased Kissenger or Mersheimer or something recently, but I forget.

	28-06-2005 07:47									#10
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Making Marks on Ceramic Surfaces and Staying Alive: Survival Tactics for the Artist, both by Robin Hopper.

	28-06-2005 09:26									#11
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon
Absolute Friends - John LeCarré
On Bullshit - Harry G. Frankfurt

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	28-06-2005 09:45									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg Today I made a bargain Talon of the Silver Hawk - Raymond Feist The Elder Gods pt 1 & 2 - David Eddings Belgarath The Sorcerer - David Eddings for $1.30 each! Ok the Elder gods will probably suck donkey balls like everything else Eddings written post-Belgariad but hope springs eternal I also bought "TV" by Jean Philippe Touissant and "Popular Music from Vittula" by Mikael Niemi as well as a textbook on beginners German and a text book on mathematics for senior high school (I thought I´d brush up on my german and my math...) The whole bundle didn´t cost more that $16.50

Just finished Elder Gods 1. It's about what you'd expect, including an Aphrael type.

I also bought:

Jackal of Nar by John Marco

Shallows of Night by Eric van Lustbader(second book in a series that I was missing)

Reading The Sunset Warrior by Eric v. Lustbader(book one of The Sunset Warrior Cycle)

ACK!

	28-06-2005 10:44									#13
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I bought the Kojiki and the Nihongi this weekend. May Timexwatch never reach this sorry state...

	28-06-2005 11:24									#14
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Blood on the Shores by Leonov is on the way.

	28-06-2005 11:35									#15
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Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? by Martin Gardner. I am reading this now. Highly recommended, particularly for those who need ammo against pseudoscience. Gardner is the w00t!

Deep Simplicity by John Gribbin. Haven't started on it yet, looks interesting.

	28-06-2005 12:55									#16
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Penthouse = June 2005 for the pictures

	28-06-2005 13:40									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Tuberski Just finished Elder Gods 1. It's about what you'd expect, including an Aphrael type

It´s fascinating how some writers can write scores of books with the same story in them...

	28-06-2005 15:46									#18
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the renaissance bazaar - brotton (just started reading it)

and a bind collection of the tao of poeh , teh of piglet

all 3

the first one i got btw on recommondection of someone in the OTF but cant remember who...any ways tnx

	28-06-2005 15:56									#19
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Tamelander & Zetterling, Bismarck
Piers Paul Read, The Templars

	28-06-2005 19:46									#20
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Very good read, The Templars book.

I am amazed at how much pseudo-history surrounding the Templars gets sold at mainstream bookstores. If you enjoy the book, give The Northern Crusades by Eric Christiansen a read.

	28-06-2005 19:50									#21
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Northern Crusades is how we pwn and teutons sux

	28-06-2005 19:51									#22
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I've been to a number of book sales recently and have bought a tremendous amount of books... so I'll just list my most recent acquisitions (past two weeks)

Accumulation Crisis by James O'Connor

The Discourses by Niccolo Machiavelli

The Mystery of Capital by Hernando de Soto

Understanding Media by Marshall Mcluhan

Plus a book on Keynes and a book on Modern Political Philosophy.

	28-06-2005 19:53									#23
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You would still be a grove-worshipping pagan without Teutonic-led hunts through the Baltic backwoods.

	28-06-2005 19:54									#24
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Right now reading "The Cash Nexus" by Niall Ferguson. Done with Baudolino by Umberto Eco, will start The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici by some guy.

	28-06-2005 19:55									#25
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quote: Originally posted by DerSchwarzfalke You would still be a grove-worshipping pagan without Teutonic-led hunts through the Baltic backwoods.

Pah, we baptised ourselves voluntarily so that we could instead focus on whopping Russkie azz. Who in the end came back with a vengeance ...

	28-06-2005 19:56									#26
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Forcible conversion ... voluntary conversion ... it all looks the same through 1000 years of historical lens

	28-06-2005 19:57									#27
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Btw, grove worshipping pagans are teh w00t!

	28-06-2005 19:58									#28
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quote: Originally posted by DerSchwarzfalke Forcible conversion ... voluntary conversion ... it all looks the same through 1000 years of historical lens

Yup. We would have ended up being ruskies otherwise. How WORSE can you get

	28-06-2005 20:10									#29
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Crown of Slaves-David Weber, Eric Flint

Shadow of Saganami-David Weber

Rivers of War-Eric Flint

Y-The Last Man- Brian Vaughn

	28-06-2005 20:14									#30
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Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations, RC Bell
Foucault's Pendulum, Eco
Heresy in the Middle Ages, Malcolm Lambert