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Bibliotek2,147 böcker — se bibliotek

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Taggarphilosophy (273), history (256), comfort of religion (239), music (220), america (189), novel (168), literature (155), bible reference (100), poetry (90), history of religion (77) — se alla taggar

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FavoritförfattareJames Luther Adams, Bill W, Harold Bloom, Stephen Crane, George Eliot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich August von Hayek, George Herriman, Henry James, Yasunari Kawabata, Walt Kelly, Halldór Laxness, Doris Lessing, John Milton, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Plato, Bertrand Russell, Richard Sorabji, Leo Tolstoy, Calvin Trillin, Anthony Trollope (Delade favoriter)

FavoritbibliotekCornell University - Olin Library, Cornell University - Uris Library

Om mig I am a retired bureaucrat and a transcendentalist unitarian.

You can go for a walk with some of us.

I got up early this morning in order to clip my nails; now I need a Pepsi to stay awake.

Between the Tropics there are times when you can stand on the shadow of your head.

If we filled the universe with water, would the water put out the stars, or would the stars put out the water?

If we weighed as much as a star would we feel differently about the universe?

I bummed a ride back from Iapetus on a rocket powered, of all things, space ship, and it took forever to get here.

If I see far, it is because I stand on the shoulders of fish.

If we park all the spaceships off the coast of France in the Mediterranean we may cause maneuvering problems for the yachts.

The reason I prefer to nap on a waterbed rather than in a swimming pool is that I don't have to worry about keeping my nose out of the water.

What I like about radio is that I can watch it with my eyes closed.



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I have started a private group called "12 Steps" for those of us following that program. To get to it, you can search for it on the Groups page, click on it here, or click on it in my Groups above. If Library Thing requires that you have an invitation to join and you want to, leave me a private comment below.

Links to emotionally stirring music as suggested by members of the Art is Life Group.



Tags: http://www.librarything.com/tags

Favorite Tag: garlic

My Wiki: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.p...

Format Sources: Noisy's Profile, Nuts and Bolts, FYI on formatting, Web Source

FAQ (official and unofficial) and Quasi-FAQ: FAQ, FAQ Group, FYI, Greyhead's FAQ

I also offer my opinion at: Salon des Belles Lettres et des Beaux Arts

Nominal Philosophy: Stoicism or, alternatively, stoicism

Favorite Number: 9, although it isn't a favorite tag

Favorite country after the United States of America: Canada

Immanuel Kant's birthday: April 22, 1724

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Om mitt bibliotek It is unwieldy. So after making a lot of smoke out of the starting gate, I have slowed way down; perhaps a quarter of my books are here. None of the books I've had a long time and are upstairs in back will get here for some time. As I get new books, however, I catalogue them immediately.

On line book vendors that I have found useful:
Barny Noble's my default new book source
Edward R Hamilton for remainders and some new books
AbeBooks for used books; part owner of LibraryThing
Christian Book Distributors for Christian books and some Jewish books
Liberty Fund for solid, historical books on liberty; fulfillment is by the University of Chicago Press
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. as a vendor best when there are specials; sometimes difficult web site




Best Non-Fiction: Historians' Fallacies by David Hackett Fischer

Best Novel: Independent People by Haldor Laxness

Best Poem: Paradise Lost by John Milton

Best Comics: Tie: Krazy Kat and Pogo

Best Memoir: The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Best Bible: The New Jerusalem Bible

Best Philosopher: Plato

Best Reference Work: Le Petit Larousse Illustre

Best Cook Book: Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer

Best Editions: Library of America, Norton Critical Editions

Best American English Dictionary: It depends:
Normative: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Descriptive: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, unabridged from Merriam Webster

Best Explanation: Main Currents of Marxism by Leszek Kolakowski

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Riktigt namnRobert Durick

E-postred28cornell.edu

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Medlem sedanJun 12, 2007