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Some good picks today!
Post your recent purchases

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I got drunk and bought all 11 F Gardner books

>> No.20840257

>>20839100
cringe
>>20840253
based

>> No.20840259

>>20839100
>>20840257
Seriously though funny coincidence I just started reading LitToC

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>> No.20840590

>>20840538
Is that series actually good for getting a basic grasp on different topics?

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>> No.20840629

>>20840590
I hear it either hit or miss. Some of them are good way to get a start into subject of interest.

>> No.20840637

>>20840629
Thanks, I'll do some digging on the ones on the topics I'm interested in before buying then.

>> No.20840653

>>20840637
You can find PDFs of the books at Z-Library which is one of the websites put in the pinned thread. So can you can either get a free copy or check them out before buying.

https://b-ok.cc/s/A%20very%20short

>> No.20840662

I dont get it, I'm new to this board.

You guys gather and just.. Post.. Books you own? Without having read them? So you cant even discuss them?

>> No.20840664

>>20840538
Based
I've been listening to the In Our Time Science podcast and I've kind of felt like reading something like this lately

>> No.20840670

>>20840662
we post books we just RECENTELY bought. I like the high you get from buying stuff and like telling people about my purchases.

>> No.20840702

>>20840275
that copy of on wart is huge, now i have to check if the one i picked up is abridged

>> No.20840711

>>20840662
you must be joking. I was under the impression you had to read each book twice, once quickly, once thoroughly with pen in hand, before you could discuss on this board? Am I wrong here?

>> No.20840712

>>20840702
yes, it suppose to be a huge ass book.

>> No.20840768

>>20840337
What edition of the Chamberlain books is that?

>> No.20840790

>>20840275
You enlisting or something anon?

>> No.20840815

Okay I want to read shakespeare. How hard would it be for an ESL

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These arrived last week. They were literally the only available books about the two painters. And with "available" I mean they each were single second hand copies with no other copies available.

>> No.20841183

>>20840538
Holy based. Someday for me, some day...

>> No.20841188

>>20840711
>he doesn't know most discussions human have are about topics they have close to zero knowledge about
If you actually read books you'd know that once you finished a book you will find no one to talk with about said book.

>> No.20841192

>>20840538
Very comfy but looks a bit soulless. I prefer bound books from at least 120 years ago to really get you in the naturalist mood.

>> No.20841211

>>20840702
Wow so you're telling me you bought a book without even a general idea of how long it's meant to be? That's truly remarkable you lot are all a bunch of posers

>> No.20841216

>>20839100
Eh, I'll care when you actually read them.

>> No.20841217

>>20840662
It's the worst part of this board outside of /pol/ tourists

>> No.20841218

>>20840538
Honestly, these seem like a waste of money. Just get an EPUB of these online and if you feel like the actual book you want to read is good based on this introduction, just buy that. Why waste money on an introductory guide essentially that you're never going to read again?

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an anon posted an excerpt from picrel which was incredible. I couldn't find a pdf, it is the first non textbook which I have bought in maybe a decade. It costs 96 Australian dollars and will arrive 1 day before my bday. im very excited for it! thank you very much to the anon for sharing the excerpt.

link of excerpt:https://www.holycrossyakima.org/orthodoxPdfs/ON%20THE%20TIME%20OF%20YOUTH%20by%20St.%20Theophan%20the%20Recluse.pdf

>> No.20841240

>>20841237
You wasted your money.

>> No.20841255

>>20841240
What makes you say that? Did you read the excerpt? Did you get wooshed by the Truth in it?

>> No.20841297

>>20841217
pol tourists?
this board is far left
ok makes sense

>> No.20841299

>>20841255
Yes and it was all bullshit

>> No.20841323

>>20841299
"A chance or intentional belittlement or humbling in this case would be like water poured on fire."

>> No.20841329

>>20841323
I do not understand what you are trying to say you dirty ESL

>> No.20841409

>>20841329
projecting much? its a quote from the excerpt. im a white Australian,i dont speak a second language.

>> No.20841413

>>20841409
Well, Mr white Australian you should work on the only language you claim to know cause you're English is absolutely shit.

>> No.20841424

>>20841413
tell me more nerd

>> No.20842193

>>20840662
Ideally you’ve already read one or two of them and say what you liked about it or whatever but yeah, it’s usually the thing you said.

>> No.20842681

>>20841162
I love Ugarte. How is the book?

>> No.20842707

>>20842681
Unfortunately the reproductions are a bit crappy. There seems to be another book published by Natiris. It has earlier paintings but maybe the quality is better.

>> No.20842723

>>20841413
>you're English
nigger

>> No.20844526

>>20841162
>>20842681
just learned of this guy's stuff from your posts, thanks. It's really cool.

>> No.20844563

>>20840275
Get a better translation of Plato anon. Trust me.

>> No.20844590

>>20839100
Be honest, are you even going to read them.

>> No.20844803

>>20840845
I kinda wanna read it but I know I'll get put on a list if I do lol

>> No.20844868

>>20841211
i dont extensively research every single book i pick up on a whim from a thriftshop, no

>> No.20845276

The Time Traveler’s Wife is fucking awful. Probably the worst book I made it all the way through. Even being a teenage girl at the time didn’t save it for me

>> No.20845298

>>20845276
Yo shorty let a nigga holler at you.

>> No.20845422

>>20844563
what's the best one?

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>> No.20845554

>>20840538
just use wikipedia lmao

>> No.20845624

Is The Pillars of the Earth good?
I was playing some point and click game based on it and it seemed interesting enough

>> No.20845632

>>20845624
The construction of the cathedral was very interesting as someone interested in that sort of thing but only in passing. I like looking at the cathedrals in my city but I had no idea about construction methods or terminology related to them, which the book gave me insight in to. It's been at least five years since I read it and I don't remember much of the characters but I remember a lot about the cathedral.

>> No.20845640

>>20839100
Complete Stories, Lispector
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence
Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky
Bubbles, Sloterdijk

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first dosto

>> No.20846420

>>20839100
Luv me pillars. Luv Knoightsbridge. Simple as.

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>>20844526
You're welcome. That's why we have these threads.
It might not be literature but art and literature go hand in hand. It's part of a healthy cultural diet.

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>>20845728
I enjoyed Diamond Age, it influenced my views on education and child-rearing

>> No.20846615

>>20846545
Guess I'll say a few things about the books...

I bought Lilith's Cave due to Vicky Polin (a victim of Sabbatean-Frankist ritual abuse) mentioning it:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=D5YrZt1LoRg
I've only read one of the fifty stories so far but it seems pretty entertaining and well-edited so far.

I bought Hornung's translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead because I was told his translation is the best in any language, and I know enough German to read it comfortably. I use it as a reference, after listening to the Budge translation several times:
https://youtu.be/Afj5YwxpZWo

I've been a long-time reader of CJB's blog and video channel, but that book is simply a stream of consciousness without any order to it. I much prefer just listening to him explain his findings in his videos, like this one:
https://odysee.com/@CJBbooks.com:8/Shezmu_720:c

エンマ I simply bought because that glaring eye caught my attention when I was browsing some second-hand manga, and the premise sounds interesting enough.

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Three Kindoms was a solid bargain I've been wanting to read more Chinese literature this year so finding that today made me happy and I've been on an Asimov binge lately

>> No.20847472

>>20845422
Bloom

>> No.20847479

test

>> No.20848164

>>20840702
Kek that was my first instinct too. Turns out the Penguin edition is abridged

>> No.20848189

>>20841162
>Ugarte
It's my impression that man paints the same shit over and over

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>>20848189
He has his shtick but there's also still lifes he painted. They are not very interesting.
Poumeyrol has more to offer.

>> No.20849337

>>20848284
You picked these all up recently?

>> No.20849498

>>20848284
How are those First Edition Library editions?

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>>20848430
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>>20832476

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>>20849820
>>20849797
What did he mean by that?

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I'm most excited for the Klosterman, it was such a lucky find. I found SD&C at a goodwill some years ago and fell in love.
Mostly bought the creative nonfiction anthology because it has consider the little lobster desu. POV is an interesting exploration of different, well POV writing styles using some classic short stories.

>> No.20850978

>>20839100
>Pillars of the earth
I tried reading that and I fucking hated it.

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>>20840575
Are you reading it? I've been on the fence for years because it's a very polarizing novel, some hate it, others love it. I'm not sure if I should read it or not.

>> No.20851334

>>20851211
Comfy as fuck! I read the one edited by Penguin and I loved the cold nights the characters spent in the church's tower talking about bells, satanism, etc.

>> No.20851662

>>20839100

Love in the Time of Cholera is kino. Time Travellers Wife gets a bad rep because every adaptation is schlocky chick flick romance, but it has a lot more depth to it than that. I have a soft spot for it

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>>20845276
>girl

>> No.20852796

>>20845811
How much did you pay for the red book?

>> No.20852845

>>20852783
"At the time," not necessarily now

>> No.20852851

>>20852845
I don't understand

>> No.20852874

>>20852851
It’s ok, anon.

>> No.20852878

>>20852845
You are a Woman now?

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>> No.20852943

>>20851327
is that non-fiction or fiction

>> No.20854183

>>20840662
Yes

>> No.20854299

>>20852943
A nonfiction books about fictional islands.

>> No.20855389

>>20841413
>you're English
>"And when anon re-read what he posted and saw his mistake he ran away from thread and never returned. "

>> No.20855464

>>20844803
You're on a list just for posting here might as well have fun

>> No.20856047

i have the same edition of hamlet. i literally cannot understand shakespeare, it makes me feel so sad

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I saved the best for last

>> No.20856425

>>20844803
I don't think like a slave

>> No.20857553

>>20844803
>He's not on a list yet
lmao loser. Like half my bookshelf is about National Socialism, Fascism and all inspirations and I can still board a plane just fine.