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$50 for Amazon. What should I buy?

>> No.6385020

http://www.amazon.com/Mobys-Dick-Anatomically-Correct-Member/dp/B007I702VA

>> No.6385024

>>6385020
damn just out of his price range :(

>> No.6385028

not a book unless if its a workbook you fucking retard

you can get virtually any book for free

>> No.6385038

OP here. I like physical books. I have a Kindle. I don't like it. Feels like I'm reading books on an ATM. Not for me.

>> No.6385049

Recommend me a big fancy hardcover or something.

>> No.6385072
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>>6385010
Buy some Chekhov or Salinger. Maybe an apocryphal book of the Bible or two. Really though you should wait until you have something in mind that YOU want to purchase.

>> No.6385102

a brain you fucking retard

>> No.6385109

>>6385102
Mods?

>> No.6385115

>>6385049
Get the Everyman's Foundation series or a different Everyman's

>> No.6385127

>>6385115
Possibly. Good recommendation.

>> No.6385135

>>6385010
Avoid anything in 'good condition'. My order just arrived and although it the seller claimed it was in good condition the inside is absolutely covered in notes and underlining. I'm fucking mad.
Amazon guidelines state that 'good' condition books can 'include limited notes' but who is the judge of what's 'limited' or not?

>> No.6385137

>>6385127
You could (also) get Crime & Punishment from Everyman's. IIRC, it was translated by P&V which is ideal.

>> No.6385146

>>6385028
How can I get any physical copy for free?

>> No.6385150

>>6385109
lmao

>> No.6385154

>>6385146
steal it you pussy

>> No.6385158

>>6385137
>it was translated by P&V which is ideal.

Reddit pls.

>> No.6385165

>>6385158
>I prefer a free verse version by a needy housewife over one made by two translator paying attention to context, style and translated meaning.
>I prefer a version done in a few months over one that took years of checking and rechecking
clearly you have the high moral ground here

>> No.6385171

>>6385165
I prefer Magarshack. Joseph Frank's approval is worth a bit more than that of the paid shills at the New Yorker.

>> No.6385177

>>6385165
Volokhonsky's grasp of Russian may be expert (I don't know), but Pevear's English fucking sucks.

>> No.6385204
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6385204

>Contemporary
Ali Smith - How to Be Both

>Old
George Eliot - Middlemarch

>Archaic
Seneca - On the Shortness of Life

Ignoring the ambiguity of the greentexts, those are my best of's

>> No.6386540

>>6385204
whats how to be both

>> No.6387463

Some frenchie faggot has started buying me shit from a wish list he kept asking me to set up. I don't even have to do shit.

So far I have got the medium is the massage and the society of the spectacle.

Somethings around ten quid?

>> No.6387512

>>6385010

I keep a running wishlist of all the books I want. I inevitably get an Amazon gift card for xmas and my birthday every year. Stalk the books you want, look at sellers who are reputable, and try to get a very low shipping cost. That's how you get the most bang for your buck. I got like 11 books off of a $50 giftcard once. It's nice.

>> No.6387989

>>6385146
library

>> No.6388189
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>>6385010

memoirs of a gaysha

>> No.6389154

>>6385010
http://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Metropolitan-Collection-Fountain-91107/dp/B009X9Z2FW/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&qid=1428765656&sr=8-1&keywords=pilot+metropolitan
Get a fine nib, and some good writing paper.