Medlemjohnandlisa
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- 9,828
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- Dit bibliotek (9,828)
- Nøgleord
- early modern europe (1,812), logbc (1,321), primary source (1,267), lisa's office (980), germany (886), art history (795), childrens (764), old binding (731), ultb (725), fhreh (643), france (498), united states (440), history of science (439), modern europe (429), travel guide (418), fiction (389), biography (386), reference (372), english literature (350), history of medicine (333), thirty years war (312), baseball (307), monica's (297), exhibition catalog (295), middle ages (290), fhrm (288), poetry (269), england (254), intellectual history (246), basement (226), nature (222), ancient (211), little kids (206), drama (198), philly (195), enlightenment (193), alice's (188), american literature (187), modern art (180), humor (159), fgtnj (151), italy (150), tbdo (147), old europaische wanderbilder (138), popular culture (135), fantasy (132), mystery (131), german literature (131), reformation (129), rural society (124), scotland (121), psychology (119), gender (118), museum catalog (115), renaissance (115), jewish (110), cookbook (108), jtywold (100), economic history (99), low countries (97), britain (95), freud (95), french literature (91), manga (90), language (87), baroque (82), urban society (79), music (76), travel (73), criticism (73), old baedeker guide (72), signed by author (71), jtywpamph (70), sociology (67), french revolution (67), little leather library (64), spain (64), pamphlets (64), reviewed by john (62), military history (62), hiking guide (60), heritage edition (60), great books (58), family (57), old travel guide (57), marxism (56), war (56), architecture (55), birds (55), environmental history (54), 27E (54), facsimile (54), philosophy (52), old grieben guide (52), nobility (51), field guide (51), religion (50), african american (50), netherlands (50), game (49), nazism (48), hessen-kassel (48), comics (48), russia (47), women's history (43), anthology (43), japan (43), aaa guide (42), world war ii (41), european expansion (41), india (40), asia (39), native american (39), geography (38), china (38), old guide diamant (37), mythology (37), latin america (37), family inscription (36), fmp (36), crime and punishment (36), old medical guide (35), atlas (34), old ward lock guide (34), russian literature (34), holy roman empire (33), photography (31), historical methods (30), board book (29), old blue guide (29), puzzles (29), belgium (29), political thought (28), old michelin guide (28), old meyers guide (28), old guide joanne (27), michelin (27), psychiatry (27), africa (26), new york (26), memoir (25), anthropology (25), edinburgh (25), exploration (24), habsburgs (24), christianity (23), civil war (23), aha pamphlet (23), history of technology (22), metropolitan museum of art (22), romanticism (22), folio society (21), weimar (21), holocaust (21), warriors series (21), irish literature (21), switzerland (21), louis xiv (20), modern library (20), old thomas cook guide (20), spy (20), cartoons (20), philadelphia (19), scottish literature (19), historiography (19), tintin (19), rise of modern europe series (19), world history (19), world war i (18), islam (18), computers (18), sweden (18), witchcraft (18), english civil war (18), mathematics (17), old blacks guide (17), journal (17), science (17), music history (17), cartography (17), old murrays guide (17), asterix (17), medieval (16), scandinavia (16), impressionism (16), bible (16), archaeology (16), tdtstockton (16), portugal (15), pre-1960 paperback (15), middle east (14), london (14), pop psychology (14), old woerls guide (14), old so you're going to... (14), law (14), demography (14), universities (13), technology (13), burke and hare (13), stories (12), italian literature (12), photocopy (12), dictionary (12), coloring book (12), spanish literature (12), business (12), tokaido road (12), british literature (12), latin american literature (12), environmentalism (12), astronomy (12), for dummies (12), recipes (11), slavery (11), literary criticism (11), revolution (11), conder (11), harvard classics (11), food (11), museum of modern art (11), cinema (11), philosophy of science (11), gazetteer (11), images (10), current events (10), history of education (10), crafts (10), plumb history of europe series (10), austria (10), the whole story (10), cold war (10), rough/real guide (9), activity book (9), dutch revolt (9), canada (9), penguin great journeys (9), labor (9), eyewitness guide (9), propaganda (9), existentialism (9), games (9), prussia (9), satire (9), true crime (9), greece (9), hitler (9), dinosaurs (9), eastern europe (9), catalog (8), pelican history of england (8), old baddeley thorough guide (8), czech (8), scandinavian literature (8), diplomatic history (8), egypt (8), loveless (8), norton history of europe (8), geology guide (8), scifi (8), industrial revolution (8), international relations (8), landscaping (8), crusades (8), yiddish literature (7), pma (7), anima (7), turkey (7), village chronicle (7), maximum ride (7), drawing (7), essays (7), sculpture (7), hungary (7), theatrum europaeum (7), bismarck (7), graphic novel (7), wales (7), bizenghast (7), environmental studies (7), history of european civilization library (7), british empire (7), folklore (7), oral history (6), have at home already (6), w.i.t.c.h (6), maps (6), access guide (6), gone (6), dissertation (6), barnes gallery (6), japanese literature (6), mammals (6), gakuen alice (6), sports (6), prehistory (6), blue guide (6), annales essays (5), universal classics library (5), autobiography (5)
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- Mar 30, 2006
- About My Library
It's actually several libraries cobbled together. There's John's working library in history, especially early modern German history. There's Lisa's working library in history, especially the history of science and medicine. There's John's and Lisa's general purpose reading library which includes classic fiction and recent fiction and non-fiction. John and Lisa each have a few collecting concentrations from their antiquarian bookstore wandering days which sometimes overlap with our historical interests and sometimes don't. These collections contain a few books of genuine antiquarian interest. We also have a number of books inherited from parents, grandparents, etc. And then there are our children's books which we've also included.
So have we read them all? Short answer: no. Slightly longer answer: This is the collection of books that we currently own. It maps only imperfectly onto the list of books that we have owned in our lifetimes, and even less well onto the list of books that we have read. On the rare occasions that we do give away a book, we delete it from the library. Overall, I'd say that there are quite a few more books that we've read that are not in our library than there are books in our library that we have not read. (Using "we" generously, since it is mostly Lisa who has read practically every classic mystery ever written, though we have only a handful in our library.)
If you are interested, I (John) have been keeping up a running commentary on how our collection has developed since we first joined library thing back in 2006. The comments used to be below in the "Leave a Comment" section until those were made non-public. Now, they can be found in the Group "Too Obscure" https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/1399/Too-Obscure (If you wish to follow from the beginning scroll up from the start of the topic "Ten Years On..." then shift to "Eleven Years On..." for the rest.)- About Me
- Two historians, one specializing in the history of early modern Germany, the other in the history of medicine and science.
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