Books I'm Taking

Submitted by litgeek on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 15:54
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  1. Anthologies (16)
  2. The Longman Anthology of British Literature (vol. 2A, The Romantics)
  3. The Norton Anthology of British Literature (vols. 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A)
  4. The Norton Anthology of British Literature (Major Authors)
  5. The Heath Anthology of American Literature (vols. A-E, Colonial Period to Present)
  6. The Norton Anthology of American Literature (vol. 1, 2nd ed.; vol. 2, 1st ed.)
  7. The Norton Antholgy of American Literature (shorter 5th ed.)
  8. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces (expanded ed., one vol.)
  9. The Longman Anthology of World Literature (vol. F, The 20th Century)

  10. Reference (22)
  11. European Authors 1000-1900 (A biblographical dictionary)
  12. Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
  13. Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Useage
  14. American Authors 1600-1900 (A bibliographical dictionary)
  15. The Oxford Chronology of Literature
  16. The Oxford English Dictionary (First Edition) (13 vols. + 2 supplement vols.)
  17. The Random House American Dictionary
  18. Merriam-Webster Dictionary (7th ed.)

  19. Language (10)
  20. Collins German Dictionary (Unabridged)
  21. Wie Geht's? (An Introductory German Course)
  22. German for Dummies
  23. 501 German Verbs
  24. 1001 Pitfalls in German
  25. Essential German Grammar
  26. Russian Coursebook
  27. Dermo! (Edward Topol)
  28. Say It in Russian
  29. Pocket Russian Dictionary

  30. Fiction / Misc. (31)
  31. Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
  32. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide (Douglas Adams)
  33. The Nichomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
  34. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
  35. Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
  36. The Sands of Mars (Arthur C. Clarke)
  37. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
  38. Five Plays (Anton Chekhov)
  39. The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
  40. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
  41. Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier)
  42. The Iliad (Homer)
  43. The Scarlet Pimpernel (Emmuska Orczy)
  44. The Riverside Shakespeare
  45. Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
  46. The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
  47. Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
  48. Aku-Aku (Thor Heyerdahl)
  49. Homo Ludens (Johan Huizinga)
  50. The Faerie Queen (Spenser)
  51. The Divine Comedy (Dante)
  52. In Search of the Castaways (Jules Verne)
  53. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings (Oscar Wilde)
  54. Dracula (Bram Stoker)
  55. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
  56. Cancer Ward (Alexander Solzhenstsn)
  57. The Gulag Archpelago (Alexander Solzhenstsn)
  58. Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
  59. Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
  60. The Art of Fiction (David Lodge)
  61. Library: An Unquiet History (Matthew Battels)

  62. Star Wars (13)
  63. The Essential Atlas
  64. The Complete Visual Dictionary
  65. The Complete Cross-Sections
  66. Complete Locations
  67. Technical Manual
  68. The Star Wars Trilogy (in one vol.)
  69. The Annotated Screenplays
  70. The Mandalorian Armor (K.W. Jeter)
  71. I, Jedi (Michael J. Stackpole)
  72. Before the Storm (Michael P. Kube-McDowell)
  73. Assault on Selona (Roger Macbride Allen)
  74. Specter of the Past (Timothy Zahn)
  75. Vision of the Future (Timothy Zahn)

  76. Poetry (5)
  77. Sailing Alone Around the Room (Billy Collins)
  78. Nine Horses (Billy Collins)
  79. I'm A Stranger Here Myself (Ogden Nash)
  80. The Complete English Poems of John Milton
  81. Favorite Poems Old and New (ed. Ferris)

  82. Cookbooks (3)
  83. Best Recipes from the backs of Boxes, Bottles, Cans and Jars (Ceil Dyer)
  84. A Man, A Can, A Plan (David Joachim)
  85. A Man, A Can, A Microwave (David Joachim)


  88. Total: 100
Author Comments: 

Moving two states away for grad school necessarily means that I have to make a decision about what to take with me. Library science is my field of study, so I tried to pick out reference materials useful to that, and a good mix of fiction I love to read over and over again as well as books I still want to read. The foreign language study is for me to knuckle down on in what free time I get to have; poetry is for quiet nights; cookbooks are for dinner (really?!); and don't laugh, the Star Wars books are for my writing! A nice mix of favorites there plus research material.