Look Around, and name the 5 books closest to you

[Xipe Totec]

Damn, we were good once.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4539707


Show me we still are.

[Avalux]

1. Here's mine....

1. The Fractal Geometry of Nature - Mandelbrot
2. Good Omens - Gaiman and Pratchett
3. Selected Works - Kipling
4. Visual Thinking - Arnheim
5. Concerning the Spiritual in Art - Kandinsky

[Xipe Totec]

7. Lovely!

Have you read the Turbulent Mirror?

I think you would like it.

[Avalux]

32. I just looked that up - chaos theory!

Definitely right up my alley, I'll to check it out. Thank you for the recommendation.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Looking at the shelf closest to me:

1. Little House In The Ozark - Laura Ingalls Wilder
2. America - Jon Stewart
3. America Again - Stephen Colbert
4. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Dave Zimmer
5. Quilts & Afghans - McCall's Needlework & Crafts

[Adsos Letter]

79. Laura Ingalls Wilder!

Her books were among the earliest I remember my mom reading to me.

[Arkansas Granny]

87. This book is a a compilation of a column she wrote for a newspaper after her marriage.

I bought my grandchildren a complete set of her "Little House" books recently. I can hardly wait to read them together.

[sakabatou]

3. Harry Potter (books 3, 6 and 7), Maus and a English-Japanese dictionary

[Trailrider1951]

4. OK, I'll bite

1. 1984
2. Roadside Geology of Oregon
3. Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California
4. The Complete Watercolor Artist
5. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

There is much more on the far bookshelf....

[Xipe Totec]

6. Love it!

Awesome books each and every one!

[NNadir]

5. March's "Advanced Organic Chemistry," Eliel's "Stereochemistry of Organic...

...Compounds", Greene's "Protecting Groups in Organic Chemistry", Smith's Porphyrin's and Metalloporphyrins, Lindberg's "Strategy and Tactics in Organic Synthesis...

There may be an hour of typing in listing the organic chemistry titles, but that's five nearby.

I don't think as much about organic chemistry as I used to do at another point in my life, but it happens that my computer is near the organic chemistry bookshelf, and the title of the books might point (to organic chemists) that I'm an old guy, and that I almost never, ever, throw a book away.

[Xipe Totec]

10. I used to own a copy of The History of Alchemy & Early Chemistry

And The Elements by Antoine Lavoisier.

Don't know where they ended up. Perhaps when I get my stuff which is in storage in Norwood, MA, I might find them again.

My first degree was in Chemistry.

I should say, my first & second degree, because I took enough credits for two degrees in chemistry.

That was so long ago....

PS: I also had a book on organometalic reactions. I definitely don't know what happened to that one.

[NNadir]

20. Well, Chemistry is a beautiful science, worth knowing whatever one does.

My sons, although neither is pursuing a chemical education - do take some of my old chemistry books off the shelves and read them.

The decline in the viability of a chemistry career in this country is connected in a big way to the decline of the small molecule drug industry as well as the fact that one can pay a good Ph.D in chemistry less than $40,000/year in China and India and get reasonable results.

A Ph.D. in organic chemistry used to mean a secure job and a good life, but those days are gone, with some exceptions.

My oldest son is pursuing a degree in art at the Mason Gross school of art, and my youngest son, finishing up high school, is interested in a career in something related to chemistry, Materials Science Engineering.

[SeattleVet]

8. Closest to me...

The Homebrewer's Companion - Charlie Papazian
Fabio's Italian Kitchen - Fabio Viviani
Orchids - Kim Bogren Owen (with photographs by me!)
Command and Control - Erich Schlosser
You Are Here - Chris Hadfield

[Xipe Totec]

9. I like Brewmeisters!

Half my colleagues brew their own beers.

I have high respect for anyone who wants to share their brews with me!

[Codeine]

84. Same Schlosser that wrote Fast Food Nation? nt

[SeattleVet]

94. Yes...this one is about command and control (and incidents) with nuclear weapons.

A dropped wrench came THIS >>><<< CLOSE to wiping out a bunch of people.

[UTUSN]

11. 1) Canterbury Tales, 2) Candide

The old crap is best for a reason

[Xipe Totec]

12. Indeed!

I'm going to Festivales Cervantinos in October, Guadalajara, Mexico.

If you're interested in old crap, let me know.



http://www.arteycultura.com.mx/en-2016-un-cervantino-doblemente-cervantino-dedicado-a-cervantes-y-con-jalisco-y-espana-como-invitados/

[UTUSN]

14. *well* I *am* interested but afraid of Mexico although I've been to Gualalajara 4-5 times

but WAY back when. Long story. Oaxaca, DF (5-6 times), Zacatecas, Guanajuato, etc. etc. Tlaquepaque

But to explain my old crap orientation: In my old age I've found out that the dirty-old-grimy stuff is where our humanity lives. Our prettified version of things... never mind.

So, when am I in Guadalaja, again?!1

[a la izquierda]

23. Oh I'm so jealous

I have never been to the Cervantinos, though I just missed it when I was in Guanajuato one year.

[Tanuki]

41. I had almost forgotten that both Cervantes and Shakespeare died in 1616, and we are therefore

in a major anniversary year for both. Thanks for posting the link to the arteycultura.com.mx website....I will definitely bookmark for later reference!

[Tikki]

13. 'A Tale of Two Cities'...Charles Dickens, 'Under the Big Black Sun'...John Doe (compilation authors)

'Intermediate Algebra'...text, 'My Journal'....Me, 'Ventura: Then and Now'...Glenda Jackson.


Tikki

[Fla Dem]

15. Two on my side table

The Witches
The Finest Hours

[First Speaker]

16. The five books closest to me are...

1. Chuck Klosterman, I Wear the Black Hat
2. J.B. Priestley, Instead of the Trees
3. Francis M. Nevins, Ellery Queen: The Art of Detection
4. Clive James, Cultural Amnesia
5. C.L. Moore, Judgment Night

[OxQQme]

18. Down and Out in Paris and London - Orwell

Illegal Alien - Robert J Sawyer
SEVENEVES - Neal Stephenson's latest
The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood (actually her whole library recently)
Fish Tails - Sheri Tepper (her too)
All of Sinclair Lewis

They are so close that they're in my lap on my Nook.

[Codeine]

88. Down and Out in Paris and London is fantastic.

I went through a massive Orwell period a decade ago -- I'm pretty sure I read everything except his literary criticism.

[worstexever]

17. Mine are:

Cosell
Fidel: A. Critical Portrait
Franklin Barbecue
Rick Steve's Munich, Bavaria and Salzburg
Rick Steve's Prague

We keep our books upstairs and I'm in the living room downstairs.

[qnr]

19. hmmm ok, the very closest are:

1. The Pocket Handbook of Image Processing Algorithms In C - Harley R. Myier and Arthur R. Weeks
2. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search For Who We Are -Carl Sagan and and Ann Druyan
3. Carl Sagan - The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search For God - Edited by ann Druyan
4. The Ancestor's Tale - Richard Dawkins
5. Guardians of the Sea: History of the United States Coast Guard 1915 to the Present - Robert Erwin Johnson

[Codeine]

85. Looks like the sort of book collection I'd enjoy digging through. nt

[qnr]

99. You would enjoy it, it's pretty diverse. nt

[betsuni]

21. My books are in another room, except for a few.

Propping up an unstable lamp are "The Illustrated Pepys" and "Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg 1300 - 1550" and "Belles Lettres, Manuscripts by the Masters of French Literature" -- a big steady foundation for cheap lamps.

My 1962 copy of Roget's Thesaurus is always within reach, which once belonged to one Sherill of Juneau, Alaska, according to the sloppy inscription on the second page. I like Peter Roget's first edition preface:

"Notwithstanding all the pains I have bestowed on its execution, I am fully aware of its many deficiencies and imperfections, and of its falling far short of the degree of excellence that might be attained. But, in a work of this nature, ... trusting to the indulgence of those for whose benefit it is intended, and to the candor of critics who, while they find it easy to detect faults, can at the same time duly appreciate difficulties."

Not a book, but a type of reading material: a Pottery Barn catalog. I bought some curtains online when they had a sale recently. It's been at least ten years since I've seen a PB catalog. Huge luxurious beds with matching pillowcases and sheets and comforters and whatever the hell "shams" are. Matching furniture, comfy-looking leather sofas and chairs. Chandeliers! Wine racks! Everything organized and beautiful. I'm so envious, but know that only grown-ups have interiors like that. I'm still propping up old cheap lamps with books, like a student.

Also not a book: supermarket flyers. Lettuce, corn and peaches are on sale tomorrow. I will be there.

Oh, one more book, 1979, "Better Than Store-Bought" that I brought out from the book-cave because I want to make pickles.

[Codeine]

91. I also want to make pickles,

specifically the super-sour ones I ate as a child when we lived in Oklahoma for a few years.

[a la izquierda]

22. Okay...

Laicidad y derechos reproductivos de las mujeres en la jurisdicción constitucional latinoamericana
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Journey into Power
Teaching Yoga
Poder político y juridico en Yucatán en el siglo XVI

There´s like 10 more books around me, mostly on women and law in Mexico

[sarge43]

24. You mean physically closest?

The History of the English Language (essays)

Complete Book of Home Preserving

Plagues and Peoples, Wm H McNeill

In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, Jean Shepherd

The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke

[Adsos Letter]

80. Another jean Shepherd fan!

Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters was one of my favorite books back in the day, along with the one you cited. I still have copies around somewhere.

I actually first read his stuff in Playboy, believe it or not.

[nuxvomica]

25. I was surprised I had so many near the computer

The five closest...

The Encyclopedia of Great Movies -- edited by Nick Roddick, foreword by James Mason
The Brickweavers -- J.F. Williams
Go Set a Watchman -- Harper Lee
The Corporation -- Joel Bakan
Earth (the Book) -- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

[lastlib]

26. Almost 900 books within arm's reach........

From a differential equations textbook to political philosophy to quantitative investment analysis to..... My crazy mind embraces many topics.

[Iggo]

27. Fan, Air Distribution, Damper/Louver/Sound Trap, Motor and Vibration Isolator product catalogs.

Woulda been better if I'd posted at home instead of at work...lol.

[Yavin4]

28. Are we counting e-Books? n/t

[Iggo]

29. Oh, I hope so! The I have like fifty really good ones!

[worstexever]

30. I didn't think to count ebooks.

I have so many I can't keep up with both the Kindle app and Google play books.

[Codeine]

86. If so we're gonna need a bigger thread. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Scattered about, they are:

Landscape Oil Painting
Toads and Toadstools
Garden Insects
The Tribe of Tiger
The Gesualdo Hex

[femmocrat]

33. On the nearest bookshelf:

Sibley Guide to Birds
North American Birdfeeder Handbook (Audubon)
The Steel City Garden, Doug Oster
Epic Tomatoes, LeHouillier
The Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs

[MerryBlooms]

34. Vendetta - James Neff

The Relic Master - Christopher Buckley
Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem
Howling Bloody Murder - Sue Owens Wright
Local phone book

[hunter]

35. Cookbooks. Many cookbooks. I'm in the kitchen.

Next, on my list The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A, because I was recently looking for Poul Anderson's Call me Joe in reply to a post here on DU. Curiously, the DU member I was replying to has been banned.

Just beyond the kitchen is our library. We have thousands of paper books, the nearest, and entirely randomly, Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy.

Now that i think about it, the five books closest to me are on the solid state hard drive of the laptop I'm writing this on.

The first book that comes up in the file listings, sorted by date, is Operation Interstellar by George O. Smith.

[Xipe Totec]

38. Any cookbooks by Diana Kennedy?

My favorite Mexican chef.

[hunter]

40. No, I don't see one, but thanks for the recommendation!

[Xipe Totec]

48. She earned the Order of the Aztec Eagle - Mexico's highest honor for public service. nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

36. I'm next to a bookcase but the 5 physically closest are

The Dharma Bums
On the Road
It Can't Happen Here
Letters from the Earch
Travels with Charley

[whistler162]

37. Kindle, personal, and a lot of little

kids books. In a workroom at school imaging iPads for September.

[bikebloke]

39. Skipping the Lonely Planet guides...

Distant Voices - John Pilger
Time Warped - Claudia Hammond
Great Waters - Deborah Cramer
Tommo and Hawk - Bryce Courtenay
The Island of Lost Maps - Miles Harvey

[PufPuf23]

42. Much Different Depending where in Office and Home

Far right book on closest bookshelf from the top (not including stack of phone books)

1, The Annotated Alice - Carroll, Gardner, Tenniel
2. The Real Frank Zappa Book - Zappa , Occhiogrosso
3. The Andy Warhol Diaries - Hackett ed.
4. Driftglass - Delaney (shelf of old pocket science fiction)
5. Fury on Earth, A Biography of Wilhelm Reich - Sharaf

[trueblue2007]

43. MINE

My AVON booklets (I'm an AVON Lady)
Chick lit book: Katie Fforde: Highland Fling
Norah Lofts: Queens of England
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
John Grisham: The Summons

[trueblue2007]

44. and my Bible

[Xipe Totec]

45. I'm waiting for my stuff to be hauled from MA to TX

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Including two bibles; a Masonic Bible on which I was sworn in as Master of the Lodge, and my Spanish Bible that I received from my parents as a confirmation gift.

Oh,

and my five volume edition of Mexico Through The Centuries, each tome the size of a NY phone book. (1960 edition).

[Throd]

46. Ryerson Stock List, 3M vinyl guide, PMS fan book, Diamond Perforated Metals Catalogue

and Sign Builder Illustrated!

[MosheFeingold]

47. Most boring list here

Jewish study bible
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (way better than Blacks)
Rogets II that I accidentally stole from Nancy Pelosi's office 15 years ago. Even says "property of Nancy Pelosi" on the inside, but it's the same as everyone else's in Congress, so I think she stole it, first. (Sorry Rep. Pelosi, we were busy, and I didn't notice until I retired.)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Shrunk and White, Elements of Style
a really old Blue Book

[Xipe Totec]

50. Not bad!

I have The Elements of Programing Style. Inspired by Shrunk & White.

[aidbo]

54. This might be an auto-correct error, but I noticed it on both your comment and..

..the one you're responding to, it's Strunk & White.

[MosheFeingold]

63. Yes, iPhone n/t

[Tobin S.]

49. I went on a little Eastern philosophy binge earlier this year.

TAO: The Watercourse Way by Alan Watts

The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta by Swami Prabhavananda

Tao Teh Ching By Lao Tzu translated by John C.H. Wu

An Amazing Journey of Survival by Simon K. Thiongo. Simon is an Anglican priest from Kenya and the work is an autobiography. The book is self published. We knew Simon from my wife's church and befriended him. He was a student at a local seminary. He has since graduated and returned to Kenya to be with his family. I've got an interesting story about him that I might tell in the future. To foreshadow it I'll say that I would not be surprised if Simon becomes a very well known and successful person in Kenya.

Reach by our very own CaliforniaPeggy. A short work of poems.

With all of that religious stuff you might think I'd be a religious person, but I am an agnostic.

[rogerashton]

51. OK

The New Testament in eight parallel translations
A book on game theory
A novel
Atlas of European History
Atlas of the world

(I'm skipping over books I wrote.)

[fNord]

70. (I'm skipping over books I wrote.)

aren't we all...... lol

[rogerashton]

77. Well, my diary is on that shelf --

not to mention ....

[Scruffy Rumbler]

52. I'll play!

1. Guide to Preserving
2. The Gay 100
3. Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit
4. The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
5. Evolution by Stephen Baxter

[aidbo]

53. This is somewhat difficult since I'm sitting near my bookcase. So I'll name some of those..

..and mention some audio books I've recently acquired.

1)Quicksilver (1st book of the Baroque cycle) - Neal Stephenson

2)Atlas of the Universe - Moore

3)Pathfinder core rule book - Paizo

4)Population Wars - Greg Graffin (lead singer of Bad Religion, has a PhD in Biology, teaches evolution at Cornell)

5)Angel Station - Walter Jon Williams.

6)Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein

I could go on for much much longer, e.g. I think I have almost all the books by Neal Stephenson.

And so much 'pulpy' sci-fi and fantasy (Asimov, Asprin, Pournelle, Stirling, William Gibson, much of the Dragonlance series by Hickman & Weiss, Steven Barnes etc).

Along with a bunch of physics and other scientific non-fiction books from authors like Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, Stephen Hawking)

And a couple text books from college.

[Arkytior]

55. My 5 closest books

1. Lonely Planet Pocket San Francisco
2. The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
4. The Witches by Stacy Schiff
5. Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss and Hope in an African slum by Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner

[Callmecrazy]

56. Let's see

1. Peterson Field Guide: Stars and Planets
2. PADI Open Water Diver Manual
3. Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche

[KT2000]

57. OK -

Herbs & Nutrients for Neurological Disorders; Breakthrough Depression Solution - these are for review

Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language; Roget's Thesaurus; Effective Communication; Scribner Handbook of English - these help with my reviews

[Make7]

58. These are the ones physically closest to me...

... resting upon the shelf of a little end table near my couch for long forgotten reasons:

• The Invisible Government - David Wise, Thomas B. Ross
• A Rumor Of War - Philip Caputo
• You Have The Power - Frances Moore Lappé
• The Acid House - Irvine Welsh
• The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook - Gary Davis, Ralph Jones

[Generic Brad]

59. I have no books - but there is a darn good reason

I am moving soon and I sold my entire library of books, CD's, video games, and vinyl LPs. Had you asked this two weeks ago I would have had a nice list to share. But not now.

Give me an exemption, man.

[kentauros]

61. Did you at least make a list of what you did own

in case you want to buy new copies again?

[font size="1"](Personally, I wish I could put all but a handful of art-books onto my Kindle...)[/font]

[femmocrat]

62. How did you sell them?

I would love to sell some like-new books.

[Generic Brad]

65. Went to a store called "Half Price Books"

They were happy to take all my media and pay me for it. My wife predicted I would get around $20 because our daughter got less than $50 for 3 bins of books a few months ago. I had less and got way more because I owned things people would actually want. I am pretty sure my vinyl alone was worth more than $1000 but I am in a hurry and I settled for fire sale prices. Glad I pocketed more than $200 nonetheless.

[femmocrat]

73. Good deal!

We don't have a "Half Priced Books" here. Darn.

There is nowhere here to get rid of books except Goodwill.

[kentauros]

60. Hmmmm..........................

Pocket Ref -- by Thomas J. Glover (4th ed. 1991)
crazy sexy juice -- by Kris Carr (1st ed. 2015)
Ancient Infrastructure - Remarkable Roads, Mines, Walls, Mounds, Stone Circles
[font color="white"]tab-space[/font]-- compiled by William R. Corliss (1st ed. 1999)
A Passion for Chocolate -- by Rose Levy Beranbaum (1st ed. 1989)
The Self-Healing Cookbook -- by Kristina Turner (4th ed. 1989)

Okay, off to make a smoothie from the second book

[Mendocino]

64. Okay

Farthest North - Nansen

A Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Polar Sea - Franklin

The Voyage of the Fox- McClintock

The Complete Walker - Fletcher

Silent Spring- Carson

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee- Brown

[Adsos Letter]

81. The Complete Walker - Fletcher

My dad and I read that, as well as Fletcher's The Man Who Walked Through Time. We did a lot of backpacking back in the late 60's-70's. I still remember Fletcher talking about filing down the handle on his toothbrush and removing tea bag labels to cut down on weight.

[Mendocino]

95. I started backpacking in the 70's

carrying 40# + packs. I still go now, but have went light/ultralight. My pack for a three night trip weighs in at about 17#.

[ghostsinthemachine]

66. Buddah for beginners,

Desolate Angel, Biography of the Beats and Jack Kerouak specifically.
Buddhism for dummies
All I got.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

67. ok..

The Book of General Ignorance
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Bee & Me
Dog Training (Animal Planet)
Stellaluna

[fNord]

68. not sure if im proud or embarrassed.....

Illuminatus! trilogy: Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea
Man without a country: Kurt Vonnegut
Transmetropolitan vol. 6: Warren Ellis
I'll sleep when I'm Dead, the dirty life and times of Warren Zevon: Crystal Zevon
V for vendetta: Alan Moore

[Xipe Totec]

74. No one who befriends books should be embarrassed! nt

[Codeine]

90. Transmet.

I wish I could read that for the first time again. What a rush that series was.

[trackfan]

69. Not fair! We have about 4,000 books, but these are the closest 5:

Introduction to Computer Database Systems
Computer Data-Base Organization
Software Design and Development
Writer's Market
Cub Scout Book - Wolf

Not particularly representative of my usual reading.

[LuckyLib]

71. I'm traveling, so only have two with me:

Jim Harrison, The Woman Lit by Fireflies
Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano

[struggle4progress]

72. OK!

Donald Knuth, Art of Computer Programming: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part I

Robert Coles, Children of Crisis

Joel Marcus, Mark 1-8: A New Translation

Hsi-huey Liang, The Berlin Police Force in the Weimar Republic

RW Ditchburn, Light

[GoneOffShore]

75. Way too many to list, but a random sampling of my bookshelf

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Monstrous Regiment
Cryptonomicon
Lyre of Orpheus
The Monkey Wrench Gang

Plus a whole lot more.

[cloudbase]

76. The envelope, please!

1. Delicately Poised Allies: Greece and Turkey : Problems, Policy Choices and Mediterranean Security
2. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman
3. No Joke
4. Electrical Safety Handbook
5. Just Call Me Lopez

[Adsos Letter]

78. OK.

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The Year of Decision: 1846 by Bernard DeVoto

Nikon D7100 User's Manual

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture by Paul Boyer

Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream by Leonard Zeskind


I do love to read. Shutting off the TV (and opting for degrees in History as an adult) were among the better decisions I've made in life. And I've certainly made some bad ones.

[SwissTony]

82. I'm in my "man-cave". Most of the books in this room have to do with Maths, Stats and/or Computing.

With a few exceptions.

On my desk (and definitely closest to me):

Java: a Beginner's Guide
Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D (camera book)
The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems

In my bookshelves:
Street by Street: Glasgow (a street directory of Glasgow, Scotland)
Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering

I also have a bobble-head doll of Daryl Dixon, my favourite TWD character. I guess he doesn't count.

[Codeine]

89. Daryl counts just fine. His brother, however, can't go past five anymore. . .

[Codeine]

83. Several hundred ebooks in the backpack by my chair, but as for physical books. . .

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, Alexandra Fuller.

The Battle for Burma, E.D. Smith

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, Shigeru Mizuki

Wellington at War in the Peninsula 1808-1814, Ian C. Robertson

The Peninsular War 1807-1814, a Concise Military History, Michael Glover

There's probably 20 more books in that stack -- I just went from the top down.

[Auggie]

92. 1) The Times Atlas of World History ...

2) The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

3) Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix by J. K. Rowling

4) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

5) Blue Moon by Peter Duchin and John Morgan Wilson (a murder mystery set in 1963 San Francisco).

These are five actual closest books to me right now.

[elleng]

93. HAHAHA!

Just wrapped books for my grandkids, and still have some hanging around: One fish/Two fish. Green Eggs and Ham. Goodnight Moon, the letter C, You can do it, I know you can!

[LWolf]

96. Okay.

The fact that I'm at my desk narrows the types of books to be found. But:

Between the World and Me Coates

The Brighter Side of Human Nature Alfie Kohn

The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Children's Cognitive Development Ruth Ault

[WiffenPoof]

97. My List

Catcher In The Rye
Albert Camus- Notebooks I and II

The only two near me...

[RobinA]

98. An American Tragedy

- Theodore Dreiser

One Last Thing Before I Go - Jonathan Tropper

My Brilliant Friend - Elena

The Life We Bury - Allen Eskins

The Body Keeps The Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk

The Little Failure - Gary Shteyngart

Listing six because 3 are stacked.

[jimmyhatman]

100. 5 books?

the bible
the bible
the bible
the bible
penthouse magazine

[Xipe Totec]

101. Donald, is that you? nt

[DawgHouse]

102. A World Undone, The Story of the Great War 1914-1918 by Meyer(currently reading)

Other books close by

The Stand by King

The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia McConnell (this is fantastic author if you want to read about dog training and psychology)

Truman by McCullough

Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints by Diller

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne (my all time favorite book in the world, I read it at least once a year.)

[Hula Popper]

103. On the floor , near my feet

are 3 Adler- Olsen
4 Craig Johnson
2 James Lee Burke
and some Naomi Klein