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Membro: BGP

ColecçõesA sua biblioteca (1,619), Lidos mas não possuídos (256), Em leitura (17), The Owned-Unowned (73), Vestiges of my youth (272), Lista de desejos (968), Documentary films (3), Select film and TV (2), Todas as colecções (2,920)

Resenhas46 resenhas

EtiquetasNon-Fiction (1,256), Fiction (788), US (460), Political theory (397), Authoritarian politics (370), Europe (366), Philosophy (351), US fiction (259), Revolutionary politics (222), Sci-Fi (209) — ver todas as etiquetas

Nuvensnuvem de etiquetas, nuvem de autores

Grupos20-Something LibraryThingers, Graduate Students, Non-Fiction Readers, Reading Globally, Social Democrats & Democratic Socialists, The Globe, The Prizes, Treehuggers, Working Class

Autores favoritosIsaiah Berlin, Eduard Bernstein, Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Mikhail Bulgakov, John Le Carré, Milovan Djilas, Robert Fisk, Michel Foucault, Graham Greene, Alexander Hamilton, John Heartfield, Joseph Heller, Herodotus, Christopher Hitchens, E. J. Hobsbawm, C.L.R. James, Tony Judt, Ryszard Kapuściński, Robert Kee, Arthur Koestler, T. E. Lawrence, Rian Malan, André Malraux, Karl Marx, Ernie O'Malley, George Orwell, Thomas Paine, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, William Shakespeare, David Simon, Hunter S. Thompson, Leon Trotsky, Voltaire, Kurt Vonnegut (Favoritos partilhados)

Livrarias favoritasBartleby's Books, Daedalus Books, Powell's City of Books, Smith Family Bookstore - Campus, Smith Family Bookstore - Downtown

Sobre mimI'm a democratic socialist/social democrat (in the European tradition) living in a nation of economic liberals, reactionary populists, traditional conservatives, religious fundamentalists, docile nationalists, imperialistic neo-conservatives, amoral hedonists and the obligatory handful of extremist right- and left-leaning anti-statists... Consequently, my free hours are typically dedicated to histories, political theory, literature, a thorough review of national and international news or a heated political debate regarding any number of the pressing issues of our time.

As of now, I should be considered semi-retired from LT Talk. Too much on my plate, I'm afraid. That said, don't hesitate to leave me a message. I'll be logging in for perfectly selfish reasons (digital library maintenance, and what have you) regularly.

Philosophically aligned with: The Socialist International

Contributing member of: The American Civil Liberties Union; Amnesty International;
Conservation International; The Electronic Frontier Foundation; and The Nature Conservancy

Lapsed contributing member of: The Sierra Club; and The Wilderness Society

Former (and future!) biannual contributor to: Doctors without Borders

A regular subscriber to: Dissent; In These Times; and The Economist

Were I to add a fourth subscription, it would be to: The New York Review of Books

When the price is right, I resubscribe to: Foreign Affairs; Harpers; Mother Jones; The New Yorker; and The Progressive

And, finally, I am quite fond of the following publishing companies: Everyman's Library; The Library of America; The Modern Library (the classic hardback editions); and Verso

Sobre a minha bibliotecaMy collections should be self-explanatory, but I'll expound upon them anyway. Just for kicks.

Your library is, quite naturally, my corporeal library.

Read but unowned is a partial list of books that I've read, but have never bothered to buy (or, in the case of a number of out of print non-fiction works, simply couldn't afford). It also includes a handful of books which were so bad that I had no choice but to sell them back to my favorite local bookstore. If I haven't read a book in its entirety, it will not be listed here; the few exceptions (yes, there are always exceptions) to this rule come in the form of one star novels and texts which were given a chance, but ultimately left me with absolutely no reason or motivation to finish them. Finally, most of the fiction which I read in my youth will not be added, for many a three star novel came and went without leaving a distinct impression. Ultimately, this collection will only be updated when I'm looking to avoid something enriching and productive, and/or when my thoughts gravitate toward a specific book or collection of books which I read some time ago.

My Wishlist is a list of books which have aroused my interest, but have yet to be pursued. It also includes a number of works which were once begun, but never finished. The Wishlist is quite outdated, but then, if I were to add every book that I would one day like to read, my catalog would be unmanageable.

The Owned-Unowned is a new project--in it, I will be cataloging all of the works which I own via omnibus, but do not also own as stand alone works.

The Vestiges of my youth are, it would seem, an assortment of Sci-Fi, fantasy, YA and various works of popular fiction.

Finally, I have no interest in cataloging my entire DVD collection, or, for that matter, reviewing the overwhelming majority of the films which I have seen over the years. That said, Documentary films have a place in every library, and as such, I will slowly but surely add and review a number of such works. Likewise, when I feel so compelled, I will be reviewing a number of notable and/or notorious fictional works under Select film and TV.

As for ratings: the following ratings guide will be formalized whenever I need a good reason to procrastinate. My actual book ratings are, however, by no means final (for now, anyway).

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Tipo de contapública, vitalícia

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Conhecimento ComumSéries (252), Prémios (369), Personagens (5126), Lugares (1091)

Membro desdeAug 18, 2007

Em leituraThe Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe por Karen Dawisha
Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery por Ivan Berend
The Silent Prophet por Joseph Roth
Revolt On Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover, and What it Says About the Economic Crisis por Kari Lydersen
East Central Europe in the Modern World: The Politics of the Borderlands from Pre- to Postcommunism por Andrew Janos
Developments in Central and East European Politics por Stephen White
The Birth of Tragedy por Friedrich Nietzsche
Leon Trotsky por Irving Howe
Regions of War and Peace por Douglas Lemke
Power Transitions: Strategies For the 21st Century por Ronald L. Tammen
Parity and War: Evaluations and Extensions of The War Ledger por Jacek Kugler
The $36 Billion Bargain: U.S. Aid to Israel and American Public Opinion por A. F. K. Organski
Births, Deaths, and Taxes: The Demographic and Political Transitions por A. F. K. Organski
The War Ledger por A.F.K. Organski
The Stages of Political Development por A. F. K. Organski
The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921 por Isaac Deutscher
Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia por Marshall I. Goldman
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