Anath = FAIL

Its actually a BAD idea to go for months without buying any books.  Then when you have to… you go nuts.

I went into the store for ONE book on Aristotle for a project and walked out with an armful.  And I’m only at 2/30 on my list…  I was actually hoping to find a book that I stumbled across in my school library today, but didn’t.  I found a bunch more instead… and I’m proabably going to Raven’s on Friday to see if I can find the book I’m looking for… = not such a good idea?

They were all good, cheap, and irresistible:

~The Basic Works of Aristotle.  Almost 1500 pages for $10, hardcover.  A bit bruised but the insides are intact, and that’s all that matters.

~Wolf – Spirit of the Wild by the Nature Company.  Hardover for $10, stuffed with full-color, high quality photographs, illustrations and all kinds of reference material.  I probably would have paid up to $25 for the content, but I got lucky!

~The Pig that Wants to be Eaten – 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher by Julian Baggini.  All of the thought experiments are only a page or two long, which is great for a day that I don’t have much time to read, but lots of time to think, which happens surprisingly frequently.  Paperback, great condition.

~The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed.  No idea what this will be about, but for $5, I can indulge my curiousity sometime during the summer maybe.  It was in reasonable condition, the cover was a bit marked up but that’s it.

~War and Morality by Richard A. Wasserstrom.  The cover for this book is too cool, and I’ve been eyeing the book for a while now.  It’s less than 140 pages so it will be fast whenever I get around to it.

~Mortals and Others- American Essays 1931-1935 by Bertrand Russell.  FINALLY I found a really good Bertrand Russell essay book.  Each essay is about 2 pages long, and brilliant.  I may have to sneak this onto my “started” shelf since I did technically read 3 random essays and I do want to read it all… but that’s cheating. :(

~Muscles and Nerves by Robert Galambos.  A small 150ish page book from the “Introduction to Biophysics” Science Study Series.  It looks kind of old, copyright 1962 but the diagrams looked like what I studied in A+P this summer so we’ll see.  It looks cool, despite the hilarious author photo on the back.

And finally

~Weather on the Planets – What we Know about Their Atmospheres by George Ohring.  Also from the Science Study Series, but this one just says “American Meteorological Society” instead of a mini series.  Adam and I just finished the first season of the Universe documentaries from the History Channel so it sounded very interesting.  I want to know how scientists find some of this stuff out.  And this guy gets a +1 on his author picture for NOT looking like dick.  Cant’ say so much for the other guy.  Both books were $2.50, definitely worth it.  They’ll go on the Short Books Reading List for when I finish the Already Started Reading List.

~ by Anath on March 30, 2009.