Posted on 03/23/2006 11:53:14 AM PST by Physicist
Law librarian Rick Ramponi's collection of 3,000 regional cookbooks --including "Talk About Good" from the Lafayette, La., Junior League and "Shalom on the Range," which celebrates southwestern Jewish cuisine -- was manageable while he lived in a large house in Kalorama.
But when he moved to a one-bedroom Dupont Circle apartment with a partner who collects large art and architecture books, Ramponi had to exile those cherished culinary texts to a pair of rented storage units several blocks away.
Since 2002, he has spent more than $5,000 to keep them there, which "may be more than they are all worth," he concedes. "But there is a sentimental attachment and I associate them with places I've been, people I know."
Accountant Jennifer Kimball, who is studying for a master's degree in English, and policy analyst Matt Cail, who has a pair of master's degrees, call themselves "huge bibliophiles." Thus their chief requirement when condo shopping two years ago was enough wall space for shelves to hold their books. Already they have run out of space in their Alexandria flat. "Next year we will start looking for a house to buy that has room for children," she says. And books.
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The lesser-known scholastics often tangled themselves in minutiae, but the best - Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure and Duns Scotus - were focused and on point.
Their writings have greatly enhanced my prayer.
Thanks for the info. Way cool!
None taken.
My friend read both and meant it facetiously but no he isn't particularly religious.
Precisely - so for him both books had no particular relevance to his life in any way he could imagine.
I'm always dipping back into it, too ('Summa Theologica'), and makes me feel really bad about myself everytime.
Anselm would be the founder of Scholasticism right? Of course there is Johannes Scotus Eriugena who predated it by a few centuries.
There are a couple of utitlities out there that will convert docs to Palm eReader format which might make some of the ones you're having trouble with easier to read.
Been there and done that several times actually.
Are lobsters immortal? Aside from being eaten?
I've done it deliberately.
So have I. One for reading and one for the shelf. (Especially books I read over and over)
My God, I love books. The greatest invention of all times IMHO.
LOL!! Now THAT is funny!
"I have an extensive shell collection, which I keep scattered on beaches throughout the world."
-- Steven Wright, Comedian
That's what I do. It sure passes the time on the flights to my dinosaur-ridden private island.
That was Erasmus. And he actually said "I buy Greek books," which were a bit more scarce at his time.
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library for my books, shelf in the kids room, shelf in the garage for repair manuals, shelf in the basement for gun manuals/ reloading books, plus books scattered all over the house.
"Books hold little value if they aren't 1st edtions,1st printings (with an A or 1 on the copyright page) or in leather. Also must be free of remainder marks. Some just aren't worth keeping."
I must disagree. For me, the value of a book is in the contents of that book. I often buy somewhat damaged copies of old, out-of-print volumes. I read them, then shelve them for future reference.
I do not care about the monetary value of any of my books. It is their contents that hold value, at least for me.
That said, I rarely buy fiction. I obtain my fiction from the library, as needed. I also very rarely reread fiction. There is too much that is new and worth reading, and too much non-fiction to waste time rereading fiction I've already read. When I die, I have no illusions about my library. I'm quite sure it will be consigned to the dump.
I am.
When we moved into our current house, we had 50-some boxes. Roughly 37 of them were my books.
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