What books have you purchased recently?

[Zoid]

Today I made a bargain

Talon of the Silver Hawk - Raymond Feist
The Elder Gods pt 1 & 2 - David Eddings
Belgarath The Sorcerer - David Eddings

for $1.30 each! Ok the Elder gods will probably suck donkey balls like everything else Eddings written post-Belgariad but hope springs eternal

I also bought "TV" by Jean Philippe Touissant and "Popular Music from Vittula" by Mikael Niemi as well as a textbook on beginners German and a text book on mathematics for senior high school (I thought I´d brush up on my german and my math...)

The whole bundle didn´t cost more that $16.50

[ajbera]

How Dogs Think by Stanley Coren.
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons.
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.

Border's gift cards, like crack for bibliophiles.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The World is Flat (Tom Friedman - I do not recommend this book if you are looking for economics. its more of a sociology/technological type deal. easy to read, but not technical enough for me. it was only marginally interesting for me.)

[Al'Kimiya]

Awaiting these from Amazon.com:
"The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language"
David Crystal; Paperback; $22.43

"Describing Morphosyntax : A Guide for Field Linguists"'
Thomas E. Payne; Paperback; $24.95

[Flubber]

I actually hardly ever buy books anymore. Whatever I want is available at the public library. Plus I have very little time to read anyway

[Zkribbler]

"Bushland" by that lady Pulizer Prize winner from the NY Times. I don't recommend it.

"Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince."

"A Hatful of Sky" by Terry Prachett.

[Nostromo]

J.G. Ballard, Millenium People. Read it. It was ok, but I don't recommend it.

Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man. Reading it right know. Its pretty good, actually.

I also bought the next Harry Potter novel. 40% off if you preordered it. I figured that I would buy it anyway, just to see what happens next. I didn't like the last two very much. They were like bad Robert Ludlum novels IMO. (What am I saying? All Ludlum novels are bad.) They were bad, but they were never boring...

[DerSchwarzfalke]

I do not typically buy books from amazon or Barnes and Noble anymore, generally because of lack of funds. Philly has ample used book stores (go to the Book Trader if you find yourself in the city) and my local library in Connecticut runs semi-annual used booksales that allowed me to purchase thirteen books for less than $5.

The most recent purchases, from aforementioned book sale, included ...

Eugene Onegin by Pushkin
Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister by Goethe
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Howard's End by EM Forster
Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner (blessedly purchased before Oprah stained it)

And others ... Most of my new books are purchased for school.

[Timexwatch]

Japanese - The Easy Way by Karen Sandness.

I figured if I'm dating a girl for 8 months, I might as well start learning some of her language.

I think I also purchased Kissenger or Mersheimer or something recently, but I forget.

[General Ludd]

Making Marks on Ceramic Surfaces and Staying Alive: Survival Tactics for the Artist, both by Robin Hopper.

[Richelieu]

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon
Absolute Friends - John LeCarré
On Bull**** - Harry G. Frankfurt

[Tuberski]

Re: What books have you purchased recently?

Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg
Today I made a bargain

Talon of the Silver Hawk - Raymond Feist
The Elder Gods pt 1 & 2 - David Eddings
Belgarath The Sorcerer - David Eddings

for $1.30 each! Ok the Elder gods will probably suck donkey balls like everything else Eddings written post-Belgariad but hope springs eternal

I also bought "TV" by Jean Philippe Touissant and "Popular Music from Vittula" by Mikael Niemi as well as a textbook on beginners German and a text book on mathematics for senior high school (I thought I´d brush up on my german and my math...)

The whole bundle didn´t cost more that $16.50

Just finished Elder Gods 1. It's about what you'd expect, including an Aphrael type.

I also bought:

Jackal of Nar by John Marco

Shallows of Night by Eric van Lustbader(second book in a series that I was missing)

Reading The Sunset Warrior by Eric v. Lustbader(book one of The Sunset Warrior Cycle)

ACK!

[Drake Tungsten]

I bought the Kojiki and the Nihongi this weekend. May Timexwatch never reach this sorry state...

[Saras]

Blood on the Shores by Leonov is on the way.

[Urban Ranger]

Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? by Martin Gardner. I am reading this now. Highly recommended, particularly for those who need ammo against pseudoscience. Gardner is the w00t!

Deep Simplicity by John Gribbin. Haven't started on it yet, looks interesting.