Your Favorite Book(s)

[Odin]

Originally posted by Gangerolf


Cool. The borders in Europe must be interesting...

Yep, Germany is shown with it's pre-expansion borders, with occupied areas marked out. The atlas also has a section with a brief intro into geography and geology, as well as short country descriptions (I was shocked that they still used the term "savages" for traditional cultures )

[duke o' york]

I used to love my atlas when I was a kid, and knew all the capitals of the world when I was 7 or so. Then I discovered my dad's old atlas! Most of it was pink, including intriguing places like Nyasaland that didn't exist in my version.

[GePap]

Originally posted by MrFun


That's your opinion.

No self respecting grad student should have any less than 100 books lying around in every nook and cranny.

For someone now with a "life", they should have had the time to shop for some more.

[duke o' york]

I prefer to go to the library. Or Oxfam Books! (specialised charity shop, but I always return them for nothing once I've finished them)

[Zoid]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
I have an old atlas I read everytime I take a crap. It has got lots of stats about all the world's ****ries too. For example, did you know that Upper Volta has huge manganese deposits?

Yes, I knew this. And I also know the country is nowadays called Burkina Faso

[Odin]

Originally posted by duke o' york
I prefer to go to the library. Or Oxfam Books! (specialised charity shop, but I always return them for nothing once I've finished them)

I live only 4 blocks from the Moorhead Public Library, reducing the need for a big book collection a lot.

[Ecthy]

I have like 100 books. good enough for you judgemental people?

[MosesPresley]

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

[Immortal Wombat]

At the moment I'm going to the library more often that I finish a book. This is causing accumulation problems.

My favourite is probably my nice chunky hardback version of Biological Exuberance which looks like a really dry academic text, and in fact contains a comprehenisve cataloguing of observed homosexual behaviours in the animal kingdom.

Other than that, I have some first editions of the Swallows and Amazons series. Gotta catch them all, etc. And a Divine Comedy from the 1890s, but with no illustrations. ()

[Sikander]

Originally posted by MosesPresley
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Pah! Bow before the glory that is "Go Dogs Go" by P.D. Eastman. I still have my copy.

[Drake Tungsten]

Theft

[aneeshm]

My current collection of books is about 1500+ .

[Verres]

Ah yes, but have you read any of them?

[Flubber]

Re: Your Favorite Book(s)

Originally posted by ajbera

5) Hunting Humans by Michael Newton. My first, and still the best, encyclopedia of serial killers. I've always been a warped kid, but didn't really get into crime and criminology until 1990, when I bought this book from Loompanics (the best book company in ther world). Years later, this book is in shabby condition, but is one of my most requested items to borrow by friends. Stuffed with articles from magazines and newspapers, with penciled-in annotations and comments from me and my friends. A wonderful, scary book.

Are you sure this is not by Elliot Leyton

Originally published in 1984, Leyton's pioneering work on the psychology of mass murderers has been updated and revised for this second edition. Clearly written, thoroughly readable and deliberately free of sociological jargon, it is an important contribution to its field and to the public at large, for whom it clarifies a dark and nightmarish phenomenon of our time. Analyzing case histories from Bundy to Berkowitz, Leyton demystifies the mass murderer. He begins with a brilliant description of the foremost serial killer of fiction, Hannibal Lecter, and demonstrates how little he resembles his real-life counterparts. To begin with, there has not been an aristocratic serial killer in centuries; most, says Leyton, are from the working classes. Nor are they diabolical geniuses; rather, they tend to be surprisingly dull-witted. Leyton's contention is that serial killers are not insane, but a product of their environment. They have been with us for centuries, he argues, and tend to come and go cyclically. (Recent research claims that 15% of them are female.) According Leyton, the serial killer sees his act as a form of revenge upon a specific social class that has denied him the social acceptance that he craves. The elements of sadism and sexual pervasion are his means of punishing his supposed persecutors. A professor of anthropology at Memorial University in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Leyton has written a number of books on psychology, and this volume in particular is a most enlightening work.

I only ask since I took his course (Leyton is an engaging lecturer)

[ajbera]

I have Leyton's book as well. Newton's tome is an encyclopedia of 20th century serial killers, whereas (I say this for the benefit of those unfamiliar with either work, not you Flubber) Leyton's book is a sociological analysis of serial and mass murder, viewing the phenomenon as a form of social terrorism, focusing on 6 or 7 cases.

My crime library is enormous. And I'm envious of your experiences with Leyton, you lucky SOB.

Which reminds me, the term "hunting humans" comes from a statement made by James Huberty, the scumbag who killed 21 people at the San Ysidro McDonald's in 1984. As he left the house his wife asked where he was going. He responded, "Society's had it's chance. I'm going hunting. Hunting humans."