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[alexpgp]

What kinds of books do I have on my night table? Behold!



From left to right:

• The Cairo Trilogy, by Naguib Mahfouz. A gift from a grateful Airbnb client. I haven't started this one yet (tsundoku, for now), but I suspect I may have read a part of this some time ago. Physically, it's a sweet edition.
• Cyrano de Bergereac, by Edmond Rostand. Eternally bookmarked at the Non, merci! speech.
• The Way of the SEAL, by Mark Divine. More of my tsundoku, for now.
• Outreach Spanish, by William C. Harvey. Not your typical foreign-language learning book. I like "dipping" into it.
• Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius (Hays translation, 2002). 'nuf said.
• The Emperor's Handbook, by Marcus Aurelius (Hicks brothers' translation, 2002). 'nuf said.
• The Aeneid, by Virgil (Robert Eagles translation, 2006). Expensive binding, budget price, and it occurred to me that the only time I encountered this tale may have been the Classics Illustrated edition (the image of an old man on a young warrior's back is somehow familiar).
• The Proud Highway, by Hunter S. Thompson. Just started this, inspired by some quotes I ran across.
• Letters on Ethics, by Seneca (Graver and A.A. Long translation, 2015). A good source on Stoicism, though I am not going through this as systematically as I could.
• Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius (George Long translation, 1862). 'nuf said.

Cheers...

Comments

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Are those geode book ends? We have blue geodes like that.

AW

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Sharp eye!

Yes, the bookends were made from a geode.

Cheers...

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Thank you for gifting me better understanding of the word "book ends". I only knew it previously as an alternate word for "sidekicks".