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CollectionsYour library (1,349), Currently reading (1), All collections (1,349)

Reviews911 reviews

TagsHistory (338), Political Science (319), Caribbean (243), Political Theory (226), Authors I know (144), Literature (132), Politics (130), Philosophy (125), Latin America (95), Sociology (84) — see all tags

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GroupsAtlanta Bibliophiles, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, Caribbean Literature in English, Children's Fiction, FantasyFans, Humor, Making Light Denizens, Philosophy and Theory, Science Fiction Fans

Favorite authorsChinua Achebe, Manuel Alvarez Torneiro, John Barnes, Louise Bennett, William Blake, Dennis Bloodworth, Anthony Bogues, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Kamau Brathwaite, Patrick Bryan, Tobias S. Buckell, Lord Byron, Constantine Cavafy, Susanna Clarke, Friedrich Engels, Eric Flint, John M. Ford, Herald Froy, Neil Gaiman, Robert Graves, John Hearne, Nalo Hopkinson, Arend Lijphart, Michael Manley, Karl Marx, Brian Meeks, George Mikes, John Stuart Mill, John Milton, Alma Hyacinth Bernadette MockYen, Pamela Claire Mordecai, Mervyn Eustace Morris, V. S. Naipaul, Ralston Milton (Rex) Nettleford, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Friedrich Nietzsche, Denys Parsons, Orlando Patterson, Philip Pullman, Kim Robinson-Walcott, Olive Senior, George Bernard Shaw, Wallace Stevens, I. F. Stone, Tracy B. Strong, Charles Stross, Hugh Thomas, J. R. R. Tolkien, Harry Turtledove, Peter Ustinov, Gore Vidal, Helen Waddell, Derek Walcott, Jo Walton, Anita M. Waters, Max Weber, Eric Williams, Garry Wills, Simon Winchester, Ludwig Wittgenstein, (Humphrey) Hume Wrong, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Roger Zelazny, Hans Zinsser (Shared favorites)

About meI read. It is a central part of who I am. Many of the books listed have to do with my work, but by no means all. I'm a political scientist, focused on Latin America and the Caribbean (more the latter than the former), and political theory (and the overlap between political theory and the Caribbean -- there's more than you might think).

About my libraryIt's mixed. Many of the books are ones I have in my office, some are books I have at home. It's a work in progress. I read science fiction, fantasy, and alternative history for pleasure. Not surprisingly, most of the books in my collection have something to do with my academic interests and work. I also like books of blunders, typos and curiosities (when you have students who tell you Confucius was a major figure in the early development of Western Europe, you need a laugh).

Homepagehttp://stanmorehill.blogspot.com

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Real nameF.S.J. Ledgister

LocationAtlanta, GA USA

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Common KnowledgeSeries (115), Awards (155), Characters (1155), Places (284)

Member sinceSep 13, 2005

Currently readingAxis by Robert Charles Wilson

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Fledgist reviewed, added:
Maynard Jackson : a biography by Robert A. Holmes (read review)

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The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans by Ned Sublette (read review)

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War Nerd by Gary Brecher (read review)

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Escolma día das letras galegas (1963-2001) by Luis Alonso Girgado

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Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba (Music of the African Diaspora) by Robin D. Moore (read review)

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The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era by Micheline Ishay (read review)

I have just started adding my Caribbean books purchased in the Peace Corps in the Caribbean 5 years ago. I visited 6 English speaking islands and collected there, but was in Antigua, so most of my materials are from there. Looks like you live in Atlanta too.

And alternative history

Did you read World War III by that British military fellow

posted by carterchristian1 at 2:37 am (EST) on Jun 8, 2009

Thanks for stopping by with a comment! I'll leave you with this sentence (I promise I didn't make it up). "If a Vestigial Virgin betrayed her valves, they buried her alive." (I'm reminded of the "You know you're a teacher if---" list where the first item is "---you think they should put a Valium lick in the faculty lounge.")
I miss teaching as it was ten years ago; I don't miss last year at all.
Old, know it, can't help it, wouldn't if I could.
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 3:28 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2009

I'm not sure how I got here - maybe through Wallace Stevens.... We don't share many books, but I do love the ones we have in common. I had to stop and speak, however, because of your student quote in your profile. I'm too lazy to actually try to write something, but I have kept all of the wonderful things students have said and written through my teaching career. Everything from "The Romans held chariot races in the Gluteus Maximus" to "I like Macdonald's because they have the dollar mean you." If I ever published my collection, I name it That was a Big Missed Ape - (from one confessing to having given a paper to a friend to copy)
So, well-met!
Peggy

(I could use an edit function here. This is the third time I've tried to underline my book title and nothing else. If it doesn't work this time, I'll just look ignorant. So there.)

posted by LizzieD at 8:18 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2009

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posted by illegalpadpublishing at 5:20 am (EST) on Nov 1, 2008

I don't think so, but I did notice you on my shared favourites list and picked up a vague idea of your interests from there.

posted by Mimicman at 4:34 am (EST) on Jan 20, 2008

What I have learned from the LibraryThing reviews of AMERICAN THEOCRACY UNPACKED:

1) no one really liked the book very much, and some people really hated it;
2) the structure, content, and style, which was a conscious experiment, wasn't a very successful one;
3) people really hate seeing Wikipedia listed as a source.

Fair enough! Onward...

Cordially,

Fred Zimmerman

PS to fledgist -- "vastly unauthoritative" was ironic ...

posted by wfzimmerman at 10:37 am (EST) on Jan 19, 2008

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