Really Long Old Book Titles #6
A LIST OF PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE REBELLION Transmitted to the Commissioners of Excise by the Several Supervisors in Scotland in Obedience to a General Letter of the 7th May 1746 AND A SUPPLEMENTARY LIST WITH EVIDENCES TO PROVE THE…
Really Long Old Book Titles #5
A REVIVING CORDIAL FOR A SIN-SICK DESPAIRING SOUL, IN THE TIME OF TEMPTATION, BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION OF THE AUTHOR’S BODILY LIFE FROM MANY IMMINENT DANGERS;AND OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE SPIRIT OF GOD EFFECTED THE…
Really Long Old Book Titles #4
A LARGE NEW CATALOGUE OF THE BISHOPS of the several SEES Within the KINGDOM of SCOTLAND, Down to the YEAR 1688. Instructed by proper and authentic VOUCHERS: TOGETHER WITH Some other THINGS necessary to the better KNOWLEDGE of the Ecclesiastical…
Reasons I Love Used Books #1
I figured this would be useful for when you move to Scotland to study architecture. It might also come in handy for impressing Courtney. Love you, bro.
Really Long Old Book Titles #3
APOSTOLICI: or, The HISTORY OF THE LIVES, ACTS, DEATH, AND MARTYRDOMS OF THOSE Who were Contemporary with, or immediately Succeeded the APOSTLES, As also the Most Eminent of the Primitive Fathers For the First Three Hundred Years. To which is…
Summer of My German Soldier/Morning Is a Long Time Coming
For the last two years, my friend and I have been somewhat obsessively reading books to one another over the phone. It’s been a great way to share books with each other that the other person doesn’t have access to.…
The Monarch of the Glen
The Monarch of the Glen is absolutely **ridiculous**. It came to my attention courtesy of Elizabeth Wein, who saw a stage production involving a hot shirtless dude* somersaulting onto stage in a a kilt, so I acquired a used copy…
Audiobooks
I didn’t used to like audiobooks at all. But in the past couple of years, I have gotten really hooked on them. I have two children and I teach them and I cook a lot of food and am just…
Really Long Old Book Titles #2
MATTHEW HENRY’S COMMENTARY ON THE WHOLE BIBLE Wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents: the sacred text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs; each paragraph reduced to its proper heads: the sense given, and largely illustrated with PRACTICAL…
‘The Boys in the Boat’, in Which Eva Is a Sentimental Moron and Spams You With Lots of Pictures
I had an unusual upbringing. Sports were of so little importance to my family that I, at 34, still do not know even the most rudimentary rules to any sportsball games (and don’t bother trying to educate me, because I…