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Tyrannio

Tyrannio

"You will find that Tyrannio has made a wonderful job of arranging my books."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters to Atticus

I am a librarian. I have forever loved books and the idea of books.

Science fiction is my literary comfort food, but when I feast (not often enough), I prefer modern literature. I read science -...more »
  • Vienna, Austria
  • member since Friday, July 13 2007

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  • Atlas of the Moon: Revised, Updated Edition
    • Rated 5 stars

    “I explore the Moon through binoculars, and Rükl's atlas has taught me to see the Earth's glorious satellite. A spectacular book, the benchmark against which all other lunar atlases will be measured.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Friday, November 23 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Complete Guide to Sharpening
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Essential for the woodworker's library. If you can't learn to sharpen from someone who knows how, this book will be the next best teacher.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Wednesday, November 21 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Designing Tessellations : The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Written for the craftsperson who sews quilts, I find this book to provide the best explanation of how to design tessellated patterns, such as those of Escher. I tinker around with marquetry, and this book is an absolute inspiration in designing patterns for woodworking.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Wednesday, November 21 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Marquetry (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)
    • Rated 5 stars

    “*The* book on marquetry. Thorough history and exquisite examples. Expensive, but if you want to truly study the art, a necessary addition to your library.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Tuesday, November 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Moon and Sixpence (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
    • Rated 5 stars

    “This is the one novel that I have read the most in my life, probably 6 or 7 times, and one of the few that I have re-read at all. To me, Maugham's tale speaks to the visionary experience. "I tell you I've got to paint. I can't help myself. When a man falls into the water it doesn't matter how he swims, well or badly: he's got to get out or else he'll drown." You can read the novel online at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/222/222-h/222-h.htm.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Tuesday, November 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • A Princess of Mars
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Ah, Barsoom. John Carter willing himself to the Red Planet, the incomparable beauty of Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkis with his tusks and four arms. And the great Barsoomian airships. Now that the book is in the public domain at Project Gutenberg, you owe it to yourself to read this classic.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Tuesday, November 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots (Technology in Action)
    • Rated 5 stars

    “If you would like to learn how to program computers, but don't know where to start, you couldn't go wrong with this book. Simple, easy-going, and very elementary, you can work your way through it in two weeks of evenings and have a solid foundation in elementary programming concepts. You won't be programming anything very useful with the exercises here, but it's good fun in a noodling around sort-of-way.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Tuesday, November 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Collected Poems (Wesleyan poetry)Collected Poems (Wesleyan poetry)James Wright
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Spectacular poetry. From formal to free verse, Wright's poetry often speaks to optimism and hope, in spite of the turmoil of his own life. From "Two Hangovers:"

    Number Two:
    I Try to Waken and Greet the World Once Again

    In a pine tree,
    A few yards away from my window sill,
    A brilliant blue jay is springing up and down, up and down,
    On a branch.
    I laugh, as I see him abandon himself
    To entire delight, for he knows as well as I do
    That the branch will not break.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Tuesday, November 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Collier's Encyclopedia Copyrighted 1967 with Bibliography and Index (Collier's Encyclopedia Copyrighted 1967 with Bibliography and Index)Collier's Encyclopedia Copyrighted 1967 with Bibliography and Index (Collier's Encyclopedia Copyrighted 1967 with Bibliography and Index)
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Reading another shelfarian's profile - Peter G, who mentions that his favorite title is the Encyclopedia Britannica - it occurred to me that the most influential books in my life were the volumes of Collier's Encyclopedia that my parents had in the home. I am of a generation when encyclopedia sets were sold by door-to-door salesmen, and I can even remember when the Collier salesman was making the pitch to my parents about how important these books would be for my education. Whoever he was, that fellow changed my world. I spent hours, days, weeks, months of my life reading through those books. The black-and-red volumes still sit on a shelf in the family home. Before the internet, before gopher and usenet, before Wikipedia, Collier's Encyclopedia opened the world to me.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Tuesday, November 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Full Moon
    • Rated 5 stars

    “The story of voyaging to the Moon, told entirely in selected photographs from the Apollo program (with a few photos from Gemini, as well). Stunning, beautiful, awesome. This is a silent movie between two covers. Exemplary book design.”

    Tyrannio wrote this review Tuesday, November 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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