Plunderings of a bibliomaniac
I had promised that plundering would begin soon when I wrote this. A discount voucher to the new Landmark store in Phoenix Mills and some accumulated credit card points precipitated today's events, which have left my excesses from 2005 a little behind. So here goes...
- Hand of God (the life of Diego Maradona by Jimmy Burns)
- 2666 by Roberto Bolano
- The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
- The Map that Changed the World by Simon Winchester*
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniel Mueenuddin**
- An Utter and Incomplete History of Classical Music by Stephen Fry***
- Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Hammer of the Gods by Stephen Davis****
- Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin Uncensored)
- Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
- Making Movies by Sidney Lumet
- Red Man Walking by Frank Worrall#
- Inverting the Pyramid## by Jonathan Wilson
- Stephen Fry in America
- Sometimes I forgot to laugh by Peter Roebuck
- Arth (a movie by Mahesh Bhatt)
- Ankur (a movie by Shyam Benegal)
- Saaransh (a movie by Mahesh Bhatt)
- Utpal Dutt comedy movie collection### (4 movies by Basu Chatterjee)
Now for some serious pleasure. If only one had summer holidays....hum bhi agar bacche hote...
* about William Smith and the birth of Modern Geology
** my 2nd book by a Pakistani author
*** a book I had read before, but had not possessed
**** The Led Zeppelin saga
# about Roy Keane
## the history of football tactics
### includes Shaukeen, Pasand Apni Apni, Lakhon ki baat, Baton Baton mein
2 Comments:
i wonder.. why is buying a book by a pakistani author remarkable :)
nothing remarkable abt it. just a footnote. i have just 2 books by paki authors although i have read 3...
of course i could have equally well bought say, chimamanda's book and written, my 2nd book by a nigerian author....
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