July 14, 2012

The Idiot - by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1913 Garnett translation, 2003 Dover edition)

A lucky find on the Seatac FDC bookcart. I've read two of Dostoyevsky's other books in the past (Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment), but I like this one best so far. Prince Myshkin is Dostoyevsky's best character yet.

Magic and Mystery in Tibet - by: Alexandra David-Neel (1932, 2014)

This is one of those rare books that exposes another culture in a way that really opens it up an lets the reader glimpse for themselves what...