User:ShiverMeTimbers77

Introduction
Welcome to my chunk of Wikipedia. Although not new to exploring the content of a wiki, I'm definitely new to constructing and contributing to them. So, take a look around, contribute if you like, and we'll see where this goes.

My Bookshelf
What you'll find here are a few of my favorite books which occasionally coincide with some of the works I've read in the past year:

1. Fiction


 * Macguire, Gregory (1995). Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. New York, NY: Regan Books.


 * Thompson, Hunter S. (1998). Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream.  New York, NY: Vintage Books.


 * Tolkein, J.R.R. (1989). The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.

2. Non-Fiction


 * Bourdain, Anthony. (2000). Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. New York, NY: Bloomsbury.


 * Milano, Brett (2003). Vinyl Junkies: Adventures in Record Collecting. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin.


 * Petroski, Henry. (1999). The Book on the Bookshelf.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

3. Books For Class


 * Boles, Frank. (2005). Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts.  Chicago: Society of American Archivists.


 * Kurtz, Michael J. (2004). Managing Archival and Manuscript Repositories. Chicago: Society of American Archivists.


 * Schellenberg, Theordore R. (1965) Management of Archives. New York: Columbia University Press.

Recent Record Purchases
Although I'm a "poor grad student," I can't stop doing what I love: buying records.


 * Boris/Merbzow Rock Dream (Diwphalanx)
 * Sunn 0))) "Grimm Robe Demos" [Japanese Version] (Daymare)
 * Jesu "Lifeline" (Hydra Head)