Big Haul Today
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, May 7th, 2012 at 04:57 PM (2847 Views)
I needed to kill time today around noon, since I didn't want to leave my bike hanging around high school kids on their lunch break, and so I decided to go to The Book Man, the awesome local used books store.
I was initially thinking of just meandering around in there for an hour or so, but then I checked the Languages and History sections - coming upon some things that intrigued me greatly.
The Latin books were apparently stocked up to maximum, with way more than I even thought possible; I'm talking near the levels of more commonly learned languages and such, like German and Chinese. So, there was no way I was going to let that go, and I bought a big Latin dictionary and a pocket Latin dictionary.
In the History section, there were a few new books, some of them ones that I already own. However, there was a new reference text on women in Greek and Roman society, and I snatched that up almost immediately. It's actually a college-level text, with translations from the original languages, historical references and context. It's pretty fantastic, and bundled in a reader-friendly package.
So, that was my nerdy day at the bookstore.