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You make it sound like I only have one Tom Send a noteboard - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM
The organisation is as follows (all bookcases are full, tall bookcases unless otherwise specified):

BEDROOM

Bookcase One:
Russian literature in Russian, organised chronologically starting with Pushkin. Books on the top of the bookcase held in place by Metropolitan Museum of Art Assyrian bull bookends are contemporary Russian literature and pop fiction as well as Russian fairy tales.

Bookcase Two (tall but very narrow bookcase):
Russian poetry in Russian (shelves one through three), biographies of Russians in Russian (remainder of shelf three), longer works from Silver Age Russian poets (including novels) (shelf four) and historical criticism (shelf five).

Bookcase Three:
Classic fantasy and childrens literature - Tolkien (including the 12-part Christopher Tolkien series of his father's drafts), C.S. Lewis, Lloyd Alexander, A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Kipling's Just So Stories, the Arthurian legends, the complete Sherlock Holmes, the Arabian Nights in six huge volumes and the complete Calvin and Hobbes (among a few other books).

Bookcase Four (short bookcase):
Poetry in English (top shelf), philosophy (middle shelf) and contemporary English-language fiction (bottom shelf), with psychology on the top of the bookcase between Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian ramshead bookends.

LIBRARY

Bookcase One:
Classic literature in English (all shelves, including books at top of bookcase between Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian sphinx bookends).

Bookcase Two:
political and economic theory and some philosophy (top shelf), assorted books on world civilisation (second shelf), assorted books on spirituality (third shelf), books on sex, drugs, rock and roll, the mafia, and other edgy subjects (fourth shelf), large oversized art books (lowest shelf).

Bookcase Three:
Foreign language books in Western languages and dictionaries, reference grammars, etc. for the same (top shelf and above bookcase between antique bookends), reference grammars, dictionaries and the like for languages of the former Soviet Union (Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Kazakh, Chechen) (second shelf), general reference works (third shelf), law books used on a regular basis (fourth shelf), more law books and general reference, mostly oversized (lowest shelf).

Bookcase Four:
All five shelves are exclusively Russian history.

Bookcase Five:
Books in Classical Greek and Latin (shelves 1-2), grammars, reference works and academical works regarding the same (shelf 3), occult and esoteric works (shelves 4-5).

Bookcase Six:
History of Religion and Western Religious Criticism, including books in original languages (top shelf), late Egypt and Mystery Religions (second shelf), Ancient Egypt generally (third through fifth shelves)

Bookcase Seven:
Judaica (top shelf), the Zohar (occupies entire second shelf), Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic grammars and books on Islam (third shelf), Sumeria, Babylonia, Mesopotamia and books on their languages (fourth and fifth shelves).

Bookcase Eight:
Western History in chronological order (all shelves, though the lower shelf is not chronological but for oversized books)

Bookcase Nine:
Non-Western History (India, Persia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, Indonesia, Mesoamerica, North America) and my encyclopedia of exploration.

Bookcase Ten (short bookcase):
The Wheel of Time (top shelf), Dungeons & Dragons books and modules (remainder of bookcase).

Bookcase Eleven (short bookcase):
Fantasy and Sci-Fi exclusively

Dictionary Stand:
Full-sized Latin and Ancient Greek dictionaries (top shelf), Old and Middle English reference grammars, dictionaries and books in the same, as well as a few Irish grammars (middle shelf), Non-Western languages reference grammars (bottom shelf).

BASEMENT

Three short bookcases of overflow and crap.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

*MySmiley*
This message last edited by Tom on 24/11/2009 at 04:01:31 PM
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How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 10:57:57 AM 1932 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1355 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1631 Views
I'm sure you do. - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1701 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1519 Views
Yeah. - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1626 Views
Re: Yeah. - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1552 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1679 Views
This has occurred to me - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1705 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1568 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1572 Views
With the added bonus of... - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1447 Views
Good point - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1570 Views
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LOL! - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1668 Views
Re: LOL! - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1543 Views
Yeah... - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1626 Views
horizontaly - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1704 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1523 Views
You make it sound like I only have one - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1710 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1560 Views
In answer to your questions: - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1642 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1633 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1635 Views
Aha! - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1576 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1358 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1552 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1598 Views
Re: I don't. - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1551 Views
Re: I don't. - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1693 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1508 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1737 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1603 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1601 Views
Re: why should they not be? - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1534 Views
Re: why should they not be? - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1544 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1558 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1565 Views
Well, they should fit together. - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1614 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1526 Views
Hmmm. - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1629 Views
Re: Hmmm. - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1624 Views
I don't... anymore. - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1704 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1617 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1668 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1648 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1475 Views
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Incidentally... - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1673 Views
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Re: Better real estate - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1586 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1462 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1635 Views
Actually... - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1411 Views
Re: Actually... - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1571 Views
Re: Actually... - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1535 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1535 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1644 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1490 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1524 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1539 Views
Mainly by topic/genre - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1776 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1538 Views
Neither, actually - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1741 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1565 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 854 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1372 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1638 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1675 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1570 Views
Are your books happy with this? - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1540 Views
Obsessively - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1462 Views
Re: Obsessively - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1633 Views
Hmmm. - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1465 Views
Hmm.... - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1564 Views
Re: Hmm.... - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1588 Views
Mainly by series. - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1424 Views
Re: Mainly by series. - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1473 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1586 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1429 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1521 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1657 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1566 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1584 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1662 Views
It is an A. - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1582 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1499 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1533 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1709 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1395 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1517 Views
Perfectly. - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1672 Views
Re: Perfectly. - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1575 Views
Re: Perfectly. - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1572 Views
Re: Perfectly. - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1669 Views
I do not believe so. - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1546 Views
just checking. *NM* - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 827 Views
Like this - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1669 Views
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