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A book in Russian?

They don't have much of a following in the UK.

Years ago I bought a collection of Russian books. Most of them were 1930s editions of Russian Classics but I couldn't sell one of them.

It was a 1920s Soviet-produced manual on how to operate and maintain tractors. There were NO pictures and NO diagrams. My only customer fluent in Russian read a chapter and stated:

"The author had obviously never seen a tractor but had been told to write a manual. It is incomprehensible rubbish, full of Marxist ideology and totally lacking in practical application."

When I closed my bookshop I gave most of my surplus book stock to the National Trust. They managed to sell it - to a visiting Russian businessman who spent several minutes reading it, quoting parts to his wife, and the two of them couldn't stop laughing. Why?

He was a Russian Tractor Manufacturer.
 
oggbashan said:
A book in Russian?

They don't have much of a following in the UK.

Years ago I bought a collection of Russian books. Most of them were 1930s editions of Russian Classics but I couldn't sell one of them.

It was a 1920s Soviet-produced manual on how to operate and maintain tractors. There were NO pictures and NO diagrams. My only customer fluent in Russian read a chapter and stated:

"The author had obviously never seen a tractor but had been told to write a manual. It is incomprehensible rubbish, full of Marxist ideology and totally lacking in practical application."

When I closed my bookshop I gave most of my surplus book stock to the National Trust. They managed to sell it - to a visiting Russian businessman who spent several minutes reading it, quoting parts to his wife, and the two of them couldn't stop laughing. Why?

He was a Russian Tractor Manufacturer.
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Stories like that always make me smile.

The only book I have ever purchased that was written in a foreign language was An tOileánach. I've always been fascinated with the Irish culture, and I'm slowly translating the book into English.
 
So what book are ya'll currently reading? I did another quick read of Where The Red Fern Grows, but now I'm about halfway through Jonathan Kozol's The Shame of the Nation.
 


I'm still at it ( http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?p=50670165&highlight=Manchester#post50670165 )— 301 pages into the massive 1,053 pages (excluding preface, notes, bibliography and index) of:

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender Of The Realm (1940-1965) by William Manchester and Paul Reid. New York, NY 2012.
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I'm good for 15-20 pages a night; it's "lights out" thereafter. Not only is it a good read, it also serves to eliminate the need to do arm curls. Holding the book aloft for 45 minutes is the calorie-burning equivalent.


The world is a poorer place without William Manchester. Paul Reid completed the third volume of the biography Manchester started and is to be commended for stepping into the breech. It's clearly a labor of love. I've read almost everything Manchester ever wrote. It's an absolute treat.


 
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My oldest book

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The Faddan More Psalter was spotted during mechanical peat cutting in a Tipperary bog by a sharp-eyed machine operator, Eddie Fogarty, in July 2006. The book, which was probably written about the year 800 AD, is a Book of Psalms written by hand in Latin in four colours of ink: yellow, red, black and white. The book was preserved in the oxygen-free conditions of the peat bog for about 1,200 years. The book is composed of 60 sheets of calfskin vellum and is protected by its original leather cover that is lined with papyrus and has a flap with three horn buttons. Faddan More is one of a very small number of western European books that survive with their original covers. A leather satchel found close by in the same bog in the year 2000 could have contained the book. The book was conserved in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin where it can now be seen in the Kildare St branch.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/foxkitsune/faddanmorepsalter_zpsec40b1bf.jpg
 
Fata Morgana said:
The Faddan More Psalter was spotted during mechanical peat cutting in a Tipperary bog by a sharp-eyed machine operator, Eddie Fogarty, in July 2006. The book, which was probably written about the year 800 AD, is a Book of Psalms written by hand in Latin in four colours of ink: yellow, red, black and white. The book was preserved in the oxygen-free conditions of the peat bog for about 1,200 years. The book is composed of 60 sheets of calfskin vellum and is protected by its original leather cover that is lined with papyrus and has a flap with three horn buttons. Faddan More is one of a very small number of western European books that survive with their original covers. A leather satchel found close by in the same bog in the year 2000 could have contained the book. The book was conserved in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin where it can now be seen in the Kildare St branch.
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Ireland's calling my name.
 
Books, libraries, and librarians make me go weak at the knees. Am I in need of counselling?
 
AllyRose said:
Ireland's calling my name.
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If you ever get to Dublin, you should investigate Marsh's Library - a haven for bibliophiles. Perhaps we could meet behind the stacks and consult some old first editions together?
 
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