Group Challenge

I was getting my list together (a couple of last books to check) and was a bit discouraged at how many unread classes I was looking at. I am wondering if we can have an intermediate challenge for us to finish the LC as a group. I went through the posted lists (Man! mramos's list is awesome!). Here are the categories that I didn't see anyone having read yet. (Apologies for data entry errors--not intentional).

BH: Aesthetics (Now Covered)
CD: Diplomatics, Archives, Seals
CN: Inscriptions
JJ: Political institutions, North America
JL: Political institutions, Canada, etc.
JQ: Political institutions, everywhere else
JS: Local government
KD: United Kingdom. England. Wales
KE: Canada (general)
KG: Latin America (general & comparative). Central America & Caribbean (general & c
KH: South America (general & comparative)
KK: Germany. West Germany
KL: History of law in the ancient Middle East (Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian,
KZ: Law of Nations. International law
L : Education
LE: Individual institutions, N. America
LF: Individual institutions, Europe
LG: Individual institutions, Everywhere else
LH: College and school magazines and papers
LJ: Student fraternities
LT: Textbooks
PM: Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages (Now Covered)
RF: Otorhinolaryngology
RK: Dentistry
RL: Dermatology
RT: Nursing
RV: Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine

27 Categories

Categories (41) where I recorded only one person posting a book:

AS: Academies and learned societies
AY: Yearbooks, Almanacs, Directories
C : Auxiliary science of history
CE: Technical Chronology
CJ: Numismatics
DL: History of Northern Europe
DQ: History of Switzerland
DR: History of Balkan Peninsula
DX: History of Gypsies
GA: Mathematical geography
HJ: Public finance
J : legislative and executive papers
JN: Political institutions, Europe
JX: International law
KB: Religious LawGeneral and comparative
KM: Asia (general & comparative)
NA: Architecture
NX: Arts in general
PD: Germanic languages
PH: Uralic languages
RB: Pathology
RD: Surgery
RS: Pharmacy and materia medica
RX: Homeopathy
RZ: Other systems of medicine
SD: Forestry
TA: Engineering (General). Civil Engineering
TC: Hydraulic engineering - Ocean Engineering
TE: Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
TF: Railroad engineering and operation
TG: Bridge engineering
TJ: Mechanical engineering and machinery
UD: Infantry
UE: Cavalry. Armor
UF: Artillery
UH: Other services
VC:Naval maintenance
VD:Naval seaman
VE:Marines
VF:Naval ordnance
VG:Minor services of navies

I like this idea!

Oh fun! Teamwork will make this go so much easier.

Good call! Heck, some of the catagories on the list that no one's read were hard to even find a book for.

I never posted my own library challenge, although I have commented in spotty way. I do have two books which can fill in the group challenge:

BH: Aesthetics, On Being Blue: a philosophical inquiry by William H. Gass. I rated this book a 4-star; it deals with the kinds of emotions that blue evokes, but put into a philosophical setting.

PM: Hyperborean, Indian, and artifical languages, The Mesoamerican Indian languages by Jorge A. Suarez. I really 'read at' this book, rather than really read it. But it is a good technical introduction to native languages in Central America. I do have one other book (more commonly held in LT, 17 vs 9) on a Mexican language, but I can't even claim a read of it in any sense.

I've edited the OP to show BH and PM as being covered. (Is there anyway to do strikethrough text in LT?)

>6 dcmdale: Yep!

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Just remember to remove the spaces between.

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My addition to the list:

LJ: Lawrence C. Ross, Jr; The Divine Nine -- the History of African American Fraternities and Sororities
TJ: U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel;Tools and Their Uses

I may have more, but about a third of my books don't have LC classifications listed... and I have an RZ, but haven't read it yet...

So noted... we are making progress!

Adding a post to remove the "dormant" flag. Don't want it to become "extinct."

A humble request:

Could the people with the "only one person has read something for that category" say what they've read for it here, so we have a one-stop thread for hard-to-find categories?

I'll add that while I haven't read either of them yet, last time I was at the bookstore I noticed two possibilities for SD:

The Wild Trees and The American Chestnut. I'll probably end up getting one of these from the library.

Here is my list (assuming I'm still the only one for these):

DR--History of the Balkan Peninsula: The Balkan Express. It's been a while since I read this, but I remember it being good, short, and definitely OK for a layperson.

JN--Political institutions & public administration--Europe: From Bonn to Berlin. I read this for a political science class in college. It was OK, but only if you're really interested in the details of German reunification. Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy is probably a better read for this category. I have read excerpts but have not yet read the whole book.

JX--international law (obsolete subclass): Law of the Sea. This is the text of an international treaty, and I read it for a class in law school on, guess what, the law of the sea. I wouldn't recommend it for a fun read. It should also probably be recategorized to a non-obsolete subclass, KZA: law of the sea. I also have The Idea of National Interest by Charles A. Beard, a pretty famous law/history guy, in my library for this category, and although I haven't read it, I can guarantee it's better reading than a treaty.

For the categories in which no one has yet read a book, I own:

JS--local government, municipal government: Who Governs? by Robert Dahl
KD--law of the British Isles: The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot

The ones I had, I can't recommend, to be honest. For DR (History of the Balkan Peninsula) I had an archaeological report that's interesting enough in its way, but only if you're an archaeologist: The Changing Face of Dalmatia. And for CJ (Numismatics) and RD (Surgery) I had books that I read because I was being paid to edit them: Hacksilber to Coinage and Principles of Neurosurgery - again, both of which are interesting in a way, but you could do better (although these were no worse, in general, than the others I've edited in their categories).

For CJ, in another thread here I believe I recommended Chris Howgego's Ancient History from Coins, which is of more general interest. And I added a TA recently, so it's no longer a one-person-only category, but the one I added I can also recommend: Structures, or Why Things Don't Fall Down.

For RB (Pathology), I read Riddled with Life, which was actually pretty darned interesting if you're at all interested in a very readable look at the evolution of the immune system. My original book was Forensic Pathology-also well written, but hardly one for the general public (especially the pictures!), but I changed it to reflect something I read more recently.

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Thanks, that actually looks interesting. I assume that someone with a "strong science background" but not in the life sciences would still find it interesting (i.e. I don't fall in either of the categories you mention in your review)?

I can fill two of the ones no one's posted in yet. I've read both:

KD- The Common Peace by Cynthia Herrup
JN- Democracy Italian Style by Joseph Lapalombara

Lorax-if you have any kind of science background, you'll get more out of it because you'll already have a good grasp on the kind of thinking that is done in science, but you do not need to have a strong background (or any background) in entomology, immunology or evolution to understand and enjoy the book.

I can do a CN-

The Greek and Latin inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima by Clayton Miles Lehmann

I picked it up at a remainder sale a few years ago.

So noted :)

If no one's posted a TA elsewhere, I believe Henry Petroski's To Engineer is Human comes in as TA. I enjoyed it, and so did a co-worker, so I believe it will hold up as general reading.

Thanks, chellerystick

TF - Labyrinths of Iron, a history of the world's subways by Benson Bobrick is a good book, and not too obscure (45 LTers own it).

TG - Bridges in China, old and new, this is a singleton, and fairly good (not owrth a detour).