My Wishlist
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Bizzi French Double Manual Harpsichord
French double manual harpsichord after 'Goermans-Taskin'.
The Decline of the West
According to Spengler, the Western world is ending and we are witnessing the last season—"winter time"—of Faustian Civilization. In Spengler's depiction, Western Man is a proud but tragic figure.
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
By exploring common themes in the lives and works of logician Kurt Gödel, artist M. C. Escher and composer Johann Sebastian Bach, the book expounds concepts fundamental to mathematics, symmetry, and intelligence.
Opening Pandora's Box: Phrases We Borrowed From the Classics and the Stories Behind Them
A light-hearted yet fascinating look at the stories behind various expressions.
Mythology (Eyewitness Companions)
An excellent overview of both Greek and Roman mythology.
The Complete Poems of John Keats (Wordsworth Poetry Library)
Keats is my favourite poet, but sadly I don't have a book of his complete works.
Iliad & The Odyssey
The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem, set during the Trojan War, and the Odyssey is its sequel. Two of the oldest existing works in Western literature, attributed to Homer.
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
A must-have, I sadly only possess a worn copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
