The Story Of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant, 10,000 pages of Pulitzer Prize winning Western Civilization. Old School Western Civ. Amazon is selling sets from around $100 (used) to over $600 (!) (new - who knew you could still get new?).
Mine are used, and there are a few Borepatch annotations in the margins about things that could make good blog fodder but which I never got back to. I read each of the first ten volumes and around a hundred pages of the last before I ran out of steam. Maybe you'll have more stamina than I do.
But they're free - I picked them up for a buck a copy at a library used book sale. If this is your Bag, Baby, then it's first come, first served. You can either pick them up if you're in the Maryland area, or I can ship them but you'll need to pay shipping. Probably it would be cheaper for you to buy a used set off of Amazon, since they get a lot better shipping rates than I do.
UPDATE: We have a winner. I'm glad to see there's still interest in Western Civ among our readers, although I'm not at all surprised. You seem to be smarter than the average bear.
5 comments:
I'd like them please, and I'm local.
An excellent series. I'm reading through them now. Ought to be required in every American home.
Gah, that's what I get for being late today... grumble... Off to amazon...
Congratulations to the winner!
Nice gift!
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