While looking through the library this morning for some sources on the early years of the Soviet Union, I came across The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History, edited by Joseph L. Wieczynski. There are sixty volumes.
Sixty volumes.
If you know me personally, you can imagine the reaction this evoked in me, but in case you don't, I'll go ahead and describe it to you. I looked down from the row of books I was previously scanning to see two shelves of thin, forest green books, slightly tattered from use, but otherwise in good condition. My initial excitement upon realizing the books were all about Soviet Russia grew steadily as my eyes travelled from the first volume to the the sixtieth. My mouth fell open as I saw the five volumes of indices at the end of the second shelf. I felt a flutter in my heart - not unlike the flutter I feel when I see an attractive woman. These were sexy books, and I was completely enrapt. The feeling only intensified when I saw a bibliography of Lenin's speeches from 1905-1924. Oh man. It was incredible.
I'm going to quit blogging and get to work reading the whole thing right now. Oh boy oh boy.
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I'd be especially intrigued to see what someone with a Polish last name puts in his sixy volumes of Soviet history.
I think you've found the button.
sounds like a serious problem. you should get help.
Just make sure you never have to go talk to your bishop about this problem. That would be awkward.
I forgot to mention, I find this utterly emulsifying.
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