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10 books I always leave lying around when we have visitors
A Listmania! list by Quetzalcoatl (East Sussex, UK)

1. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Reading Book for Beginners by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge

The list author says:
	"Better than the 'How to read...' type of manual, because it's in hieroglyphics and suggests you've already made considerable progress."

�17.20 Used & New from: �0.08

(2 customer reviews)

2. Annotations to Finnegans Wake by Professor Roland McHugh

The list author says:
	"Lots of people leave 'Finnegans Wake' lying around and it doesn't fool anyone - but the even bigger annotations may at least plant a suspicion amongst your friends that you're actually reading it."

Used & New from: �14.23

(1 customer review)

3. Reading Japanese Financial Newspapers by Association for Japanese Language Teaching

The list author says:
	"Speaks for itself: the worlds of international high finance and the exotic Orient merge to create an aura of success and inscrutability. Mostly in Japanese."

Used & New from: �20.00

4. Ethics (Oxford Philosophical Texts) by B. de Spinoza

The list author says:
	"Difficult stuff from the lens-grinder of Amsterdam."

�22.79 Used & New from: �6.34

5. Introduction to Classical Nahuatl by J. Richard Andrews

The list author says:
	"Talking Nahuatl to the Old Aztecs on Popacatapetl - that takes some botl!"

�49.78 Used & New from: �43.50

6. European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages: (With a new epilogue by Peter Godman) (Bollingen Series (General)) by Ernst Robert Curtius

The list author says:
	"Strongly implies to the gullible and/or unwary that you a) read literature, and b) read it in Latin."

�22.61 Used & New from: �18.84

7. The Iliad by Homer

The list author says:
	"The ultimate translation of the archetypal work of ancient literature. Make sure you poo-poo all other translations before and since if challenged."

Used & New from: �0.43

(9 customer reviews)

8. The Glass Bead Game (Vintage Classics) by Hermann Hesse

The list author says:
	"Actually anything by Hesse will do, but this one's heftier than most of his others."

�6.29 Used & New from: �2.75

(22 customer reviews)

9. "The Two Noble Kinsmen" (Arden Shakespeare: Third) by William Shakespeare

The list author says:
	"One of Shakespeare's last plays - he co-wrote it with Fletcher and it wasn't even attributed to him till relatively recently. Breaks the ice at parties."

Used & New from: �1.51

(2 customer reviews)

10. Learning to Look at Paintings by Mary Acton

The list author says:
	"Speaks louder than a dozen large-format books of famous artists' works. A great little book! And even better, it's bright green!!"

Used & New from: �2.39

(6 customer reviews)