Hugh's just zis guy, you know?

Well, OK, I guess there's a little more to it than that. I'm a country boy from central New York State, but I've lived in the New York City area for over six years now. I'm a computer programmer at Goldman Sachs in Manhattan but if you met me you probably wouldn't suspect it. My mate and I moved to the New Jersey suburbs in 2004 because the city drives me crazy, and now I'm deliriously happy to be able to hike in the woods every day.

I enjoy reading, but I'm fairly narcoleptic so that slows me down much more than I'd like. I have always loved science fiction, but for the last few years I've been focusing on history. Not only has it gotten easier lately, it's become an obsession. I keep a pondseeker.blogspot.com target="_blank">web log about my ongoing process of learning history.

Like many BookCrossers, my bookshelf does not reflect my reading tastes. Most of the Star Trek books belonged to my mother, and the romances and thrillers came from a friend who needed to clear out some shelf space.

Please consider donating a copy of Master and Commander to my ongoing efforts to inroduce more people to Mr. O'Brian's great work.

Trading
I enjoy trading, so don't hesitate to message me; I'm willing to consider parting with many of my books that are marked "Permanent Collection". If you want one of my available books but don't want to trade, I will be happy to mail it to you for the cost of postage.

Current and Recent Readings:

The Voyage of the Armada: The Spanish Story by David Howarth
The Great Enterprise: The History of the Spanish Armada as revealed in contemporary documents selected and edited by Stephen Usherwood
The Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto by Niccolo Capponi
The Philadelphia Campaign: Volume One: Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia by Thomas J. McGuire
Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The Nelson Touch by Terry Coleman
Catherine of Aragon by Garrett Mattingly
Bonaparte in Egypt by J. Christopher Herold
Samuel Pepys by Claire Tomalin
A Garland of Hops by James Wentworth Day
The Long Retreat by Arthur S. Lefkowitz
The Gilded Dinosaur by Mark Jaffe
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Washington Along the Delaware by Ray Thompson
The Battlefield Atlas of the American Revolution by Craig L. Symonds and William J. Clipson
1776 by David McCullough
The Spanish Armada by Colin Martin & Geoffrey Parker
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
The Armada by Garrett Mattingly
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah by Stephen King
Losing Nelson by Barry Unsworth
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Old Jules by Mari Sandoz
London 1945 - Life in the Debris of War by Maureen Waller
Sleeping Preacher by Julia Kasdorf
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Golden Ratio : The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Let it Rot! The Gardener's Guide to Composting by Stu Campbell
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Out On Blue Six by Ian McDonald (BOOKRING)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The French Mathematician by Tom Petsinis
Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian (#20 in the Aubrey/Maturin series)
The Hundred Days by Patrick O'Brian (#19 in the Aubrey/Maturin series)
El Conejito Andarin / The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'Brian (#18 in the Aubrey/Maturin series)
The Commodore by Patrick O'Brian (#17 in the Aubrey/Maturin series)
Pink as a Piglet / Rosa Como un Cerdito by Molly Dingles
Purple as a Plum / Morado Como una Ciruela by Molly Dingles
The Very Hungry Caterpillar / La Oruga Muy Hambrienta by Eric Carle
The Snow and the Sun / La Nieve y El Sol by Antonio Frasconi
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Black Ajax by George MacDonald Fraser
The Wine Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian (#16 in the Aubrey/Maturin series)