Member: Stbalbach

CollectionsPre-LibraryThing (65), Your library (1,103), Wishlist (2), Favorites (113), All collections (1,170)

Reviews1,058 reviews

Tagstravel literature (34), outdoor literature (12), global warming (11), climate change (9), travel (8), middle ages (7), classic literature (6), environment (6), travel writing (5), robert louis stevenson (5) — see all tags

MediaNot set (20), Book (1,148), Paper Book (829), Audiobook (106), Ebook (6), Sound Recording (1), Other (1), Printed music (1)

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Recommendations132 recommendations

About me


My homepage, things & stuff, has a bunch of bookish projects.

A Year In Reading 2010, of singular instance.

WikiThing page for Stbalbach, notes in the sand.

About my library


The "Your library" books were read 2004-present

Some favorite books. They left a strong and lasting impression. Roughly the top 10%.

Vital Stats Tree Rings, yearly snapshot showing annual growth rings.

New Books Watch Program, a computer program I wrote for myself. You might also find it useful. It monitors a watchlist of author names and emails whenever a new book is published.

How do you rate this book? Thoughts on scoring books.

Did you know.. More English-language novel titles were published in 2010 than during the entire Victorian era (1837-1901)?

GroupsMedieval Europe, Travel and Exploration literature

Favorite authorsIvo Andrić, Lawrence Anthony, Boethius, Rich Cohen, William Dalrymple, Alphonse Daudet, Charles Dickens, David Grann, Brendan I. Koerner, Pierre Loti, Joseph Mitchell, Hampton Sides, Robert Louis Stevenson, Émile Zola (Shared favorites)

Homepagehttp://bachlab.balbach.net/stephen.html

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

Real nameStephen Balbach

Account typepublic, lifetime

URLs /profile/Stbalbach (profile)
/catalog/Stbalbach (library)

Member sinceSep 14, 2005