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This test reflects the lesser known fact that I was a math/computers nerd in high-school and my early twenties (no more!). Nowadays I'm just a lit/history nerd.

This question made me laugh:

Can you physically obtain (i.e. not from the Internet), in less than 15 seconds...
...Homer's Iliad?
 

My  answer to this is,

Yes, in Greek.

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So I have acquired 5 brand-new bookcases to fill with books. Bliss! However, after I relocated 2 bookcases' worth of books to my office, I was left with... three empty shelves in my home library. This is bordering on sacrilege, so I'm constantly on the lookout for books to fill the emptiness. I just placed a 155$ two-volume set into my Amazon wishlist, but I do not have money, so I'm just going to check it from the library.

And what is it?

The secret history of the Mongols : a Mongolian epic chronicle of the thirteenth century, translated with a historical and philological commentary by Igor de Rachewiltz.

Excuse me while I drool.

ETA: this book is amazing. I need my own copy.