Always be first to know about the latest donations coming into the shop! Every time we get a box of something special, we'll blog it right here. That way you won't end up coming in right after the books you wanted got sold. We look forward to seeing you often and making your book shopping much easier!



Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Cookbooks for cooks or anybody else!

We are overflowing with cookbooks!
Come one, come all,
We will give you the greatest of great discounts.....
(Please come. Please?)

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Janette Oke

Hey, we are finally back to normal print, not too large, and not too small!

14 TPBs, priced from $1.50 to $2. They are also in a box under the new fiction table.

*****And to whoever donated all these wonderful books, we very much thank you!*****

Tiny print: Bodie Thoene

5 TPBs written by Bodie Thoene, all around 400 pages, except for the one that is more than 500.  These are all part of the Zion Covenant series (We have numbers 1 through 6 here, with the exception of #3)  Look for these under the new fiction table. They are priced at $3, except for an older one that is $2.

If you buy these, be sure to have either young eyes or bifocals. (Young eyes would be best.)

Large Print #4: Janette Oke

3 HC (each $3),  and 2 TPB( each at $2)
Look for them in the same box as the other large print books in the fiction room. (Yes, I know the TPB should not be with the HC, but hey, if I kept them separate they would be lonely, and we wouldn't want that would we!)

Large Print #3: Lori Wick

Large Print HC, only two this time around, each $3. Look for them in the same box as the prior blog.

Large Print #2: Richard Paul Evans

7 HBs by Richard Paul Evans, in large print, $1.50-3.00.
They should be in the large print section, but there is no room at that inn, so look for them in a box on the floor of the fiction section.

Large Print #1: Romances

Large print PBs, 21 in total, all  "Love Inspired, Heartwarming Inspirational Romances".
Look for them in a box under the new fiction table.

More Boats- models and real

The World of Model Ships and Boats, by Guy Williams (Oversize HC, 1971, ex-lib., $1.50)

Pictorial History of American Ships: On the High Seas and Inland Waters,  by John Durant (Oversize HC, 1953, $3)

AND THE MOST SPECIAL:

Details of Classic Boat Constuction: The Hull, by Larry Pardey (Oversize HC,  1991, $12, which is 1/3 the internet price.)
"Larry Pardy is accepted as one of the master craftsmen of the wooden boat building world. He and his wife Lin have built their own boats and sailed literally around the world in them. Their boats are works of art that sail superbly and are strong and beautiful. In this impressive guide, Pardy discusses how and why he first became interested in boat building. He then explains the process of constructing a boat..." Probably the only thing he can't tell us is how  Jethro Gibbs, the head of NCIS,  gets his boats out of his basement.

The first two books are in the transportation section, on the floor next to home maintenance. The latter book is on the new non-fiction table.

Nicholas Sparks Books

     Have you ever wondered what books by Nicholas Sparks were about and why they're so popular. We have a nice collection of his books in hardcover , including : " The Notebook " and " Nights In Rodanthe " ; both of which were made into movies . Come in and see what other titles we have by this author . Happy reading !

Look for these books, each priced at $3, in the fiction room.

Gordon Parks **SOLD**

 Moments Without Proper Names, by Gordon Parks (Oversized HC, 1975, $4)

"I will go on as before
Steeled against those enemies
       yet unborn
Who would come one day
To water down my blood
Into some wintry fluid.
I know their scent and
Recognize their whispering
In the distant fog.
I will keep watch."

And keep watch he does. Gordon Parks was a photo journalist, a movie director (Shaft), a writer (The Learning Tree), and a composer. He wrote the poem "In Memoriam", the last lines of which are quoted above. The photos and the poems of this book are sometimes disturbing and sometimes beautiful. It's the disturbing ones that I will remember most. Now I too, in a small way, will have to keep watch.

It's a tough call as to where to place this book. If I put it in the African American section, then a lot of people would probably not see it, but this book should be seen, so I will put it in the photography section.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Slavery now, not then.

Slave: My True Story, by Mende Nazer (HC, 2003, $3)

Mende Nazer had a happy childhood in Nubia. Then Arab raiders attacked her town, killed the adults, and took her and the other children to Sudan. "Her Arab owners called her 'yebit,' or 'black slave.' She was subjected to appalling physical, sexual and mental abuse. She slept in a shed and ate the family leftovers like a dog." She was12.

Seven years later she was sold to another "master", a high ranking diplomat in London. How she managed to escape and eventually be granted political asylum in Britain is a story not to be forgotten. Even less to be forgotten is that she is one lucky one among the thousands who who were not.

Look for this book on the new non-fiction table. Avail. 8/31.

Brave Americans

Pierre Toussaint: A Citizen of Old New York, by Arthur Sheehan (HC, 1955, $2)
He was born a slave in Haiti in the late 1700s, but moved with his master to NYC. He learned to style the intricate women's hairstyles of the time and became very wealthy. Meanwhile his master died, and his master's wife, Marie Berard, became poor. Toussaint, who was offered his freedom, chose to stay a slave for 20 years to look after the Berard household! He was freed at the death of Berard. By then he was happily married and even more wealthy, both in money and respect. He gave away money and counseling, to white and black, rich and poor. In 1996, for his charity and his piety, he was declared "venerable" by the Pope, the second stage toward being proclaimed a saint. (Did you know who he was? I didn't).

Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas after Reconstruction (The first major migration to the North of ex-slaves), by Nell Painter (TPB, 1976, $2)
Slavery ended and blacks were free, but only to become tenant farmers, still poor, and still vulnerable to violence. "And so, in the spring of 1879, they fled by the thousands- to the one sure promised land they knew: the Kansas of John Brown." This was the first migration of blacks, a rural-to-rural one. (The next one in the 1900s would be much larger and from the country to the cities.) Their lives would eventually improve, somewhat.

Composition in Black and White: the Life of Philippa Schuyler, by Kathryn Talalay (TPB, 1995, $2.50)
She was the daughter of a controversial black journalist of the Harlem Renaissance and a blond, blue-eyed Texas heiress. They had great hopes for her.  Schuyler was a prodigy. She was crawling at four weeks and playing Mozart by four years. In the 1930s both Time and Look magazines featured her. She was a role model not only for other aspiring musicians, but to most blacks. Yet as she got older she felt lost, neither black nor white, so she vanished, in part to play concerts in Europe, in part to a different identity where she passed as a South American. In her 30s she started her second career, that of a journalist in Vietnam, where she found she could pass as Asian and go where others couldn't. She was finally becoming "whole" when she died in a helicopter crash at age 35.

Find these inspiring books on the new non-fiction table. Avail. 8/31.

Panning for Gold

Gold is now at an all time high, so maybe we should all go prospecting. These books tell us how.

Looking for Gold: A Modern Prospectors Guide, by Bradford Angier (TPB, 1980, $2)
I LOVE this book. Did you know there is gold in Virginia? (It's only low quality stuff.) Included here are state maps marked where gold can be found. This book tells you how to pan for gold, or how to build the contraptions you need to find it. The government, in some cases, will even pay you to prospect for gold! If you do find gold, the book tells you specifically where to go to have it identified. (The book suggests you put a return address on your package.) Anyone who is an American citizen, or who has "declared his interest of becoming a citizen", can prospect for gold in the US. You need a deed to your claim. Then you need a prospecting kit, which should include a metal match (?), a second pair of glasses, two sheets of plastic to catch rain water with, at least one (newly redesigned) snakebite kit, a super soap called Trak, manicure scissors, wild garlic (so that you can wipe your sweat on your body as an insect repellent), water purification tablets (being sure to shake your container an additional min. for every extra 1000 feet in altitude), emergency kits (obtainable from Chuck Wagon Foods), a Walle-hawk (which is a modern day tomahawk), a little zippered "ditty" bag (obtainable from LL Bean), dental floss, and last but never to be forgotten,  a gold/silver weight conversion table. There are even recipes on how to cook bread. Of course there is actually a lot of info. here that would be useful. I only listed the parts I think the most important. Anyone looking to make some extra money, this is the book for you! After all it's only $2, and 30 years out of date.

The Gold Mines of California: Two Guidebooks (HC, 1974 reprint, $3) ***SOLD***
Fayette Robinson's 1849 Guide- the more optimistic of the pair, which "contains advice that would surely lead the would-be miner to an early grave". There is a lot of discussion on two topics, how and where to build a railroad across Panama or Nicaragua, and how soon DC will ok a mint in San Fransisco so that the gold will be able to stay in the US, and not be shipped abroad.
Franklin Street's 1950 Guide- the later and more practical of the two, with descriptions of route options, climate, rivers and towns of the area, possible diseases, and a VERY detailed table of distances for each route. If you hire yourself out, wages for common workers are around $5 a day, while experienced miners make $10 a day. I find it very interesting that Street also describes alternate types of businesses in case you want to be part of the excitement but don't want to work the mines. Such alternates include farming (miners, of course, can't spend valuable time growing things to eat), tavern keeping, mercantile and trading operations, lawyering, doctoring, and gambling. (Gambling? Well yes, but Franklin doesn't add one of the trades that women worked at, both willingly, and in order to feed themselves and their children). Also mentioned are those who are "mechanical operators", or those people who make stuff, like cabinets, chairs, tin pans, horseshoes, saddles, jewelry, hats, lumber and, oh yes, food.

Well, enough of that. I sure love all the pertinent information I learn by blogging!
Look for these books on the table of new non-fiction. Come and enjoy! Avail. 8/31.

Tall Ships and Yachts!

First the yachts:

An L. Francis Herreshoff Reader, by L. Francis A. Herreshoff (HC, 1978, $8, which is 1/3 the internet price)

Herreshoff is legendary for his yacht designs. He is also known for his nautical articles.   His book, Writings, is reprinted here, but so are articles never published in his other books. He writes on marine art, on the history of yachting, of old sea tales, and so much more.

Then the Tall Ships:

The Romance of Tall Ships, by Jonathan Eastland (Oversize HC, 1990, $2.50) -- SOLD --
Tall ships-their history, their rigging, their decorations, and what the newest ships look like now. Read it here. Also included is a 4 page glossary for those of us who do not sail. (I knew what aloft was, but not aback, abaft, or abeam.)

The Tall Ships: A Sailing Celebration, by Hyla M. Clark (Oversize HC, 1976, $2)
Operation Sail, July 4th, 1976:
16 Tall Ships, 50 medium sized tall ships, as well as more than 100 smaller sailing vessels, classic yachts and other historic craft- they all came to New York City's Hudson River to join in America's Birthday Party. (And for more than 4 months it all was kept a secret from the public!)

These books are on the new non-fiction table.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita: Visions From the Heartland, by Howard Inglish (Oversized HC, 1993, $3.50)

 400 color photos, and I all I have to say is "Wow!"
Find it on the new non-fiction table

Friday, August 26, 2011

The Mapping of North America -- SOLD

The Mapping of North America: Three centuries of map-making 1500- 1860, by John Goss (oversized HC, 1990, $4.50, which is 1/3 the Internet price.)

Beautiful book, beautiful maps, some of which are works of art as well as science.

Look for this book in the Americana section.

White House Stuff, funny and sad:

Presidential Doodles: Two Centuries of Scribbles, Scratches, Squiggles, and Scrawls From the Oval Office, by David Greenberg (TPB, 2006, $2) -- SOLD --

Best Little Stories from the White House, by C. Brian Kelly (TPB, 1999, $2.50) -- SOLD --

The Watergate Quiz Book, by W. S. Moorhead ( TPB, 1983, $1.25)

Look for this gem on the new non-fiction table.

Southern History

SOLD-
Confederate Women, by Bell Irvin Wiley (HC, 1994, $2)

Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South- 1865 to 1913, by Gaines M. Foster (HC, 1987, $3)
Foster believes that "southerners realistically accepted defeat and rapidly embraced both reunion and a New South. The South's celebration of the Civil War... rather than reviving sectionalism and creating a special social identity, fostered sectional reconciliation and supported an emerging social order." This is not necessarily my opinion, but I haven't read the book.


**SOLD**
Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture, by Charles Joyner (TPB, 1999, $2.50)
Shared Traditions "reveals the essence of southern culture in the complex and dynamic interactions of descendants of  Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans."

And my "most interesting" award goes to:  ***SOLD***
Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans, by James Gill (TPB, 1998, $2.50)
The majority of people living in New Orleans are black, but Carnival, though started in the French and Spanish days, was established in the Civil War era by a white male elite. For translation of "white male elite" read non- women, black, Jewish, Italian, or even the descendants of Republicans of the Reconstruction era. Learn here how some people have tried to desegregate Mardi Gras, and whether they have been successful or not. What is not discussed here, as the book was written in 1998, is what form Mardi Gras has taken post-2005 (Katrina).

Look for these books on the new non-fiction table. Avail. 8/30.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Drug Smuggling

Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade, by Robert Sabbag (HC, 1976,  $2.50)
Starting in 1974, Sabbag spent two years following Zachary Swan from NYC, to Colombia, and then to his capture and trial for selling cocaine. Some of what Sabbag was told was myth. Some was true. He had to figure out which was which. Sabbag offers his thanks to the people that helped him with his reporting, those that talked to him, and the many others "who helped him stay alive and out of jail when occasionally taking the assignment to the edge." This author has heaps more guts than I do.

**SOLD**
Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, by Jerry Kamstra (PB, 1975, $0.50)
"California dope smuggler Jerry Kamstra [got] $5,000 to set up a photographic expedition to secret marijuana fields in Mexico's mountainous state of Guerrero." He eventually gets caught at the Mexican border with 200 kilos of weed. Oops.
Included here is The Smuggler's Scrapbook, 32 pages of photos, by Eugene Anthony. "For the first time a step by step photojournal of scoring weed in the Mexican highlands."

**SOLD**
Killing Pablo: the Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw, by Mark Bowden (TPB, 2002, $1.50)
Pablo Escobar was the head of Colombia's cocaine cartel in 1993. US and Colombian officials hunted him. 16 months and hundreds of millions of dollars later he was found and killed, which ended his drug cartel, but not the drug trade.

Crime does not pay, except when it does. Read these books and enjoy them as an adventure, or read them and weep. I hope it is the latter. For myself, I have never forgotten the pain drugs caused, when in 1971 my friend's boyfriend became heavily addicted to heroin.

 Look for these books on the new non-fiction table. Avail. 8/30.

Poetry

One Hundred and One Famous Poems, With a Prose Supplement, an anthology compiled by Roy J. Cook (HC, 1958, $6.50, which is 1/3 the Internet price)
Beautifully bound in leather.

Eras and Modes in English Poetry, by Josephine Miles (TPB, 1964, $2)

---SOLD----
Lyric Poetry of the Italian Renaissance, collecting by L. R. Lind (TPB, 1964, $2)


A Casebook on Shakespeare's Sonnets, edited by Gerald Willen ( TPB, 1964, $2.25)

Judging Poetry, Some Judge of Authors, names, not works and then Nor praise nor blame the writing, but the men, by Norman Nathan (TPB, 1961, $1.50)
Now that is a strange title!

Look for these books on the floor by the poetry section.

Home Energy Savings

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, by Jennifer Thorne Amann (TPB, 2007, $2)

**SOLD***
Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy Smart, Save Energy, Cut Costs, by Paul Scheckel (TPB, 2005, $2.50)

Residential Energy, Cost Savings and Comfort For Existing Buildings, by John Krigger (oversize TPB, 2009, includes  CD)

SOLD-
Taunton's Build Like a Pro: Insulate and Weatherize, Bruce Harley (oversize TPB, 2002, $2)

Look for these books in the home improvement section.

Having to do with Education

Just in:
Books on educational psychology,
                 teaching and values,
                 and classroom management.
These are books  from 1959 all the way up till 1982, with the majority being from the late 60s.

The one I thought the most unusual:

When Teachers Face Themselves, by Arthur T. Jersild (TPB, 1959, $1.50)
This is Jersild's study of "the relationship between self-understanding and education. His discussion centers on the teacher whose 'undertstanding and acceptance of himself  is the most important requirement in any effort he makes to help students to know themselves and to gain healthy attitudes of self-acceptance.' " I don't know why it surprises me that teachers would have to know themselves in order to teach well, but it did.

Look for them in the education section, under the medical section.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Former Yugoslovia

The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia, by Tim Judah (TPB, 1997, $2.50)
Judah lived and reported from Belgrade during the years 1991-1995. He wrote this book to fill the gap between the accusations against Serbians as ethnic killers,  and the story of what they had experienced, from their side.

***SOLD***
Kosova, Kosavo: Prelude To War 1966-1999, by Mary Motes (HC, 1998, Autographed , $12, which is 1/3 the internet price.)
Motes has loved Kosovo for thirty years. Part of the time she was teaching. All of the time she was learning to know the people, some who became close friends, and some she would meet only once. The inscription above her autograph reads, "Michelle, I meet Martin in part III, but you are not allowed to skip!" Read and ponder her book, and don't skip!

A more general book:
The Balkans In Our Time, revised edition, by Robert Lee Wolff (TPB, 1978, $2.50)
Wolff's book "analyzes the history and politics of Yugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Albania from 4th century up to the period following World War II." This revised edition includes his update on Communism in the Balkans from 1955 to 1973.

Look for these books on the new non-fiction table. Avail. 8/26.

About the Towels, We Forgive You. *-SOLD-

About the Towels, We Forgive You: Absorbing Tales of Borrowed Towels, forward by Peter Greenberg (HC, 2004, $2)

Holiday Inn hotels "lose" more than 560,000 towels a year. "Last year, Holiday Inn realized there was a distinct and important difference between cost and worth, so it turned a negative into an unprecedented positive. After years of benign denial, Holiday Inn decided to celebrate the missing towels and 'Towel Amnesty' was declared (on August 28, 2003). Guests, both current and past, were openly encouraged to share their individual towel stories. No one could have anticipated the overwhelming reponse from across America and the world. Thousands wrote in sharing funny, poignant stories of how they took the towels, what they did with them, and where the towels are today."

Along the way we learn the story of how a father traveling with his brood of five decided to build some hotels that were clean, safe, comfortable and affordable to families. (Back in 1951 few hotels were.) Sometimes with this book you have to wade through hyperboles, but the stories are  funny, touching and far more memorable than I had thought possible. It is amazing how many people still have their towels decades later. I loved this book, not just because of the stories included, but also because it released a flood of memories of nights spent with my family at Holiday Inns as a child. Read this book, smile, and remember. Look for it on the new non-fiction table. Avail. 8/25, just in time for the 8th anniversary of Towel Amnesty Day!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The Asian section

We just sorted through and organized the following sections:

Russia
Africa
Middle East
India
Asia
Pacific

There is a lot of stuff here that is new. Come check us out!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Books on Japan

The Japanese Way of Politics, by Gerald L. Curtis (TPB, 1988, $1)

Japanese Politics Today: Beyond Karaoke Democracy?, edited by Purnendra Jain (TPB, 1997, $1)
The 1990s were supposed to be the start of a new Japan. With Emperor Hirohito dead in 1989, the horrors of WWII could be left behind. Instead Japanese politics slid into chaos, and its economy into recession.

Japan's Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity, edited by Michael Weiner (TPB, 1997, has underlining, $1)
"The contributors to this volume show how an overarching discourse of homogeneity has been deployed to exclude the historical experience of minority groups in Japan. The chapters provide clear historical introductions to particular groups and place their experiences in the context of contemporary Japanese society."

Women, Media and Consumption in Japan, edited by Lise Skov (TPB, 1995, $2.50)
"Written by anthropologists, sociologists and literary scholars who draw on and analyse Japanese marketing materials, the essays in this book cover visual and print media for middle-aged women, housewives, and single women in their 20s, as well as the vast market for those in their teens."

Unmapped Territories: New Women's Fiction From Japan, edited by Yukiko Tanaka (TPB, 1991, $2)


Early Modern Japan, by Conrad Totman (TPB, 1993, $3)
The era of early modern Japan starts in 1568 when Japan was reunited, and ends in 1868 when the Tokugawa  Shogun order disintegrated, and foreign powers took control. The first half of those 300 years were ones of growth. Rural land produced more and more food. The population doubled. Cities expanded, and culture bloomed. Then in the last 150 years life turned hard. Crop failures, too many people, and no more land to turn into farm land led to years of hunger and unrest. Add to that the arrival of Russian and American war ships, and the era of the Shogun was over.

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII, by Iris Chang (TPB, 1997, $2)
"In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured and murdered... The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers, that of the Chinese, and that of a group of Westerners who refused to abandon the city and created a safety zone which saved almost 300,000 Chinese." I am always amazed at the parts of history of which I am ignorant.  Reading this book helps you understand part of anger and distrust in the present day between China and Japan.

The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan, by Ivan Morris (TPB, 1994, originally published in 1964, $2.50)
Not an easy read, but an interesting one. The Tale of Genji, a novel written by a court lady, Marasake Shikibu, is one of the world's greatest literary masterpieces, as well as one of the longest. Virginia Woolf was one of its first admirers when it was translation into English in 1925. Here was a novel written in the early eleventh century, by a great woman writer, about a world few westerners knew anything about. The World of the Shining Prince is a study of Genji, and of its author, and of other sources from the time.

Japan culture was an insular one. When Victorians made contact, they found these people strange indeed, with their culture, their many wives, and their many mistresses. Genji was the West's first introduction to actual Japaneses culture and history.

At this time in Japan only men were allowed to learn and write in Chinese. This left only women to write literature in Japanese. Women of this period held many rights of property and freedom, but only if there was a powerful male around to back them. Strangely, parts of Japanese culture were matriarchal, while others were patriarchal. Ironically, most of the literature of the time that survived was that which had been written by women.

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Look for these books in the Japanese section.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Cats- fictional, fantastical, true, humorous, and even poetical (by T.S. Eliot)

We have lots of books about cats:
the Lillian Jackson Braun mysteries, as well as many more.

The cutest is 41 Uses For a Cat, by Harriet Ziefert (HC, $2.50)
(It may even be autographed by the artist, Todd McKie. What do you think? I can't tell for sure.)
The Braun's are in the mystery section. The rest are under the new fiction table.

1968- 1975 computer books

Systems Programming, Discrete Stochastic Systems, Data Structure, 360 Programing, if any of this makes sense to you, come check these out. They are next to the higher math books of the blog below.

And what is a discrete stochastic system? I must admit my curiosity is gathering in intensity. I feel a call to my brilliant college roommate coming on. Of course then the problem will becan I even understand the explanations she gives me? Oh well, the only true failure is the failure to try.

SOLD- Higher Mathematics

Just arrived, books on higher math:

Calculus, algebra, thermodynamics, applied differential equations, engineering design graphics, and
Introduction to Bayesian Inference and Decision -SOLD-

If some of these are not in the higher math section, too bad. I only got up to algebra II. And what is Bayesian Inference????

Criminology

Just arrived,
many criminology books, most from around 2002. Most are textbook like, but all look interesting. 
Look for them in a box in the back room on the floor next to the sociology section.

A classic detective story by E. C. Bentley

Trent's Last Case, by E. C. Bentley (PB, originally published in 1930, $1)

"One of the best detective stories ever written"- Agatha Christie
When Bentley wrote this mystery, detective stories had become dull, vulgar  and poorly written, with their heroes always correct in their deductions. Bentley, according to legend, wrote this book on a wager, to write a story where the detective is human, and not always right. The murder victim, as well, is memorable, really memorable.

This piece of literary history can be found in the mystery section.

Egypt, Secrets and Mysteries...

First, a book to be found in the New Age section: 
The Secret History of Ancient Egypt, by Herbie Brennan, author of the Atlantis Enigma (PB, $1.50)

Then the mysteries, all having to do with ancient Egypt, and to be found in the mystery section:
Lynda S. Robinson- 3 PBs ($1- 1.50)
Lauren Haney's A Vile Justice (PB, $1.50)
Lynda S. Robinson's Slayer of Gods (TPB, $1.50)

Garfield

7 Garfield books:

2 "books"- #28, #32 (each at $1)
2 "fat cat 3-packs"- #5, #6 (each at $1.50)
**SOLD*** 3 "Treasuries"-  #4, #8, #9 ($2.50 each)

All can be found  in the humor section. The Treasuries are in color, the others not.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

Sunnydale High Yearbook (HC, by Christopher Golden, $2.50)
Sunnydale High '99, "The Future Is Ours!" (Includes 32 pages of full color photos.)

7 PB, priced from $0.75- 1.50, including-
Sins of the Father, "The past revisits both the Slayer and her Watcher..."
Sons of Entropy, "The final battle has begun..."
The Harvest, "School's out... Evil's in."

I liked that "School's out" part, but I  am of the wrong age to understand most of this. On the other hand, I can remember  back to watching the original Star Trek, even if it was never in color. My folks were too poor for a color set, and those colored plastic sheets you put over the TV screen just looked stupid. For those of you who don't remember black and white TV, or when having 3 channels, never mind the interference, was pure ecstasy, then these may be the books for you, or for your children. Or maybe you just like to look at the pictures in the yearbook. Who is this "Angel", and how can he look that good? (I may be older, but I am not blind or dead.) (Yet.)

Look for these books in the sci. fi. section, in a box with the previously mentioned books. Buffy should really be shelved with the rest of the vampire books, but I thought it best for all if she didn't mix with the them.

Science Fiction: Brooks and Waugh

Someone who likes sci. fi. and fantasy just gave us some books to share with you:
 Slvia Waugh's Mennyms series- 3 PB for $1 each
 Terry Brook's Shannara series, 3 PB for $1.50 each

Plus various others. Look for them in the sci. fi. section.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Fire Fighting

The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives, by Steve Delsohn (PB, 1996, $0.50)

Against the Fires of Hell: The Environmental Disaster of the Gulf War, by T. M. Hawley (HC, 1992, $2.50)
"Oil in the Gulf" in 1992 meant oil in the Persian Gulf.  We all saw the pictures of Kuwait's burning oil fields. We all rejoiced when the fires were put out, but the story did not end there. Read here about the ongoing battle with the residuals of burning crude oil: in the Persian Gulf, on the beaches, in the air, in the lakes and in the desert sands. Foreigners could always go home, but not  the natives,  the humans, plants and animals, who have to live with the ongoing pollution. This book was written in 1992, which leaves the question of how life goes on for them now. I also realize how wonderful it was that Hussein did not set fire to his own wells in the second Gulf War. Even so...

Fire, by Sebastian Junger (HC, 2001, $3)
From the author of "The Perfect Storm":
"What is this fascination that roots fire fighters in their tracks while 300-foot flames twist out of a stand of spruce? Why do journalists... crawl up to front lines even though there's almost no information of any journalistic value there?" Included here are essays on fire fighting in the steep canyons of Idaho, on "the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone, to the logic of guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan and the forensics of genocide in Kosovo." This book is not for the faint of heart.

Fire! The Drama...The Riggs... the Gear... the Rescues... the Heroism, by Joy Masoff (oversize HC, 1998, for young adults, $1)
This is written for young adults, but I too found it educational, and I 'm a long way away from being young.

Look for these books on the new non-fiction table. Avail. 8/19.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Early American Decorations

Interested in early American decorations?
No matter if you are a beginner, or a professional crafts person,
No matter if you like to look at, or you actually decorate things,
Like trays, chests, tables, chairs, screens, tinware, walls, early vehicles (?), or pianos (?)
Using country painting, freehand bronzing, stencilling, floating color, gold leaf, theorem painting, or reverse ornamentation,
These are the books for you!   

American Antique Decoration, by Ellen S. Sabine (oversize HC, 1956, $1.75)

Furniture Decoration Made Easy: Restoring and Decorating Old and New Furniture, by Charles Hallett (oversize HC, 1952, $2.50)

Early American Decorating Patterns: 26 Designs for Trays, Chests, Tables, Chairs, Screens, Tinware, by Peg Hall (oversize HC, 1951, $3)

Early American Decoration, by Esther Stevens Brazer (oversize HC, 1950, $3.50, which is 1/3 the Internet price)

The Decorator Digest: Chapters in the History of Early American Decoration and Its European Background Selected from the "Decorator", edited by Natalie Allen Ramsy (HC, 1965, $2)

A Guide to Decoration in the Early American Manner, by Nadine Cox Wilson (HC, 1965, $1)    SOLD

The Art of Tray Painting: Decorating Trays and Accessories, by Maria D. Murray (HC, 1954,  autographed, $2.50)

Look for these books in either the antique or the home arts sections.

Williamsburg Reproductions

Williamsburg Reproductions, the Finest Reproductions of Eighteenth-Century Furnishings (oversize HC, 1989, $6, which is 1/3 the internet price.)

"Since 1936 the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has offered an extensive line of reproductions, adaptations, and interpretations of seventeenth-, eighteenth- and early nineteenth century antiques from its collections. The selection of products has continued to grow until today we are able to offer you our latest catalog that features over 3,000 items. This completely new catalog has been significantly enhanced by the contributions of our curators and educators whose essays and explanatory text describe the stylistic and cultural circumstances in which the original antiques were created."

I tried to find out if the Foundation still sold reproductions, but if they do it is not on the internet, so probably they don't. How sad. Still, we have this book, with all its pictures and descriptions. They are divided into sections according to time periods, so you can learn a lot about the various styles by viewing the pictures of furniture, wallcoverings, etc.

Look for this book in the antique section.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Roman and Greek Classics

We have just received a bunch of Greek and Roman classics, as well as some Latin primers.
Specifically, we have three volumes of the Loeb Classical Library, written by Cicero, with the works in Latin on the left side, and English on the right.
     Brutus and Orator, HC, $1
    De Oratore, Books I and II
    De Oratore, Book III, and De Fato Paradoxa Stoicorum Partitiones Oratoriae
    

Talking about poetry...

Discussions on poetry:

The Making of a Poem, by Stephen Spender
The Romantic Imagination, by C. M. Bowra
Archetypal Patterns in Poetry: Psychological Studies of Imagination, by Maud Bodkin
The Fortunes of Epic Poetry: A Study in English and American Criticism 1750-1950, by Donald M. Foerster
Chaucer: Poet of Mirth and Morality, by Helen Storm Corsa
Symbol and Myth In Ancient Poetry, by Herbert Musurillo

Look for these books in the literary criticism.

For Mystery Lovers

"Murder Ink: Revived, Revised, Still Unrepentant, Perpetrated by Dilys Winn" (TPB, 1984, $3)
"The Edgar-winning mystery reader's companion and the coziest way to contemplate murder since the invention of the armchair." Not only are there more than 50 articles here, but also all kinds of lists, quizzes, and facts, like: what makes a trench coat a trench coat,  what to do to not be the next victim, what position the body is most often found in, and many, many more facts of all kinds. Have fun my friends!

The Mystery Lover's Companion, by Art Bourgeau (HC, 1986, $2)
"Over 2,500 mysteries, detective stories, and suspense thrills described and rated for aficionados." It's dated, but cool.

The Wimsey Family: A Fragmentary History Compiled from Correspondence with Dorothy L. Sayers, by C. W. Scott-Giles, (TPB, 1979, $1.50)
"Behind every great man, there stands an equally great family and Lord Peter Wimsey's family is no exception... The Wimsey Family is a marvelous excursion into the days of yore which uncovers the age-old mystery- whencesoever did Lord Peter spring and how the devil did he get so clever?" An age-old mystery? More like someone's obsession with Sayers' Wimseys, which makes the idea of this book clever, but strange.

Look for the first two books in with mystery collections, and the Lord Peter book in with the Sayers. Avail. 8/17.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Tom Clancy Companion


The Tom Clancy Companion, edited by Martin H. Greenberg ( TPB, 1992, $3)

We have lots of Tom Clancy books, both hardcover and PB.

This book is different. Included here are a discussion on the "birth of the techno-thriller", an unpublished  interview with Clancy, 12 essays by him, and best of all, a concordance of over 200 pages! You can buy it for $3, or buy a bunch of Clancy fiction with it  and we will sell it to you for even less. Look for this on the new fiction table. Avail. on 8/17.

Christopher Robin and Pooh find a dead body! **SOLD**

Well, not exactly-

The Red House Mystery, by A. A. Milne (TPB, 1998 edition of a 1922 book, $1.50)

Milne started out as a humorist writing for the magazine Punch. His first three books of humor were very popular, and his publisher wanted more, but Milne wrote a mystery instead. His publisher was appalled, but readers loved it. Milne was even invited to become a charter member of the Detection Club, along with Christie and Sayers. Now his publisher wanted more mysteries, but Milne wanted to write a book of nursery rhymes. His agent was horrified, but Milne wrote the children's book anyway. From such beginnings came Christopher Robin, but Milne never did write another mystery. Read this book and figure out who in the mystery reminds you of Christopher Robin, and who sort of reminds you of Pooh, just a little more grown up. Oh, and this is a friendly murder mystery. Blood is only mentioned once. You can find this in the mystery section. Come and enjoy a classic. I found it a hoot! It will be avail. 8/17.

Native Peoples of Australia and New Zealand

Aboriginal Australians, by Richard Boom (TPB, 1994, $2)
"In the creation of a new society there are always winners and losers... This book tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of those who were dispossessed... It reveals what white Australia lost through unremitting colonial invasion and tells the story of Aboriginal survival through resistance and accommodation... to a more central place in modern Australia"

Prehistory of Australia, by John Mulvaney and Johan Kamminga (HC, 1999, $3)
"The authors take both chronological and regional approaches to describe 40,000 years of Australian Aboriginal cultures, languages, and practices... The authors also address such contemporary issues as Aboriginal control over archaeological fieldwork and the repatriation of human remains." How did the earliest humans get to Australia? What does the rock art mean? Why did most of the large marsupials become extinct, or massively shrink in size? What did the coming of stone tools and the dingo have to do with the cultural changes of the same time period. And what about Tasmania? This is a sweet book, very easy to read, and filled with both answers and questions to ponder.

Healing Our History: The Challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi, by Robert Consedine (TPB, 2005, $2)
In 1840 Maori chiefs were invited to meet with missionaries and representatives of the British Crown. The Maori signed a treaty that gave Britain the right to govern the Maori land, with the British promising to protect the Maori and "extend to them the same right and duties of citizenship as the people of England". Well, guess how things really turned out. When the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1975, most Maori expected little change. Indeed nothing happened until 1985 when the Maori had gathered political power. Suddenly treaty issues were being discussed, issues such as sovereignty, power sharing, and their rights for land, fish, waterways, radio spectrums, flora and fauna, petroleum, foreshore and seabed. This book is written to educate white New Zealanders on the history of the indigenous people, of how White Privilege" has affected both whites and indigenous,  and how the pain and betrayals of the past can be healed, so that  New Zealanders can find their way to new personal and national identities. We can all learn much from this book.

Look for these books in the Australian section. (Avail. on 8/17)

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Hackers: good or bad?

Hackers, by Paul A. Taylor (TPB, 1999, $2)
"Taylor looks at the perennial battle between the computer underground and the security industry. He talks to people operating on both sides of the law... about the practicalities, objectives and wider implications of what they do."

The Hacker Ethic: A Radical Approach to the Philosophy of Business, by Pekka Himanen (TPB, 2001, $2)
"You may be a hacker and not even know it... It is a fundamentally new work ethic that is revolutionizing the way business is being done around the world... Now there is a greater need than ever for entrepreneurial versatility of the sort that has made hackers the most important innovators of out day."

I thought all hacking was bad. Am I the only one confused here?

Look for these on the new non-fiction table.

Geology's Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Annals of the Former World, by John Mc Phee (HC, 1999, 696 pages, $4)     SOLD
"Twenty years ago, when John Mc Phee began his journeys back and forth across the US, he planned to describe a cross-section of North America at about the 40th parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science, but of the style of the geologists he traveled with."

Look for this book in the earth science section.

Intelligence and Counter Intelligence **SOLD**

Intelligence/ Counter Intelligence: "Operation Trade Craft", by Dr. C. T. White (TPB, 2005, $1.50)  **SOLD**
"CAUTION IS ADVISED: In many countries the information contained in this course is still classified and subjected to stringent security controls. Possession of the material abroad is at the user's own risk." Is that a hook to get us to buy his book, or what? His book has an ISB number, so it must be safe to buy. Or is it?

SOLD-
The US Intelligence Community, fourth edition, by Jeffrey T. Richelson (TPB, 1999, 524 pages, $3)
"This book provides a detailed overview of America's vast intelligence empire- its organizations, its operations (from spies on the ground, to satellites thousands of miles in space), and its management structure."

Look for these books on the new non-fiction table.

Sports- Baseball, Japanese Baseball, Basketball and Vince Lombardi

More baseball-
The Baseball Encyclopedia: The Complete and Official Record of  Major League Baseball, the eighth edition, published by Macmillan Publishing, edited by Rick Wolff (HC, 1990, 2781 pages, $7.50)
The book's binding is weak, but hey, wouldn't you be after 2781 pages and 21 years?

You Gotta Have Wa, by Robert Whiting (TPB, 1990, $2)
"Wa is a Japanese term meaning unity and team spirit. Every person playing baseball in Japan must have it. If Americans play baseball, the Japanese work it. Injured pitchers are urged to 'pitch through the pain.' Playing without rigorous pregame practice is unthinkable. Tie scores are encouraged: that way, nobody loses face. And the Japanese members of teams... don't miss games for anything- including deaths in the family or the births of their own children."
Americans and Japanese both play baseball, but there the similarity ends.  I had no idea. Did you?

The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia, second edition, edited by Alex Sachare (HC, 1994, 842 pages, $2, as the back cover goes it's own way.)

When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by Divid Maraniss (winning author of the Pulitzer Prize) (HC, 1999, $3.50)
"This son of New York did not achieve fame until he took a job in remote Green Bay, Wisconsin. Before that, he had toiled anonymously for twenty years, first as a high school coach in NJ, then as an assistant at Fordham, at West Point..., and finally with the NY Giants. He was already 46 when he was finally hired to coach the hapless Packers in 1959, leading them in the most storied period in NFL history, winning five world championships in nine seasons. Is he to be admired because of the discipline, obedience, and teamwork he taught his players, or did his obsession with winning make him a failed hero?

Both encyclopedias are in the sport's section. The Wa and Lonbardi books are on the  new non-fiction table.

The 60's **SOLD**

From cartoon satire,

MAD About the Sixties: the Best of the Decade, by " The Usual Gang of Idiots"  -- SOLD
Look for it in the humor section.

To the actual thing,


**SOLD**
The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s, edited by Robert Cohen (TPB, 2002, 618 pages, $3.50)
This collection of scholarly articles and personal memoirs tell the story.
"Beginning in 1969, the Berkeley campus of the U. of C. chose to revamp the traditional graduation exercises. The reason for the change attested to the continuing impact of student activism unleashed by the FSM of 1964. The director of public ceremonies, a faculty member, summed up the problem in a memo to the chancellor: "Before this year, the campus accepted our choice of  'representative' student speakers. From now on, we are in trouble."
"In the 1960s, first on the Berkeley campus and then nationally and internationally, students tested the limits of permissible dissent, challenged the conventional wisdom in unprecedented ways, and insisted on participating as active agents in the shaping of history."
Look for it on the new non-fiction table. (Available 8/16)

Music: Opera, Jazz, Rock, and even "Martini Music"!

First the high brow, then all the rest-

Believing in Opera, Tom Sutcliffe, (TPB, 1998, $2.50)
What do you think of the new production and design of opera staging? Apparently there is a controversy going on.

The Roaring Silence: John Cage, A Life,  by David Revill (TPB, 1992, $2.50)
"John Cage has been described as the most important composer of our time. His work and ideas have influenced not only the world of music, but also dance, painting, printmaking, video art and poetry."

So that's who he is. I had seen him speak at the U. of R. and didn't know who he was, but everyone else looked at him in awe so I knew he must be someone special. Read about him here.

 Gramophone's Jazz, Good CD Guide, edited by Keith Shadwick (TPB, 1995, $1) (**SOLD**)

The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, the third edition (TPB, 2001, 1114 pages, $1. It is a bit beat up at the very  beginning and end of the book, but otherwise is fine.)

The Da Capo Book of American Singing Groups: A History 1940-1990, by Jay Warner (TPB, 1992, 541 pages, $3)
"The story of more than 350 classic acts from the Ink Spots and the Modernaires of the 1940s to En Vogue and beyond, with extensive dicographies and rare photos." (OK, I'll admit my ignorance. What is a dicography? Does anyone know?)  (PS, spell check didn't recognize it either.)
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The Unmaking of Elvis Presley: Careless Love, by Peter Guralnick (HC, 1999, 766 pages, $4)
Careless Love is Guralnick's second of  his two volume biography on Elvis. "Beginning with Presley's army service in Germany in 1958 and ending with his death in Memphis in 1977, Careless Love chronicles the unraveling of the dream that once shone so brightly, homing in on the complex playing-out of Elvis' relationship with his Machiavellian manager, Colonel Tom Parker."

And finally, last, AND also least, but only in my own opinion of course,

Lounge: The Essential Album Guide to Martini Music, edited by Steve Knopper (TPB, 1998, 590 pages, $3, including the CD)

Newly added-
Holes in Our Soul: the Loss of Beauty and Meaning in American Popular Music, by Marth Bayles ( TPB, 1996, $2.50)
"Defending the vigor of jazz, blues, country, gospel, and early rock'n'  roll, Bayles argues that recent styles like grunge, punk, and gansta rap have succumbed to a mindless cult of shock and sonic abuse." Well, maybe, but all that earlier music must have seemed like "a mindless cult of shock and sonic abuse" when they first burst from the womb.         SOLD

American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire, by John A . Jackson (TPB, 1997, $2.50)
"Few realized that behind Clark's unostentatious, "aw shucks" mask there lurked a cunning business impresario and tough negotiator." "I don't make culture, I sell it, " Dick Clark once said.

Mozart, the Golden Years: 1781-1791, by H.C. Robbins Landon (HC, 1989, $3.25)
There was his controversial creative side . There were his personal side, his marriage, and his financial debts. Landon presents the case that Mozart had a manic depressive disorder, which would explain both his creative genius, and his personal demons.

You can find these in the music section.

Latin American Politics

Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America, by Maria Victoria Murillo (TPB, 2001, $1, has some underlining)

Weavers of Revolution: The Yarur Workers and Chile's Road to Socialism, by Peter Winn (TPB, 1986, $2, with small amount of underlining)
In the 1970's Chilean textile workers seized and socialized the mill where they worked.  Weavers is told, both through the perspective of Chile's laborers and managers, but also  "from an Allende who tried to hold back his own revolution."

Find them in the Latin American section.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Proust's Remembrance of Things Past

Three TPB volumes, containing all seven parts of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, written from 1913- 1927. This is more than 3000 pages of Proust's "continuous novel"! (I  could never even finish the first part, Swann's Way, but maybe you will do better. From those who made it "all the way", I hear the effort is worth it. So good luck to some brave soul out there!)
Look for these books in the Classics section.  $6 for the set of 3.

Mr. Spock sings! **SOLD**

The Touch of Leonard Nimoy and
The New World of Leonard Nimoy

I was amazed when we got in two records of Leonard Nimoy singing. His "Proud Mary" has just got to be heard to be believed. The quality of his singing may be in dispute, but the uniqueness of the result makes listening to these records a memorable occasion. Buy them here, scratches and all, for only $1 each. (I guarantee you, even the most knowing music lovers will not be able to name him after listening to him sing. Eric, even you failed!)

Look for them in the back room with the rest of our records. (Avail. 8/13)

Baseball, anyone?

A History of Early Baseball: Playing for Keeps, 1857-1876, by Warren Goldstein (HC, 1989, $4)
Early baseball was filled with tensions- manly men vs. boys playing a children's game, the elite's self-control vs. the excitement and rowdiness of working class players, and playing for fun vs. playing as professionals in an organized sport. Then there were those strange rules: few balls, no strikes, and 21 "aces" (runs) needed to win a game. "The batter was out if a fielder caught the batted ball on the first bounce. Fielders wore no gloves... The pitcher... delivered the ball underhand... Twenty or thirty runs per side were the norm." Read about it here. (available 8/13)

Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, by Jane Leavy (HC, 2002, $5, first edition)
I vaguely remember the commotion in 1965 when a pitcher refused to pitch the first game of the World's Series because it was Yom Kippur. Most people who know baseball know a lot more about Sandy Koufax than that. He was a great pitcher. For five consecutive years he led the National League in earned run average. Even in his last year, "with a crippled, arthritic arm, he still won 27 games, and completed as many. And he never missed a start. Then abruptly, he was gone." Still, what made him different from anyone else was his refusal to live off his fame. It took the author 4 months even to contact him, and then Koufax said he had no interest in the project. People who knew him, wouldn't talk about him without his permission. Many who knew him respected him so much that they chose not to intrude on his privacy without being invited. He was no recluse, because when a friend needed him, he was there. Koufax just believed that private things should be private. This is a book about baseball, the 60's, and a special person named Koufax. I am impressed, and little impresses me these days. (avail. 8/13)



Ballparks: Major League Stadiums Past and Present, by Robert von Goeben (HC, 2004, $3) **SOLD**
Here are the ball fields of the early 1900's (in the cities, with brick facades, grass fields and manual scoreboards), to the modern era (think AstroTurf in the burbs), to the revival era (with grounds-keeping technology and space-age retractable roofs, but also with REAL grass, and located... wait for it... back in the cities)!

Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks, Past and Present, Featuring Every Major League Park, Stadiums from the Past, and Famous Minor and Negro league Parks, by Josh Leventhal (oversized HC, 2000, $5)
"Hundreds of Full Color Photographs and Drawings Throughout. Details and Vital Statistics on Every Stadium. Hot Dogs, Mascots, Scoreboards and Much, Much More!"
All of that description comes from the book's cover. That's a lot of words. I have only one, "Wow". (Avail. 8/13)

Baseball, text by Roger Angell, photographs by Walter Iooss (oversized HC, 1984, $3)
Iooss was a Sports Illustrated photographer for almost 20 years. Poor man, he was often forced to also photograph those models for the swimsuit issues. This book includes 133 of his best work. Sorry, no swimsuits shown here!

Baseball in America,  edited by Karen Mullarkey (oversize HC, 1991, 223 pages, $4)
"Baseball in America is more than the story of a sport. It is a visual celebration of America's legendary national pastime, featuring the work of over 50 of the nation's foremost photojournalists. From dusty sandlots to floodlit urban ballparks, they featured the tremendous democracy of this game, the shared experience of young and old, rich and poor." I love this book, and I don't even like baseball!

Look for these wonders on the new non-fiction table.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Photographs of African-Americans

The Family of Black America, by Michael H. Cottman (oversized TPB, 1996, $1.50)
"Celebrate the legacy of the African-American family through photographs by the best black photographers- past and present. " Inspired by the Million Man March, this book pays "homage to our courageous forefathers", and   provides children with "positive- and genuine, portraits of African- American people."

Look for it in the African-American section.

Hand-weaving

The Shuttle-Craft Book of American Hand-Weaving, by Mary Meigs Atwater (HC, 1945, $5, which is 1/3 the internet price)
This book gives "a historical account of the origin, development, decline, and modern revival of the art." Filled with photos, diagrams and threading drafts, this book also classifies three hundred patterns for easy reference for use by both experts and beginners. Those of you who love to weave, or just to collect weaving, please come and check out this book in the craft section.

PS: We still have lots of books on quilting and needlecraft. 

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Cycling on the Erie Canal! **SOLD**

Looking for something to do before the snow comes? Try out this guide " to 400 miles of adventure and history along the Erie Canalway Trail. Great for walkers, boaters and auto travelers too!"

Cycling the Erie Canal, published by the Parks and Trails New York (spiral soft cover, the "Newly Revised" edition, but without any stated date.  $2)
Here are more than 33 full page maps, linked on the opposite page with "things to see and do", "trail and travel notes" and  "service areas" which means  banks, laundry, and post offices etc. These are not to be confused with "facilities", where  restrooms, parking, bike shops and  information can be found. Did you hear me mention restrooms? They are REALLY important things, restrooms.  Also included here are places to stay the night, whether in a bed or in a sleeping bag. For novice cyclists there are even pages on bike safety and etiquette. All for $2. What a steal. Look for this book in the local section.

Alias, CSI, and Halo

These are all paperbacks, to be found on top of the glass bookcase:

Alias- An Original Prequel Novel Based on the Hit TV Series Created by J. J. Abrams ( Each is $1 or less)
         - Close Quarters, by Emma Harrison
         - The Pursuit, by Lizzie Skurnick
         - Sister Spy, by Laura Peyton Roberts
         - Disappeared, by Lynn Mason
         - A Secret Life, by Laura Peyton Roberts
         - Recruited, by Lynn Mason

CSI- (Each is $1.50)
          - Double Dealer, by Max Allan Collins
          - Grave Matters, also by MAC

**SOLD**
Halo: the Official Novels of the Award-winning Xbox Game- a box of three for $3 total
           - The Fall of Reach, by Eric Nylund
           - The Flood, by William Dietz
           - First Strike, by Eric Nylund

10,000 Jokes, Toasts and Stories -- SOLD!

Edited by Lewis and Faye Copeland (HC, 1939, 1020 pages, $1)

Have you ever wondered what made people laugh while they waited for war to break out?  Or while they waited for war not to break out? Or for war to break out over there, where it did not matter? Whichever, these jokes are pretty good for being 70 years old, but watch out for the racist ones. Thank heavens some things have changed. At least a little. Look for this book in the reference section.

Gray's Anatomy, Grant's Anatomy, and Cunningham's Anatomy

Three anatomies-
Anatomy of the Human Body, by Henry Gray ( HC, 1961, the Centennial Edition, 1458 pages, $8, which is 1/3 the internet price)

An Atlas of Anatomy: By Regions, J. C. Boileau Grant (HC, 1956, number of pages unknown, $3, which is 1/3 the internet price) You can publish a book without any pages numbered? I guess so, because these people did. Luckily they did number the figures.

Cunningham's Text-Book of  Anatomy, edited by Arthur Robinson (HC, 1931, 1553 pages, $12, which is 1/3 the internet price)

I hope that is enough anatomy for you all!
Look for these oversized books in the reference section.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Poems by a "Fugitive from the Japanese troops"

The Hills Did Not Imprison Her, by Jennie Clare Adams, Medical Missionary to the Philippine Islands (SC,1961, 48 pages, $7, which is 1/3 the internet price)
"Poems written during the dangerous and weary months the author spent in a rustic, secluded valley as a fugitive from the Japanese troops operating on the Island of Panay, April 17, 1942  to December 20, 1943, the date of her martyrdom."

Look for it in the poetry section.

Space: Glorious Adventures and Tragic Disasters

America's Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security, by Jeffrey T. Richelson (TPB, 1999, $1.50- has brown  stains (coffee?) on the book's edge)
1970 was the year the Defense Support Program started. By detecting the infrared emissions of missile plumes from 22,000 miles above the earth, the satellites could give first warning of a Soviet attack. Richelson attributes the DSP as the reason the US- Soviet nuclear standoff stabilized. In addition, over the the years, the DSP has also been used to detect meteorites, monitor forest fires, and even gather industrial intelligence. The author "puts DSP operations in the contexty of world events."

Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places, by Michael Collins (small TPB, 1976, $1.50)
From his test pilot days to his voyages on the Apollo 11 moon mission, Collins tells an amazing tale.  He also speculates on the future of space exploration, from the point of view of 36 years ago. In light of the landing of the last US Shuttle mission, his hopes seem never to be fulfilled.

Challenger, A Major Malfunction: A True Story of Politics, Greed and the Wrong Stuff, by Malcolm McConnell (HC, 1987, $2)
When the Challenger exploded, McConnell decided to find out what went wrong. "What he found was a startling story of turf battles within NASA, of contractor duplicity and dissembling, and destructive interference by Congress, the military, and successive presidents."

Prescription For Disaster: From the Glory of Apollo to the Betrayal of the Shuttle, by Joseph J. Trento ( HC, 1987, $2.50)
"NASA was a brilliantly run civilian space agency that presided over the greatest... technological feat in history.... But during the Nixon years a series of political, not scientific, decisions meant that NASA began to lose the battle against military dominance."  Here is another view on the problems of the Space Program.

The Final Frontier: The Rise and Fall of the American Rocket State, by Dale Carter (TPB, 1988,$2)
Carter "gives an innovative, brilliant account of American culture and society during the Cold War", as well as "the key economic and technical role played by manned space exploration in post-war US capitalistic expansion." Space exploration, culture, economics and politics are linked to the feelings, thoughts, movies and bestsellers of the time.

A Man on the Moon: The Truimphant Story of the Apollo Space Program, by Andrew Chaikin (TPB, 1998, 670 pages, $2.50)
- with a foreword by Tom Hanks
- a basis for the HBO Miniseries Event, "From the Earth to the Moon"

"Based on interviews with twenty three moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving... Chaikin conveys every aspect of the missions..."

**and for trivia lovers**
The Space Program Quiz and Fact Book, by Timothy B. Benford ( HC, 1985, $2.50)
Lots of facts, appendixes, a glossary, 50 photos and an index. What more could you want? Mike Collins, the astronaut author above, writes, "This is a fun book, but it's also instructive. I learned a lot from it". If he could learn something from this book, then so can we.

Look for these books on the new non-fiction table.