Real Grass, Real Heroes: Baseball's Historic 1941 Season, by Dom Di Maggio (HC, 1990, Autographed, $15, which is 1/3 the internet price)
Before 1946, there was no television, no integration, no teams moving to Canada, no million-dollar salaries, no player strikes, no doomed stadiums or artificiall grass.
During the war there wasn't even any professional baseball, as the players had become soldiers.
But in 1941, baseball glowed. This is it's story told by the great Di Maggio himself.
It is even autographed! Look for this book on the new non-fiction table, avail. 12/7.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
"US Islands" of Cuba and Puerto Rico (1899)
Our Islands and Their People as Seen With Camera and Pencil, only volume 1 (of 2), edited by William S. Bryan (Oversized HC, 1899, 384 pages, spine is loose, $20, which is 1/3 the internet price.)
"Embracing perfect photographic and descriptive representations of the people and the islands lately acquired from Spain, including Hawaii and the Philippines; also their material resources and productions, homes of the people, their customs and general appearance, with many hundred views of landscapes, rivers, valleys, hills and mountains, so complete as to practically transfer the islands and their people to the pictured page."
The problem here is that this is only volume one, which does NOT seem to have anything in it about either Hawaii or the Philippines. It DOES however, have 384 pages of photos and drawings of Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
It is hard to try to understand what it must have been like to wake up one morning after the end of the Spanish American War to find out that we now owned all these new places, most of which were unknown to the usual citizen. This book was meant to address that problem. I am only sorry we only have the first volume. Being able to see the photos Hawaii and the Philippines would have been nice.
Look for this book on the glass case in the front.
"Embracing perfect photographic and descriptive representations of the people and the islands lately acquired from Spain, including Hawaii and the Philippines; also their material resources and productions, homes of the people, their customs and general appearance, with many hundred views of landscapes, rivers, valleys, hills and mountains, so complete as to practically transfer the islands and their people to the pictured page."
The problem here is that this is only volume one, which does NOT seem to have anything in it about either Hawaii or the Philippines. It DOES however, have 384 pages of photos and drawings of Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
It is hard to try to understand what it must have been like to wake up one morning after the end of the Spanish American War to find out that we now owned all these new places, most of which were unknown to the usual citizen. This book was meant to address that problem. I am only sorry we only have the first volume. Being able to see the photos Hawaii and the Philippines would have been nice.
Look for this book on the glass case in the front.
Photos of the US (1900) **SOLD**
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, an Illustrated Tour with Descriptions, by John L. Stoddard, the noted Traveler and Lecturer (Oversized HC, 1900, $5, due to condition, which is 1/3 the internet price.)
There are no page numbers, but I would estimate about 150+ pages of photos. There are none of Rochester, but there is one on Niagara Falls. Besides the states, Cuba and Canada are also represented. Look for this book on top the glass case in the front of the store. For $5 this is a steal!
There are no page numbers, but I would estimate about 150+ pages of photos. There are none of Rochester, but there is one on Niagara Falls. Besides the states, Cuba and Canada are also represented. Look for this book on top the glass case in the front of the store. For $5 this is a steal!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Computers in the Schools (1985)
Coping with Computers in the Elementary and Middle Schools, by C. Alan Riedesel (TPB, 1985, $2)
From the dark ages of 1985:
Some of the chapter headings- "Why Computers in the elementary and middle schools?" "How can computers help in teaching specific subjects?" "What about programming?", and the one I found most interesting, "Are there dangers in the computer world?"
Look for it in the computer section.
From the dark ages of 1985:
Some of the chapter headings- "Why Computers in the elementary and middle schools?" "How can computers help in teaching specific subjects?" "What about programming?", and the one I found most interesting, "Are there dangers in the computer world?"
Look for it in the computer section.
Window Decorations
Encyclopedia of Window Fashions: 1000 decorating ideas for Windows, Bedding and Accessories, 4th edition, by Charles T. Randall (oversize TPB, 1997, $2)
"America's Favorite Window Decorating Book"
Wow.... Wow..... Wow..... (And that is all I have to say!)
Look for this in the home decoration section.
"America's Favorite Window Decorating Book"
Wow.... Wow..... Wow..... (And that is all I have to say!)
Look for this in the home decoration section.
C. S. Lewis
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life ( A remarkably frank and beguiling account of a conversion), by C. S. Lewis (TPB, 1955, $1.5)
Lewis writes, " This book is written partly in answer to requests that I would tell how I passed from Atheism to Christianity...
The story is, I fear, suffocatingly subjective; the kind of thing I have never written before and shall probably never write again...
For those of us who love the writings of C. S. Lewis, and wondered about the man who wrote them, this is the book to read. Look for this book in the Christianity section.
Lewis writes, " This book is written partly in answer to requests that I would tell how I passed from Atheism to Christianity...
The story is, I fear, suffocatingly subjective; the kind of thing I have never written before and shall probably never write again...
For those of us who love the writings of C. S. Lewis, and wondered about the man who wrote them, this is the book to read. Look for this book in the Christianity section.
Bibles
We just received a donation of religious books. Included, were a lot of Bibles of various types.
There is also a large print Bible, and 3 Spanish Bibles. (One of the Spanish Bibles: SOLD) Look for them in the back room, both in the section on the top shelf marked "Bibles", as well as on the floor in a box. (The large print and Spanish Bibles are on the shelf.)
There are also a few Bibles which are free, due to condition.
There is also a large print Bible, and 3 Spanish Bibles. (One of the Spanish Bibles: SOLD) Look for them in the back room, both in the section on the top shelf marked "Bibles", as well as on the floor in a box. (The large print and Spanish Bibles are on the shelf.)
There are also a few Bibles which are free, due to condition.
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