Staff
Recommendations:
Some of our favorites,
and the why we love them.
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Untapped John Ghazvinian Harcourt Paperback, $15.00 |
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Ghazvinian
blew a huge book advance to do what few writers have done--hitch-hike
through every major oil nation in Africa. Part travel-memoir, part
history, and part politics, this is the most thrilling book on the
world we don't know but should. Recommended by Alex. |
West with the Night Beryl Markham North Point Press Paperback, $15.00 |
This book is extremely
well written. It takes the reader to Africa in the first decades of the 20th century,
and to the imagination of one who loves words and the wild. It is a memoir of adventures;
the author tells of flying oxygen to a dying miner, of being "moderately eaten by a large lion"
as a child, of training horses as a teen, and of hunting wild boar with a spear,
alongside the tribesmen who taught her. She had quite a life, and she tells its
highlights here. Recommended by Daniel. |
Ordinary Princess M. M. Kaye Puffin Books Paperback, $5.99 |
Travel
to the kingdom of Phantasmorania and to the Forest of Faraway. Meet
kitchen maids and men-of-all-work, a squirrel named Mr. Pemberthy,
and a crow named Peter Aurelious. This is a wonderful tale about princesses
and princes, fairy godmothers and Lord High Chamberlains, and it will
bring smiles and chuckles to those who love children's stories. Recommended by Daniel. |
Wave Suzy Lee Chronicle Books Hardcover, $15.99 |
There
are no words in this story, but plenty is told. Watch the girl, the
waves, and the curious but shy seagulls, and their emotions will unfold
before you. Recommended by Daniel. |
100 Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda University of Texas Press Paperback, $16.95 |
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Some say real men don't wear pink; they are wrong. Real men write
and read amazing love poetry. Pablo Neruda touches upon love, politics,
nature, and the mundane with eloquence and grace. Recommended by Andre. |
The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars Geoff Stray Walker & Co. Hardcover, $12.00 |
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My friends assure me
it isn't just that I'm an archeology geek...
this book is indeed really, really cool. Look inside!. Recommended by Alex. |
