Books Gotten Since Mid-December
I've gotten a lot of books in the past month — some as direct gifts, a couple bought outright, a few picked up via www.paperbackswap.com and the majority chosen using a gift certificate from Mom. Here they are, in no particular order. Many many thanks!
Southern Comfort
(by Nin Andrews), Strange Movie Full of Death
(by Scott Wannberg), The Illustrated Dream Dictionary
(by Russell Grant), Michael Jackson: The Man in the Mirror 1958-2009 (by Tim Hill), Collected Poems (by Edna St. Vincent Millay), Magical Thinking: True Stories (by Augusten Burroughs), Hoax by Robert K. Tanenbaum, Green Witchcraft by Ann Moura, Pushkin by Henri Troyat, Eudora Welty: A Biography by Suzanne Marrs, The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, Herodotus' The Histories, Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, The Facts: A Novelist''s Autobiography by Philip Roth, The Clinton Wars by Sidney Blumenthal, Bill Clinton: An American Journey by Nigel Hamilton, The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher, The Passionate Eye: the collected writing of Suzanne Vega, The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, Selected Poems 1946-1985 by James Merrill, Selected Poems by Robert Lowell, Kahlil Gibran: His Life and World by Jean Gibran and Kahlil Gibran, Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World by Donald R. Howard, Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto, Secret Life of a Deranged Poet by Vladimir Swirynsky, Something Happened by Joseph Heller, Good As Gold by Joseph Heller, The Best American Poetry 1997 (ed. by James Tate and David Lehman), The Best American Poetry 1998 (ed. by John Hollander and David Lehman), The Best American Poetry 1999 (ed. by Robert Bly and David Lehman), The Best of the Best American Poetry: 1988-1997 (ed. by Harold Bloom and David Lehman), The Best American Poetry 2009 (ed. by David Wagoner and David Lehman), What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics by Adrienne Rich, and The Red Book by C.G. Jung. I may find a few more in the other room, if I go look.
Obviously, a lot to be excited about! Thanks again! And I'll see you in 2011 — when I've finished devouring them.
Southern Comfort
(by Nin Andrews), Strange Movie Full of Death(by Scott Wannberg), The Illustrated Dream Dictionary(by Russell Grant), Michael Jackson: The Man in the Mirror 1958-2009 (by Tim Hill), Collected Poems (by Edna St. Vincent Millay), Magical Thinking: True Stories (by Augusten Burroughs), Hoax by Robert K. Tanenbaum, Green Witchcraft by Ann Moura, Pushkin by Henri Troyat, Eudora Welty: A Biography by Suzanne Marrs, The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, Herodotus' The Histories, Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, The Facts: A Novelist''s Autobiography by Philip Roth, The Clinton Wars by Sidney Blumenthal, Bill Clinton: An American Journey by Nigel Hamilton, The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher, The Passionate Eye: the collected writing of Suzanne Vega, The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, Selected Poems 1946-1985 by James Merrill, Selected Poems by Robert Lowell, Kahlil Gibran: His Life and World by Jean Gibran and Kahlil Gibran, Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World by Donald R. Howard, Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto, Secret Life of a Deranged Poet by Vladimir Swirynsky, Something Happened by Joseph Heller, Good As Gold by Joseph Heller, The Best American Poetry 1997 (ed. by James Tate and David Lehman), The Best American Poetry 1998 (ed. by John Hollander and David Lehman), The Best American Poetry 1999 (ed. by Robert Bly and David Lehman), The Best of the Best American Poetry: 1988-1997 (ed. by Harold Bloom and David Lehman), The Best American Poetry 2009 (ed. by David Wagoner and David Lehman), What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics by Adrienne Rich, and The Red Book by C.G. Jung. I may find a few more in the other room, if I go look.Obviously, a lot to be excited about! Thanks again! And I'll see you in 2011 — when I've finished devouring them.
Sigh. Left a comment and it didn't come through. Too lazy to try again this morning. Anyways, I just got four technical books that are going to turn me into hamburger.
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That happens every once in a while with my site - generally when GoDaddy is "upgrading" the blog software. Quite frustrating....
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Hey, thanks for turning me on to paperbackswap. Their printable postage feature looks pretty convenient. You may wanna check out bookmooch, too (http://bookmooch.com/).
I've gotta pile of paperbacks to liquidate. Guess the problem with using those services is that I'll still end up with a pile, though! :-O
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You're welcome! And thanks to you as well -- I didn't know bookmooch existed.
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Thrilled you found so many books. I just love the Book Nook. Enjoy.
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I had a hard time choosing. Love you, Mama!
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astounding and outstanding.
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I feel very fortunate - tickled pink, even.
Now I just have to find the time to actually read.
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OMG! You got The Red Book by C.G. Jung! I am soooo jealous. I couldn't even afford it wholesale!
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OMG! was my reaction, too.
An amazing gift....
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I got another book in the mail yesterday: Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein - 700+ pages of all her best work.
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Another I recently got and failed to list (because it was in the other room when I was going through the stack) is Haiku Humor: Wit and Folly in Japanese Poems and Prints - a very cool book.
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The Haiku humor one sounds interesting.. is it an illustrated book? It sounds like it.
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Yes! Beautifully illustrated...
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