I love my local library waaaaaaaay more than any human should. And it's not just because my friend Bob is the new big cheese at the library, although that's part of it. I love my local library because it's huge, it's well lit, it has books, magazines, CD's, DVD's, graphic novels, and because it's within walking distance of my house. But the reason I am loving my local library today is because they had a massive used book sale there today.
They had a deal where you pay $20 bucks and you could get all the books you could pack in a box. When we found that out we went wild. Sparky got a bunch of novels and a few non fiction books as well and I got these books:
A Foot in the Grave has some really cool and creepy illustrations in it. Zhou Enlai has great shots of vintage Communists in it. Puppet Making spoke to me and it said, "Touch the puppet head." I look forward to reading the slim novel about how Napoleon cheated death.
I really made a score when I picked up those two USDA books about our nation's food supply, one is from 1966 and the other is from 1969. They both are packed with great vintage photos of farms, animals, people, and food from that era. I got a book about by a guy who directed exploitation movies in the '50's, '60's and '70's, a book about the history of wine, and a book of essay's on food.
Speaking of food, I found four, count them four, cookbooks that are filled with pictures of bad food. I can wait to share them with you on my blogs and on Flickr.Thanks Johnson City Public Library!
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Wow, I've seen that cookbook with vegetable terrine somewhere before, though I'm trying to forget. The San Francisco Public Library does the sale thing too, after someone rightfully complained when they stumbled upon a Dumpster full of perfectly serviceable books.
I'm so jealous. My library system stopped doing these sales...don't know why. I've also got my eye on the puppet making book. Hours of fun?
I'm very much a library girl. And lately I've been impressed that no matter how obscure the book or CD I'm looking for, they always have it. On a rainy day, it's great to go to the branch with big comfy chairs and read, read, read all the fun magazines.
I love our library, too. We spent the afternoon there using their wireless and then left with a handful of cds and several Midsomer Murder dvds for late night viewing. Like you, I love the Friends of the Library sales and look forward to each one.
Which reminds me, I have to send that something to you.....
Thankyouthankyouthankyou for the vote of enthusiasm for libraries. I work in one moiself.
A librarian friend of mine once told me that if the general public knew about all the good stuff in libraries, they wouldn't be able to handle the load.
Now, imagine how much better it gets if you're actually MARRIED to one of the vixens who work there!?
Yes, we love the library.
Can't wait to see the pics of bad food you upload. I always get a kick out of those!
I used to buy non fiction books at sales then sell the on Amazon. I was pretty good at picking winners.
Hey, thank you for the shout out to JCPL and to libraries in general. Glad you found some treasures at the sale; I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures of bad food too...
Yeeaaahhh, libraries are the bomb! Courtesy of BPL, I've got two new documentaries to watch: "Surfwise" and "Man on Wire." And if I can pull myself out of laziness I'll post some reviews, too.
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