I just got back from my local library’s Annual Book Sale and wow, I got 24 books in almost new condition for $1.00 each (except for two hardcovers for $2.00 each). What a deal!
So these are the latest additions to my large personal library:
- The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
- The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005 by Barry Lopez (Introduction) and Philip Zaleski (Series Editor)
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
- Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America by Thomas J. Fleming
- Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham
- God In All Worlds: An Anthology of Contemporary Spiritual Writing by Lucinda Vardey
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- High Tide: The Truth About Our Climate Crisis by Mark Lynas
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker
- The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
- Naked by David Sedaris
- Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces
- Personal History by Katharine Graham
- Prodigal Summer: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
- Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
- The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology by Robert Wright
- The One Thing You Need to Know: … About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success by Marcus Buckingham
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) by Betty Smith
- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
That’s about $440.00 worth of books for just $26.00! Can’t beat that, even at the local used bookstore!
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Friends’ Recommendations « Adventures in Reading // April 20, 2008 at 12:59 am
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Books I Want to Purchase - Posted! « Adventures in Reading // May 8, 2008 at 8:13 pm
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