The Big Green House

Friday, September 26, 2003

 

I never lived in my mother�s basement apartment

Last Sunday I went to the Seattle Public Library book sale. (Science Girl wasn�t feeling well & stayed home.)

They hold the sale in this huge building on the former Coast Guard base out on Sand Point Way, right by Magnussen Park. Tons of books, all in generally good condition, all for incredibly low prices. I�d had to miss the last couple of sales, so I was glad to be able to make this one. My score this time around: a three-volume History of the American People, from pre-history through the Kennedy assassination; a �concise compendium� of the Warren Report; The Devil�s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce; a biography of Adlai Stevenson; a book on wine tasting which is more technical than I originally thought, to the point where I�m going to have to get Science Girl to translate the scary scientific formulas for me; a collection of Sumerian myths; a Frugal Gourmet cookbook (Jeff Smith may or may not be a boy-disturber, but some of his recipes are pretty good); A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman; and Nothing like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 by Steven Ambrose. (Can you tell I like history?) Grand total: $6. Not bad, if I do say so myself.

And that�s after everything had been picked over on Saturday, and fighting the piggies blindly stuffing books into boxes Sunday. From the Friends of the Library press release: �This widely anticipated event is attended by families, the young and old, book-lovers, students, teachers, book store owners and bargain hunters, according to Joan Amatucci, chairwoman of the sale.� Not to mention the occasional man-child or spinster.


bmarkey 9/26/2003 08:25:00 PM