Another long weekend, this time with my old English-teaching colleagues. It’s nice to spend a few days with equally addicted book lovers and readers. My hostess and I make our annual pilgrimage to what I would probably say is my favorite book store: Baldwin’s Book Barn near West Chester, Pennsylvania.
I walked away with several treasures, including a second, but rare, printing of Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence. This purchase was a direct result of the book to which I was listening on my trip up: The Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters. Peters’ book is set during the season in Egypt when Tut was discovered. She gives some description of the political scene including the creation of Iraq. I wanted to learn more and Lawrence seemed like a good place to start despite the issues with his perspective.
What else is in my paper bag?
- The Maple Sugar Book signed by both Helen and Scott Nearing
- The Fetterman Massacre by Dee Brown
- Grania: She King of the Irish Seas by Morgan LLywelyn
- The Anglo-Saxon Chroniclesm translated and collated by Anne Salvage
- A Man and His Garden by George Thompson, a history of Longwood Gardens
By the way, if you’re looking for good audio books, the Elizabeth Peters’ mysteries are terrific with Barbara Rosenblatt as the narrator.
Now, we’re off to the movies…my hostess is kindly seeing Julie & Julia again so I can see it for the first time.
