Book extravagance
May. 15th, 2004 12:18 pmR. and D. went to feed the ducks at Alton Baker Park and to visit the nursery, and I went to the library to return some books and pick up two that Jeff had recommended. I came back with the following:
In a bit, I'm going to post about something truly remarkable that happened last night. But now I hear that R. and D. have returned, so I'm going to go give D. the two books I bought him at the Montessori book sale.
- Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
- Beyond the Edge of the Sea: Sailing with Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses, the Vikings, and Other Explorers of the Ancient World
- Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn From Myths
- Reinhold Niebuhr: A Biography
- The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses
- Jhereg, by Steven Brust
- God Stalk, by P.C. Hodgell
- Mollie Peer, by Van Reid (oops, should have read this before Daniel Plainway!
In a bit, I'm going to post about something truly remarkable that happened last night. But now I hear that R. and D. have returned, so I'm going to go give D. the two books I bought him at the Montessori book sale.