Books in search of a good home
I'm cleaning out books. I'll have more to add, or, well, more likely I'll just make a second post, but I wanted to get started now before things got out of hand. I am happy to mail any of this anywhere for people I know.
Also, if anyone wants a duck brush? It's from Germany? The duck's stomach is the brush, and you can pull it out of the body by the head? It's ...odd. But, it was a gift, so I don't want to just toss it.
Anyway, books...
Not sorted in any way. With comments.
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, by Elizabeth David - food writing
A Taste for Red, by Lewis Harris - YA Novel, didn't read it, have no idea if it's any good
Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, by Henry Adams - First published in 1904. Casually antisemitic. Interesting commentary on the Catholic Church, the cult of Mary, and the construction of cathedrals, but I am deeply conflicted about passing it on to anyone.
In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan - food writing
Spiritual Atheism, by Steve Antinoff - Actually, this book isn't very good, but I like the term "spiritual atheism" and use it to describe myself. Mostly he just reuses the same quotes over and over again. It's like a bad research paper.
Frankenstein, by Dean Koontz - Also not very good. Unless you like Koontz I guess? His name on the cover is nearly as prominent as the book title.
The 100 Best Poems of All Time, according to Leslie Pockell - Poetry. Yup.
Mammals, a Golden Nature Guide - Old. From 1955.
Paris, Art & Architecture, by H. F. Ullmann - Small coffee table book, mostly pictures.
How to Cook a Wolf, by MFK Fisher - food writing
Reading the Fire, by Jarold Ramsey - "Essays in the Traditional Indian Literatures of the Far West"
Tonoharu, by Lars Martinson - Parts one and two. A comic about teaching English in Japan. I liked part one, and did not care for part two.
The Physiology of Taste, by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, translated and annotated by MFK Fisher - Further annotated by me in red ink everywhere I got annoyed by the text. First published in 1826. Translated in 1949.
The Myths of the Opossum, by Alfredo Lopez Austin, translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano and Thelma Ortiz de Montellano - "Pathways of Mesoamerican Mythology", I never actually read this. It was too academic for my tastes.
Vegetables, a Biography, by Evelyn Bloch-Dano, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan - food writing, quite fascinating
Spindle's End, by Robin McKinley
Also, if anyone wants a duck brush? It's from Germany? The duck's stomach is the brush, and you can pull it out of the body by the head? It's ...odd. But, it was a gift, so I don't want to just toss it.
Anyway, books...
Not sorted in any way. With comments.
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, by Elizabeth David - food writing
A Taste for Red, by Lewis Harris - YA Novel, didn't read it, have no idea if it's any good
Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, by Henry Adams - First published in 1904. Casually antisemitic. Interesting commentary on the Catholic Church, the cult of Mary, and the construction of cathedrals, but I am deeply conflicted about passing it on to anyone.
In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan - food writing
Spiritual Atheism, by Steve Antinoff - Actually, this book isn't very good, but I like the term "spiritual atheism" and use it to describe myself. Mostly he just reuses the same quotes over and over again. It's like a bad research paper.
Frankenstein, by Dean Koontz - Also not very good. Unless you like Koontz I guess? His name on the cover is nearly as prominent as the book title.
The 100 Best Poems of All Time, according to Leslie Pockell - Poetry. Yup.
Mammals, a Golden Nature Guide - Old. From 1955.
Paris, Art & Architecture, by H. F. Ullmann - Small coffee table book, mostly pictures.
How to Cook a Wolf, by MFK Fisher - food writing
Reading the Fire, by Jarold Ramsey - "Essays in the Traditional Indian Literatures of the Far West"
Tonoharu, by Lars Martinson - Parts one and two. A comic about teaching English in Japan. I liked part one, and did not care for part two.
The Physiology of Taste, by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, translated and annotated by MFK Fisher - Further annotated by me in red ink everywhere I got annoyed by the text. First published in 1826. Translated in 1949.
The Myths of the Opossum, by Alfredo Lopez Austin, translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano and Thelma Ortiz de Montellano - "Pathways of Mesoamerican Mythology", I never actually read this. It was too academic for my tastes.
Vegetables, a Biography, by Evelyn Bloch-Dano, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan - food writing, quite fascinating
Spindle's End, by Robin McKinley