The Tudor Tailor ladies have another book coming up soon, and I am debating on pre-ordering it.
THE KING’S SERVANTS, Men’s dress at the accession of Henry VIII, by Caroline Johnson ( Read more... )

A copy on eBay with a really low Buy it NOW price. Cheaper than I paid for it years ago. Good luck.

Today was a good day. I woke up in a good mood, and Relle even let me snooze a bit longer as she didn't get up until nearly 9am! I had already been up to get Cam ready for school, but a little extra snoozing is nice.

( my day... )

Maurelle just read her first book to me. She is only 3 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 5 days old, according to my ticker. Yes, she had help. And I think she's actually memorized what I've said before as much as she "read" the words. But she looked at the words as she said them to me, and she was the one who wanted to read to me!

The book was Old, ( Read more... )

Anyone have or read the book "Cambridge History of Western Textiles"? If you have, what do you think of the book? Is it worth getting? Any interesting tidbits in it? Please share your thoughts.

Book censorship, or defiant teacher? Watch it and think.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/06/29/tuchman.in.banned.book.cnn

Would you want your kids to read this book?

For those looking to order a copy of the Compendium of Common Knowledge, the writer suggest pre-ordering it from Barnes & Noble, which will actually cost you less ( Read more... )

I just got a bonus book from an eBay seller! She sent the wrong book, and told me to just keep it ( Read more... )

Well, (*(&^(&^. Seems someone else grabbed that great deal of a book before I did, so I got a refund notice instead of the book.

Ah well, the hunt continues.

Finally, one of the older books that has been too expensive to buy used, is finally on its way to me at a more reasonable price. Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century by Jane Ashelford. At only $30.00! (compared to about $90 average ( Read more... )