Monday, February 14, 2005

More Book Evilness

I suppose that working for a bookstore has always been my dream job. In addition to the employee discount and other promotions, I get an early crack at the free books and consignment/bargain titles as well.

For a bookaholic like me, it's quite a challenge, especially since you can figure that the store gets a good chunk of the salary it pays me back in sales. So, whenever I find superb bargains, I like to torment my friends with EVIL BOOKS. (Muhahahaha!) This means bad news for one person.

A) A Swedish anarchist so badly mugged by reality that he now argues in FAVOR of globalization. {In Defense of Global Capitalism -- by Johan Norberg}

B) The Last American (Mountain) Man, who has come to disdain hippies and vegans in favor of plastic buckets, walk-in closets and capitalistic self-promotion. {The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert}

C) The untold stories of the Naval B-24 and Marine B-25 pilots of the Pacific WWII Theater. {Above an Angry Sea: United States B-24 Liberator and PB4Y-2 Privateer Operations in the Pacific (October 1944 to August 1945)} & Leatherneck Bombers Marine Corps B-25/PBJ Mitchell Squadrons by Alan C. Carey.}

D) Everything you wanted to know about the footnote and its history! {The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes by Chuck Zerby}

(insert more evil laughter here, I'm catching my breath)

1 comment:

Ernest said...

Great, Billy!

Yes, when I saw Zerby's book, I immediately thought that you'd love it.

I almost didn't throw in Stiles's book, but now I'm glad I did.

Just throw on the baseball audiobook, or maybe not...it's a beautiful thing to listen to and read.

Happy reading!