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Ann
A bookseller at Eagle Harbor since April 1998, Ann is also one of its best customers. When not buying books, she is hunting for places to store them. She also spends quality time growing weeds and outwitting mice. She would like the world of telemarketers to know that she is not interested in aluminum siding.
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780743272407Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Touchstone, 09/01/2009
This book is a delight! The author is a third grade teacher who loves his work, and his funny, goofy students are the reason why. Teachers will love it—so will parents . . . so will anyone who’s ever been in the third grade. ~ Ann
$22.99
ISBN-13: 9781599951485Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Center Street, 09/01/2009
And if that weren’t enough, Done returns with even more grin-inducing anecdotes of his students that will warm your heart and leave you shaking your head (and raising your hand whenever you want to speak up). ~ Ann
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (Paperback)
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780060855024Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harper Perennial, 05/01/2006
In the late 1990s Peter Hessler, a teacher and Peace Corps volunteer, was sent to Fuling, China, a small city on the Yangtze River. Among the most surprising and fascinating aspects of this account of his two-year stay are his interactions with the students and their adherence to the party line, and his dealings with the ever-curious and often suspicious townspeople. I highly recommend this book to anyone with China on their itinerary. ~ Ann
The Story about Ping (Paperback)
$5.99
ISBN-13: 9780140502411Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Puffin, 08/01/1977
Here’s the classic tale of Ping, the duck of the Yangtze. This story has been a childhood favorite since it was first published in the mid-1930s. But the tale of the young duck who wanted to avoid punishment for being late never grows old. Ages 4-8. ~ Ann
The River at the Center of the World, Revised: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time (Paperback)
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780312423377Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Picador, 04/01/2004
Simon Winchester's journey from the mouth of the Yangtze to its headwaters in the foothills of Tibet is a trip across China and through time. He evokes a panorama of history, everything from the Rape of Nanking to Mao's legendary swim across the river at Wuhan. He also beautifully describes the course of this amazing river, one of the world's longest and most important. Winchester's prose is eminently informative and lyrical; all in all, this is an extremely satisfying read. ~ Ann
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780767902526Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Broadway, 05/01/1999
Forget, for the time being at least, about improving yourself, your relationships, and your sagging abdominal muscles. Relax. Bill Bryson hikes the Appalachian Trail for you. As a result, you won't have to move a muscle to be treated to magnificent scenery, exhausting days of climbing, a fascinating history of this environmentally fragile trail, and, best of all, explosions of laughter that will have you doubled up and falling out of your chair.
$45.00
ISBN-13: 9780375400810Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Pantheon, 11/01/2000
An anthology of song lyrics covers the period between 1900 and 1975 and includes the work of Irving Berlin, Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Cole Porter, and Stephen Sondheim.
Remember the good old songs
Remember the good old songs
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780767919364Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Broadway, 10/01/2006
Bryson at his delightful, absolute best as he revisits his childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, making the reader alternately think, "Thank heavens I wasn't his parent," and "What fun that must have been."
Q's Legacy (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780140089363Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 08/01/1986
This book is not new, but that doesn't matter: it's ageless. Basically, it's the story of how the author first came to write the book 84 Charing Cross Road, and when it became an amazing success, what happened next. Hanff tells of fan letters including one that asked, "Would you consider marrying a fifteen-year-old boy with terminal acne?" She takes us along on a trip to London to watch Ann Jackson tape a television production of the book. And she recounts the wonder of seeing her book transformed into a triumphant play. Written with humor, honesty and humility, Q's Legacy can easily be read over and over and over again. ~ Ann.
The Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780385336956Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback, 08/01/2004
Callanan's first novel is a mystery and a story of love and adventure. Set in Alaska both in the present and in the latter days of World War II, its main character is Louis Belk, now a priest, but once a soldier assigned to search out and defuse top-secret Japanese balloon bombs designed to drift across the Pacific. The juxtaposition of those fragile but deadly weapons and Belk's interaction with Lily, a Yup'ik Eskimo woman, and Gurley, his merciless superior officer, is both frightening and haunting. In fact, it took days before I could start another book. ~ Ann
Tepper Isn't Going Out (Paperback)
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780375758515Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 01/01/2003
There are no dysfunctional families in this novel. Murray Tepper isn't searching for his inner self and he isn't the product of a miserable childhood. He's simply a New Yorker who likes to park his car, usually in a coveted spot, so he can sit in it and read the paper. This annoys some, and for Frank Ducavelli, New York's somewhat irrational mayor also known as Il Duce, it's a prime example of what he calls "the forces of disorder," and he won't have it. This is Calvin Trillin at his satirical best...a wonderful summer read. ~ Ann
American Fuji (Hardcover)
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780399146916Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Putnam Adult, 03/01/2001
This book is a mystery, as a grieving American father agonizes over how and why his son, a student in a small Japanese university, was killed. It's a hesitant romance, as he seeks help from an American woman who, once a professor at the university, was fired and is now forced to make a living selling fantasy funerals to wealthy Japanese clients. And it's a beautifully detailed account of life in Japan, life for an American in Japan, and why the twain have so much trouble meeting. ~ Ann
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780812969658Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 11/01/2002
This volume by one of my favorite British humor writers contains two stories: One is the utterly whimsical tale about a couple whose entire household is stolen; and the other, an example of extreme forbearance, is the author's account of a crotchety old woman who lived in her van in his driveway for more than fifteen years.
Dandelion Wine (Hardcover)
$18.99
ISBN-13: 9780380977260Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: William Morrow, 02/01/1999
In an age when literary recollections of childhood too often are painful and disturbing, it's a quiet delight to reread Bradbury's Dandelion Wine, the tale of a boy's twelfth summer in Green Town, Illinois, in 1928. His lyric prose of a time when every morning was brand new and summers were endless make this classic an all time favorite.
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780881507232Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Countryman Press, 10/01/2006
For those who have tired of three, four, and five nights of the same leftover tuna casserole, here are meals meant only for two: Spinach & Dill Frittata that's fresh and not condemned to a week of reheating, Asian Salisbury Steaks that won't turn to stone before they're completely consumed, and Creamy Fish Chowder that isn't meant for a small nation. It's the light at the end of single diner's culinary tunnel.
Farewell Summer (Hardcover)
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780061131547Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: William Morrow, 10/01/2006
In 1947 Bradbury explored the magic of a 12-year-old boy's summer in one of my all-time favorite novels, the haunting Dandelion Wine. Fifty years later, he visits Doug Spaulding once again. This time, however, in a summer that refuses to end, Doug and his friends must let the season go. This time, as fall approaches, they need to move on and accept the passage of time. But they resist, fighting against the waning days, fighting the inevitability of eventual manhood and subsequent old age. It's a valiant struggle, a struggle one sees through many eyes, and Bradbury, as usual, recounts it with nostalgia and exquisite clarity.
The People on Privilege Hill and Other Stories (Paperback)
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781933372563Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Europa Editions, 08/01/2008
This is a delightful collection of short stories by the award-winning British author of Queen of the Tambourine. Her themes are varied: a young boy from Scotland, down in London for a medical school interview, must stay with aloof and distant relatives during the Blitz; a group of aging women revisit their younger personalities as they attend a school reunion; a somewhat neglected housewife ventures into an illicit liaison and manages to break her foot in the process. All are told with insight, precision, and an abundance of British wit.
The Complete Talking Heads (Paperback)
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780312423087Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Picador, 05/01/2003
While we're in the mood for British humor, it's only appropriate that we reprise the work of Bennett, one of England's most exquisitely playful authors. For a delicate combination of humor and pathos there are these, monologues, which he wrote for such actresses as Maggie Smith and Julie Waters.
When the Elephants Dance (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780142002889Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 06/01/2003
Set in the final days of World War II, when the Japanese and Americans are battling for possession of the Philippines, this novel tells the story of a group of neighbors hiding in a deserted basement on the outskirts of Manila. They have suffered greatly during the long war and still don't know if they will survive or be caught and shot. So to pass the time and to momentarily forget their probable fate they tell each other stories based on Filipino myth and legend. It's a sometimes magical, sometimes brutal, always fascinating novel. ~ Ann ... And a customer just wrote us to add, "What a wonderful book! I'm reading it right now. It seems to always make me late to where I'm headed next because I can't put it down."
Personal History (Paperback)
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780375701047Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Vintage, 02/01/1998
Personal History by Katharine Graham.
The late Katharine Graham is best known to the general public as the publisher of the Washington Post during the crises of Watergate and the Pentagon Papers. Her "personal history" is far more complicated and amazing. Though she was brought up in a world of wealth and responsibility, and though her husband was dynamic and talented, she always considered herself not quite "up to the task." The task or tasks, however, including her husband's suicide, kept presenting themselves, and somehow she managed to cope with each triumphantly. Thus we have her story, which is told with dignity and without self pity. It's a fascinating memoir and one that stays with you long after the book is back on the shelf. ~ Ann
The late Katharine Graham is best known to the general public as the publisher of the Washington Post during the crises of Watergate and the Pentagon Papers. Her "personal history" is far more complicated and amazing. Though she was brought up in a world of wealth and responsibility, and though her husband was dynamic and talented, she always considered herself not quite "up to the task." The task or tasks, however, including her husband's suicide, kept presenting themselves, and somehow she managed to cope with each triumphantly. Thus we have her story, which is told with dignity and without self pity. It's a fascinating memoir and one that stays with you long after the book is back on the shelf. ~ Ann
Moon, Have You Met My Mother? (Hardcover)
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9780060271732Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: HarperCollins, 03/01/2003
Moon, Have You Met My Mother? by Karla Kuskin.
Karla Kuskin's The Philharmonic Gets Dressed has been one of my favorite children's books for years. This new volume of her collected poems now joins the ranks of books I love. The verses are fresh, whimsical, and often surprising. They explain what knees are for. They describe books where "nonsense and knowledge (come) tumbling out." They say "I'm sick of boots / and winter clothes. / I want to wear / just shorts and toes." And they?re fun to read, especially to small, freshly bathed, pajama'd children who, after a long day of play, are ready to snuggle down and hear the sense and nonsense of Karla Kuskin's poems. ~ Ann
Karla Kuskin's The Philharmonic Gets Dressed has been one of my favorite children's books for years. This new volume of her collected poems now joins the ranks of books I love. The verses are fresh, whimsical, and often surprising. They explain what knees are for. They describe books where "nonsense and knowledge (come) tumbling out." They say "I'm sick of boots / and winter clothes. / I want to wear / just shorts and toes." And they?re fun to read, especially to small, freshly bathed, pajama'd children who, after a long day of play, are ready to snuggle down and hear the sense and nonsense of Karla Kuskin's poems. ~ Ann
The Teammates (Hardcover)
$22.95
ISBN-13: 9781401300579Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Hyperion, 05/01/2003
Ostensibly this book is about baseball and Ted Williams and the Boston Red Sox of the 1940s. But really it's about the friendship between Williams, Dom Dimaggio, Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doer, a friendship that started when they all played ball together. It lasted for sixty years. In October of 2001, with Ted Williams soon to die, Dimaggio and Pesky (Bobby Doer, whose wife is ailing, is unable to join them) embark on a 1,300-mile trip to Florida to see him one last time. As the trip progresses, Halberstam takes us back to those glorious years when they were young and strong and at the top of their game. And we see how their friendship, despite time and the difference in their personalities, endured for over a half a century. I loved this book. ~ Ann
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