The Friends of the Norwalk Public Library held their semi-annual book sale this past week end. For a well-spent $19.50 I obtained the following books, most of which are in excellent condition.
To give away to friends and family (since I have read them)
Richard Russo, Empire Falls
Yann Martel, The Life of Pi
John Hersey, Hiroshima
Tracy Kidder, Mountains beyond Mountains
John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks
For travel advice (considering trips to New Orleans and to Ireland)
Richard Ellmann, Four Dubliners – Oscar Wilde, Williams Butler Years, James Joyce, Samuel Becket
Culture Shock! A Guide to Customers and Ediquette – Ireland
Frommer’s New Orleans 2005
For myself – five familiar authors and two new ones
Nancy Horan, Loving Frank – new author
Evelyn Waugh, Men at Arms
Philip Roth, The Counterlife
Jane Smiley, Ten Days in the Hills
Jumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth
David Benioff, City of Thieves – new Author
Anne Tyler, Noah’s Compass
And some reference books
Marion Grebow, River of Names – local history, Westport, CT
Boardman et al, The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World
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