Good Book Hunting, April 28, 2018: The Friends of the Springfield-Greene County Library Book Sale

Well, I did it again. I returned to the Friends of the Springfield-Greene County semi-annual book sale on Half Price Day and went through the better books section seeking more bargain-like books.

And, honestly, I mostly looked for audio courses like those produced by The Teaching Company. And boy howdy did I find them. In the past, they’ve been priced at twenty or thirty dollars, and I could get them for half that. But this time, they were originally marked ten bucks, so I got them for five dollars each.

Here are the stacks:

The Teaching Company courses include:

• Psychology of Human Behavior
• The Lives of Great Christians
• Algebra I
• Luther: Gospel, Law, and Reformation
• Geometry (by James Noggle)
• A Day’s Read

Books include:

• Milton’s Minor Poems
• The Murder of Lidice by Edna St. Vincent Millay
• Brush Up On Your Classics by Michael Macrone
• The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Frederic Remington
• The Literature Lover’s Book of Lists by Judie H. Strouf
• Under the Sunday Tree Paintings by Mr. Amos Ferguson/Poems by Eloise Greenfield
• Guitar 2, a book about guitar techniques and whatnot
• Miles Davis: Sketch Orks, a music book for trumpet for my youngest or my beautiful wife, both of whom play trumpet

Records include:

• Black Satin by the George Shearing Quintet and Orchestra
• The Chick Correa Elektric Band
• Handel Sonatas for Recorder, Op.1
• Time Further Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Boots Randolph Plays 12 Monstrous Hits

The records were cheap, too (a buck or two each after the price was halved). Overall, the prices were more affordable than I remember. Which is good.

The pickings were less books than things to listen to, but that’s alright. I have plenty to read until the next sales.