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- Rush!<\/i>, a biography of Rush Limbaugh.\n<\/li>\n
- Playwriting<\/i>, a book about writing plays. Duh! Probably not as good as Backwards and Forwards<\/i>, but I already have that.\n<\/li>\n
- How to Study History<\/i> by Norman Cantor and an extra. I’ve read a couple of Cantor’s history books and enjoyed them. Maybe he’ll tell me I’m doing it right.\n<\/li>\n
- Five Women I Love<\/i> by Bob Hope about touring with the USO in Vietnam. I think.\n<\/li>\n
- Interview with History<\/i> by Oriana Fallaci.\n<\/li>\n
- A biography of Carl Sandburg.\n<\/li>\n
- The Kama Sutra<\/i>, which is a game like Mah Jong.\n<\/li>\n
- A hardback copy of The Return of the Native<\/i>, which is good because my unread paperback copy has a front cover that’s torn off and taped on, badly. Something more durable will lend itself more easily to reading.\n<\/li>\n
- The Broken Spears<\/i>, history of the conquest of Mexico from Aztec sources.\n<\/li>\n
- Infidel<\/i> by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.\n<\/li>\n
- The Rush Limbaugh Story<\/i>, another Rush Limbaugh bio. Which means I own three<\/i> now (the other is Rush To Us<\/i>, which was also available amongst the multitudes at the Y).\n<\/li>\n
- Before Jane Austen<\/i>, a scholarly book about the rise of the novel in England.\n<\/li>\n
- I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore<\/i>, a second copy of Clarissa Start’s memoir to give as a gift to my mother-in-law.\n<\/li>\n
- Platoon<\/i>, the book or novelization of the movie.\n<\/li>\n
- Churchill<\/i>, a collection about Winston Churchill.\n<\/li>\n
- Urban Affairs<\/i>, a collection of pieces by Elaine Viets. The cover photo was taken at the Coral Court motel, if I remember correctly<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n
- The Fifty Year Dash<\/i> by Bob Greene.\n<\/li>\n
- The Dragon and the Gnarly King<\/i> by Gordon Dickson, because I don’t have any unread Dickson, I think.\n<\/li>\n
- Thunder on the Left<\/i>, a political bit.\n<\/li>\n
- Guns, Crime, and Freedom<\/i> by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.\n<\/li>\n
- Bob Geldof<\/i>, a biography. Listen, because the guy played Pink in The Wall<\/i>, I’ve bought an album of his (Deep In the Heart of Nowhere<\/i>) and a bio. That’s carrying it a little far just because I liked the movie.\n<\/li>\n
- Inside American Education<\/i> by Thomas Sowell. My friend Glenn would be proud, if I ever talk to him again and let him know I got a book by his favorite columnist.\n<\/li>\n
- Warriors of the Way<\/i>, an alternate history bit by Harry Harrison. The Vikings conquered England.\n<\/li>\n
- The Virginian<\/i> in the Reader’s Digest Classics edition. I actually bought this at an antique store we stopped in to kill some time between the book fair and dinner, so I paid a whole $3 for it, which is still only 10% of its original cost.\n<\/li>\n
- Cocoon<\/i>, the movie paperback.\n<\/li>\n
- The Age of Reason<\/i>, some small paperback summary history of the Enlightenment.\n<\/li>\n
- Old Yeller<\/i>. Never read it. Nobody tell me it ends sadly. Actually, in 8th grade, I was kidding around with someone who read it and I blurted out an ending to ruin it for him. Someone told me the ending I made up (having not read the book) was the actual ending. What a waste of precognitive skills.\n<\/li>\n
- The Peter Principle<\/i>. The book that coined the term, I think.\n<\/li>\n
- Event Horizon<\/i>, the movie’s paperback, which will be less gory than the movie since it won’t have the special effects. Never saw the movie. Heard it was gory.\n<\/li>\n
- Smarter by the Dozen<\/i>, a book about two families here in Old Trees.\n<\/li>\n
- The Study of American Folklore<\/i>, the textbook about American Folklore by Jan Brunvand.\n<\/li>\n
- William the Conqueror<\/i>. A biography.\n<\/li>\n
- England in Elizabeth’s Time<\/i>. A summary history book.\n<\/li>\n
- The Wizard and the Glass<\/i>, which means I have the complete set now of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. I’ll need to reread the first three, though, so this project will be in the future sometime.\n<\/li>\n
- The Aztecs<\/i>, a book about the Aztecs.\n<\/li>\n
- A stray issue of the Missouri Historical Review<\/i> from last year.\n<\/li>\n
- The Mysterious Maya<\/i>. Not about the poet.\n<\/li>\n
- Mysteries of the Past<\/i>, a book by American Heritage<\/i>, so it’s probably more credible than what the Reader’s Digest<\/i> people put out in this vein.\n<\/li>\n
- Appliance Service Handbook<\/i>.<\/ul>\n
As you can see, Mrs. Noggle bought a couple cookbooks, a couple books, a stack of magazines, and dozens of cassettes. The children got a couple of books.<\/p>\n
Loading these onto the to read shelves, I note I have just a litle space left. No doubt I’ll accidentally fill this in the coming months. Then I’ll have to start determining what furniture we sacrifice for more bookshelves. But that’s not really a sacrifice, is it? Or perhaps I can somehow justify renting storage somewhere….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Playwriting<\/i>, a book about writing plays. Duh! Probably not as good as Backwards and Forwards<\/i>, but I already have that.\n<\/li>\n