New Book Acquisitions







Usually I don't buy new books.  Some people call that cheap. Actually it is being frugal. However Thursday I did break down and buy The Plays of Anton Chekhov at Barnes and Noble.  Then I went on Amazon and saw the same book for four dollars less.  Yes four dollars that could have gone into my savings!  Those dollars add up.  So, I was kind of  irritated with myself.


I am happy to be able to say that most of the books I buy are discounted.  Also, there are a lot of free books given away in my area.  These are the ones I found in the past six weeks.


Dancing at the Louvre: Faith Ringgold's French Collection And Other Story Quilts.   Various Authors


The Storyteller's Goddess.   Carolyn McVickar Edwards


On Women Turning 50: Celebrating Mid-life Discoveries.   Cathleen Rountree


A Little Yellow Dog.   Walter Moseley


Small Island.   Andrea Levy


Abide With Me   Elizabeth Strout


Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island, The Master of Ballantrae, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped.  Leatherbound, unabridged, and readable font.


African Folk Tales.  Charlotte & Wolf Leslau


The Warmth of Other Suns.   Isabel Wilkerson


The Chalice And The Blade.   Riane Eisler


Silences.   Tillie Olsen


Succulent Wild Woman.   Sark


American Voices, American Women.   Edited by Lee R. Edwards and Arlyn Diamond


Selected Stories of Guy De Maupasant.


Children's Books

Trick of the Tale: Trickster Tales.   John & Caitlin Matthews


A Child's Book of Blessings.   Compiled by Sabrina Dearborn


When You Are Happy.   Eileen Spinelli


The Greedy Triangle.   Marilyn Burns


Math Curse.   Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith


Cassie's World Quilt.   Faith Ringgold


Art Against The Odds.   Susan Goldman Rubin


The Real Benedict Arnold.  Jim Murphy 

I get most of my books from thrift stores, used book stores, yard and library sales, and free give aways.  I give  away a lot of books too.  Bub is moving out again and his room will be a library and craft room.

   

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