While reading a local paper this morning, I saw that there was a nearby Friends of the Library sale being held today.
Now,
I have resisted the urge to go any such sales in recent years - as my
storage is just about full. But, I decided to go and at least look.
I'm glad I did.
For the vast sum of $13.75, I picked-up the following:
(apparently they gave me some discount on the listed prices - as they were just about to wrap-up at 3pm)
Living Language, Ultimate Spanish, Basic-Intermediate (8 CDs, 416 page textbook): $2
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this will be perfect for my next long drive - and I will use this to
rebuild my Spanish over the next year, before going on my next voyage -
or traveling.
Shakuhachi - The Japanese Flute, Kohachiro Miyata (music, CD): $1
- a 1977 album
- I love the sound of the Shakuhachi
Crosscurrent, Jake Shimabukuro (music, CD): $1
- His 2003, second full length solo ukulele album
Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson (audio book, 7 CDs): $1.50
- For those long cross-country drives that are in my future
Song of Myself, Walt Whitman, read by Stephen Mitchell (poetry, 2 CDs): $1
- An epic poem, from his book, "Leaves of Grass"
Berlitz, French (CD, 224 page phrase book): $2.50
- My French is beyond rusty...I hope to have need of refreshing it in the coming years...
Easy Spanish Reader, A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students, 2nd edition (book, 218 pages): $1
- a good book to practice my Spanish reading comprehension
AMC, For Your Consideration (DVDs, Breaking Bad - pilot and 4 episodes; Mad Men - 4 episodes): $1.50
- cheap entertainment, as I never watched either of those TV series when they were broadcast
Introducción a la Cultura Hispánica (book, 325 pages): $1
- another good book to deepen the practice of my Spanish reading comprehension
Robert Ludum's The Bourne Enigma, by Eric Van Lusterbader (book, 420 pages): $1
- I've enjoyed reading other books by Lusterbader (re: The series of books featuring the character of Nicholas Linnear, starting with The Ninja novel)
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (book, 454 pages): $1.50
- a book that I will enjoy perusing when my 2nd career, as a writer, kicks into gear in retirement
