I had the pleasure of stopping at a “Book Barn” on “Little
Washington” VA along US 211 yesterday.
The “barn” had a massive sale of used books to support, well,
“The Library”. (Yes, Reid Ewing, “It’s Free”.)
Actually, a lot the used books in the barn were free,
including a basket of them in the bathroom near the commode.
Outdoors, I picked up Samantha Landry’s “Savvy Senior
Singles: Navigating the Singles World from 50 and Beyond”, 2007, Destiny Image
Publishers, Shippensburg PA, 176 pages, paper. That may supplement a sample I got
recently, “Journey from Invisibility to Visibility: A Guide for Women 60 and
Beyond”, by Gail K. Harris, Marilyn C. Lesser, and Cynthia T. Soloway, 2016,
Amazon CreateSpace, 372 pages, paper. It starts with a verse poem, “A Woman’s Perspective.”
Then there is Charles K. Sykes, “Dumbing Down our Kids: Why
American Children Feel Good About Themselves but Can’t Read, Write or Add”
(especially in their heads), 340 pages, hardcover, St. Martin’s Press, 1995. Sykes has also authored “A Nation of Victims”. Sounds conservative.
Then there is “Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons that
Medicine Cannot Teach”, by Vincent J. Monastra, Ph. D, from the American Psychological
Association, Washington, 2005, 261 pages, paper, originally in the Falls Church
VA public library. The book takes the position that it is about genetics.
And there is “Surviving your Adolescents: How to Manage and
Let Go Of your 13-18 Year old”, by Thomas W. Phelan, Ph. D. , 2012, Parent
Magic, Glen Ellyn IL, 2012, 168 pages.
Don’t let them move back in with you later when they can’t afford their
student loans.
I also picked up a paper copy of Suzanne Collins, “The
Hunger Games” (2008, Schoolastic) for $1.
Later, in Front Royal, VA, at a random used book store on VA highway 55, I picked up a graphic novel in
black and white called “Not So Bad”, by E. Hae (Korea, 2006), about two actors who
have seen better days. I was curious
about what manga is all about, since Reid Ewing has covered Danganronpa on his Twitter
feeds and reports he is working on his own graphic novel to be called “AppleCore”.
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