…so many potentially lethal creatures in the shallows and the depths
…and so many books in the boxes, stacks, and shelves of the thrift stores and library book sales. This week’s thrift store books scores include:
- Wild, Wild World of Animals: Dangerous Sea Creatures. This includes text selections from Jaws by Peter Benchley, Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, The Living Sea by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo among others. It also has some incredible illustrations including a schematic drawing of dangerous creatures arranged by the oceanic zone they inhabit. This is a birthday present for Fallie, so don’t mention it to her.
- The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear edited by Holbrook Jackson (hardcover). “A was an ape, Who stole some white tape, And tied up his toes, In four beautiful bows.”
- The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy (hardcover). I have a troubled relationship with The Border Trilogy, but we won’t discuss that.
- All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
- Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger (hardcover). I have not read this one in years.
- No Heroics, Please by Raymond Carver. A collection of the previously uncollected.
- The Devil and All His Works by Dennis Wheatley (hardcover). An illustrated survey of the forces of Darkness published in 1971.
