Pete's purchases at the Lifliene bookfair.

[skyring]

I only spent a few hours at the bookfair, but i got a few good selections:

Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope. Folio Books to go with the collection I'm slowly building. That was $18 in the Rare and First Edition room. Everything else was basically $1 to $5 each for a total of $50.

The Greatest Generation Speaks by Tom Brokaw. This is about the personal side of WW2, and I'm going to leave it at the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy.

Onions in the Stew by Betty Macdonald. BM is always worth buying for resale. Nancy and Plum is the title to look for, but anything is good.

"Last Stop Nagasaki!" by Hugh Clarke. Looks to be a book about a POW doing forced labour in the mines near Nagasaki when the bomb went off there. I've got a place in mind for this.

On the Road to Anywhere by Hugh Lunn. Lunn's books are great reads. A quintessential Aussie story teller.

Gettysburg by Mackinlay Kantor. I'm a bit of an MK buff. This one looks fairly simple, possibly aimed at children. I'm sure I can leave it at Gettysburg next year.

Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks. One of my all-time favorite books. I'll take it with me and leave it somewhere appropriate.

From here to Eternity by James Jones. Pearl Harbour, for sure!

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans. I'll take it to Frankfurt with me. Looks like a funny book. And slim.

The Raven in the Foregate by Ellis Peters. A Shrewsbury release.

Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard. I saw a bit of the movie on Saturday night. Maybe in Hong Kong airport.

The last Blue Sea by David Forrest. A brilliant book on the Pacific war by a talented Queensland author. Long out of print, this one's for resale.

Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce Catton. The Gettysburg campaign - another Civil War release for 2008.

The Diary of Anne Frank. A classic of WW2, and a book which everyone should read. I'm going to make my own book on this one somehow. To be released in Hiroshima.

The Great Fair by Sholom Aleichem. The wonderful musical Fiddler on the Roof was based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, and I've got a few of his books. A great comic writer, but also a keen observer and great story teller.

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. This one gets sealed up in a couple of ziplocs and put into the water off Omaha Beach.

Death in Life: The Survivors of Hiroshima (Robert Jay Lifton) and Hiroshima Joe by Martin Booth. Two more Hiroshima releases.

The Road to Pearl Harbour by Herbert Feis. An obvious release point suggests itself here!

Pig Boats, by Theodore Roscoe. A history of the US subs in WW2. For release at the sub base in Fremantle, if I can identify it. Or else at one of the hotels used as billets, if any of the four are still standing.

I saw Tokyo Burning by Robert Guillain. Not going to Tokyo, but I'll think of something.

Calendar Girl by Tricia Stewart. Mmm, I haven't forgotten abiut the calendar project.

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[mojosmom.livejournal.com]

i got a few good selections

A few? Sounds like you made a nice haul!

[elhamisabel.livejournal.com]

I'll test you about the Xenophobia guide to the Germans. So don't forget to read it! ;-P

An update...

[wandering-sag.livejournal.com]

On an unrelated note, xenophobe series is great. I've got the American one here somewhere and it's hysterical. Way cool on the Hiroshima themed ones. Wombles said she released zomething in NZ that you wished you'd spotted.

On a Japan note because eeeee one week :)

1) Got shinkansen tickets. A travel agent friend of mine came through and we've got discount reserved tickets on the Nozomi shinkansen. Squee. Just got to turn the vouchers into tickets, which I will do Wednesday. ANy time preference? I'm assuming early to maximise day but too early and the visitor's centre/museum/peace memorial hall aren't open and I assume you may be a little tired afer a lond day of travel. OTOH I know you're as nocturnal as me at times...So here's the timetable. We're about a 15-20 min walk from ShinOsaka station--really not any faster to walk to a closer station and take the train so you pick the time and I'll get the tickets reserved for that train.

2) No dice on the Special K. When I was in Kyoto last week I even checked their import shop, but I think it may be safe to say it's not available here. I can get corn flakes and (maybe) Rice Krispies--think you'd know them as Rice Bubbles? Let me know which.

3) Got coffee and will get milk closer to Monday. Do you need sugar for your coffee?

Also--do you want to catch the train to Shin Osaka and me meet you there on the platform or do you want me to come to the airport? I'm happy to come to the airport and help you with bags and what not when you come out of immigration. Let me know.

Anything else I'm missing? Just let me know. Really looking forward to this :)

Re: An update...

[skyring.livejournal.com]

1. You can pick the time for the trains. If we are early then we can look at the cherry blossoms. I'll wake up when required. (Or sleep in if you want to - I'm very conscious of the time I'm taking from your limited "weekend"). I don't have to spend a long day touring Hiroshima. Really all I want to do is to see the place, visit the obvious tourist points, take a few photos and release a few books.

2. Cornflakes and Rice Krispies/Bubbles aren't really my cup of tea. I usually have something halfway between bare grain flakes and muesli. But anything's good. I'm happy to eat noodles for breakfast - that's what my son eats every morning!

3. Sugar not required. A long time ago I said to a young lady that if she kissed the cup twice that would be sweet enough for me, and I haven't taken sugar in my tea or coffee since!

4. I'll take the train to Shin Osaka and meet you there. That sounds reasonably straightforward, and will save you the time and expense of coming all the way to the airport.

Any special requests for groceries from Australia?

Re: An update...

[wandering-sag.livejournal.com]

1. With that in mind I'm going to aim for the 9:04 train as much earlier than that I'm going to be useless. Am working on reverting to a night sleep schedule but *peers at clock*. We're there by 10:30 and never in my trips to Hiroshima has the seeing taken more than six hours--assuming museum closes 430/5 but looks like might even be 6. And then we can head back to the station, have okonomiyaki and catch train back whenever. Will let yo uknow in the evening as I'll hit the JR office on the way to work.

2. Muesli. Hmm. Think I've seen that. Good to know noodles are a good back up option. saw some amusing Engrish on sweets that might fit your daughter's candy requests.

3. Awww.

4. Awesome. It comes into platform 11. I'll met you on the platform. Basically I'm assuming you'd end up on the 15:46 or 16:16 at the latest. Taxi to my apartment. Eat in or grab smething close depending on how tired you are?

Just Cadbury's and Hot Choc :) The proper 'food' I'm missing wouldn't get through customs. Silly import rules! Was nearly a toothpaste crisis 'til I realised I had an extra tube.

CHoo Choo Update

[wandering-sag.livejournal.com]

We've got reserved non-smoking seats for the 9:04 train from ShinOsaka. Woman said the return from Hiroshima to ShinOsaka only sells out once a year so we can get reserved seats once we know what time we want to leave. Figure we'll head back to the station once we finish the tourist thing, reserve seats on a train and then go grab food or what not. There is a supermarket in the station that had bourbon truffles when I was there in Jan, must investigate as I've never seen them elsewhere since.

Re: CHoo Choo Update

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me!

Bourbon truffles are a local delicacy?

Re: CHoo Choo Update

[wandering-sag.livejournal.com]

apparently! You can find random bits of Japanized pseudo -European chocolate in different grocery stores. Grabbed those on a whim last time as I knew I had a six hour (local trains) trip back to Osaka, and wanted a snack--then kicked myself for not buying two packets because they were yummy!

Cari's Crowded House

[skyring.livejournal.com]

I've been reading Terri's weekly updates. Sounds like your flat is packed to the rafters with visitors!

I can just imagine how next week's update will read.

"Cari invited some slob from Australia to stay. He has filled the lounge room with piles of books and used up our internet quota for the rest of the decade. He snores loudly, complains incessantly about his breakfast food and the lack of room. I didn't think it was possible to use up all the hot water in the building, but his shower this morning had the manager come around and abuse us loudly and coldly. His only saving grace is that he brought us a Kit-Kat bar to share.''

Congratulations on the NYU thing, by the way. I'll be bringing a copy of "The Nanny Diaries" which might ring a few bells. Looks like you, Terri and Emily are getting on well, judging by the photo.

A request from my 19 year old daughter. She is keen on a couple of non-garish hair sticks, as seen in geisha hairdos. This is totally out of my comfort zone, and I suspect only marginally less so for you.

Re: Cari's Crowded House

[wandering-sag.livejournal.com]

:)

No one in this place will complain about books. I walked in last night with a small box from a friend who left Japan today and I'd barely walked in the door when I heard "Package?" "No books from Nicole" "Oooh? Books!? Can I open while you change?"

And as for using up internet quota and hot water, neither even remotely possible. Love long hot showers especially when Nova foots the utliity bills.

Nanny Diaries, yay! Thanks, can't believe it went through. And yes, luckily we are. We lucked out.

Re: hair sticks. Not sure how much luck we;ll have finding them in Osaka or HIroshima, I've only seen them a handful of times in Kyoto. Worse comes to worse you let me know what colours she likes and I can post them to you when I go back to Kyoto.

Re: Cari's Crowded House

[skyring.livejournal.com]

She has specified non-garish. Presumably that means that red and purple are out, but really, I have only the foggiest notion of what's involved. I always thought, if I thought at all, that they might possibly be chopsticks, poked through a hair bun. I'm way out of my depth here!

Re: Cari's Crowded House

[wandering-sag.livejournal.com]

I always thought, if I thought at all, that they might possibly be chopsticks, poked through a hair bun.

You're not far off :) Chopsticks painted and price jacked up for being geisha hairpins...and of course the ones we buy in the touist shops aren't true geisha. Got a lead on where we might find some in Osaka though.

Also, found muesli. But way too many choices and brain broke: bran, fruit and nut, chocolate and umm.. something else. Preference? Safe trip to Perth, which I think is tomorrow!

Re: Cari's Crowded House

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Dearest Cari! Anything at all will do for breakfast! Anything Californian, as in fruits, nuts and flakes.