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skyringI 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.
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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Cari's Crowded House
Date: 2006-03-29 09:47 pm (UTC)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
Date: 2006-03-30 04:16 am (UTC)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
Date: 2006-03-30 04:56 am (UTC)Re: Cari's Crowded House
Date: 2006-03-30 04:01 pm (UTC)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
Date: 2006-03-30 06:38 pm (UTC)