the results of a rampage
Dec. 9th, 2018 11:13 amI went to the Harvard Bookstore warehouse sale and acquired $75 worth of books.
These include:
For myself
How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit, by Witold Rybczynski
For my dad (Christmas presents, now settled!)
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb, by Neal Bascomb
Beyond: Our Future in Space, by Chris Impey
Incredible Stories from Space, edited by Nancy Atkinson
Into the Ruin of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia, by Ronald H. Spector
For my maternal grandmother
Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren (it has plants! she likes plants! and I loved this book)
For my friend
Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny, by A.S. Byatt
For my other friend
The Givennes of Things: Essays, by Marilynne Robinson
For a different friend
Lettering & Type: Creating Letters & Designing Typefaces, by Bruce Willen & Nolen Strals
For my niece, possibly next Christmas? (let's be real it will be this Christmas I have no ability to keep stuff back)
Drummer Hoff, adapted by Barbara Emberley and illustrated by Ed Emberley
The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney
SO.
These include:
For myself
How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit, by Witold Rybczynski
For my dad (Christmas presents, now settled!)
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb, by Neal Bascomb
Beyond: Our Future in Space, by Chris Impey
Incredible Stories from Space, edited by Nancy Atkinson
Into the Ruin of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia, by Ronald H. Spector
For my maternal grandmother
Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren (it has plants! she likes plants! and I loved this book)
For my friend
Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny, by A.S. Byatt
For my other friend
The Givennes of Things: Essays, by Marilynne Robinson
For a different friend
Lettering & Type: Creating Letters & Designing Typefaces, by Bruce Willen & Nolen Strals
For my niece, possibly next Christmas? (let's be real it will be this Christmas I have no ability to keep stuff back)
Drummer Hoff, adapted by Barbara Emberley and illustrated by Ed Emberley
The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney
SO.