Working in a bookstore, you have to learn to see great books come through the store and know that you can't take them all home with you. Case in point, this book I came across today in our inventory: The Complete Trailsmart Maps: National Parks of the USA. It's not actually a book, it's a … Continue reading Letting Go
Author: Anders
Looking Up
Recent weather in Minnesota--and we've had a lot of it lately--has us all watching the skies. And there's a book to help us make sense of it all: The Cloudspotter's Guide by the wonderfully named Gavin Pretor-pinney, explains the difference between cirrus and cummulonimbus and tells you when you can lie back and imagine bunnies … Continue reading Looking Up
Going Back
I haven't been tempted to read a novel set in the dark, Paleolithic past since the thirteen-year-old me read The Clan of the Cave Bear. But now the Guardian is up to episode twelve in its podcast of Michelle Paver's Wolf Brother, and I'm a bit tempted to revert to an earlier time. To make … Continue reading Going Back
Musings from Magers and Quinn 