I read mostly reissues of older, forgotten fiction and classics. Plus Disney treasures.
Who is the writer you love to hate? Hemingway. Thanks to Hemingway most American literature is now written at the third grade reading level.
What is your sign? Virgo (Sun and Jupiter conjunct in Virgo)
Stick or automatic? automatic
What's in the trunk of your car? nothing
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David's Picks by Category: Disney, Amish, Classics
A delightful introduction for children to Mary Blair, Walt Disney's favorite artist, who contributed color styling and inspirational artwork for many of the classic Disney animated films of the 40's and 50's and then returned to the studio in the 60's as an Imagineer. Walt said Mary used colors he didn't know existed. This book's charming illustrations capture not only Mary's color sense but her evolving fashion sense as well.
In honour of its 75th Anniversary, and in time for holiday shopping, here is a new large-format edition of the best written, most useful guide to classical mythology, crammed with beautiful, new illustrations and decorations. Hamilton is perfect both for cozy reading and quick reference, and she is one of the few adapters of the great myths who sites her sources and includes family trees of the gods. Every home should have one. David's October Staff Pick
Can't remember the name of Geppetto's cat or Pongo's wife? Here's the perfect quick and easy reference book to jog your memory or settle a bet. Covers more than 80 years of Disney animation with great colorful illustrations for every character.
From the foremost living authority on the Amish and other Anabaptists in North America, this is an up-to-date, non-academic introduction for the curious layperson. Accurate information on the Amish is very difficult to find on the Internet, and impossible to find on television or in Christian romances, so this book is a myth-busting necessity.