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Pitchers and catchers report | Strike Zones
Papa didn't seem to hear. He pulled a pulled a piece of white chalk from his pocket, stepped up to the canvas covered mattress, and began scowling at it as though he and the mattress were having an argument. When the scowl deepened, I figured that the mattress must be ...
Ugh, JD Salinger too
From "The Young Folks," The first story he had published. ABOUT eleven o’clock, Lucille Henderson, observing that her party was soaring at the proper height, and just having been smiled at by Jack Delroy, forced herself to glance over in the direction of Edna Phillips, who since eight o’clock had been ...
First Lines: Howard Zinn Edition
"Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder emerged from their villages onto the islands beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them ...
Opening Lines: Trust in Numbers
Porter, Theodore. 1996. Trust in Numbers: The pursuit of objectivity in science and public life. Princeton: Princeton University Press. "Objectivity arouses the passions as few other words can. Its presence is evidently required for basic justice, honest government, and true knowledge. But an excess of it crushes individual subjects, demeans minority ...
New Books (12/18)
New books this week. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul Hoffman"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption=""The Cyclists Training Bible by Joe Friel"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="High Places: Cultural Geographies of Mountains, Ice, and Science. ...
New Books
Hulse, James (2009). Nevada's Environmental Legacy: Progress or Plunder. Reno: University of Nevada Press "Nevada's Environmental Legacy is an informed and readable survey of environmental policies and problems in the Silver State since the beginning of Euro-American settlement" (from the blurb on the back of the book). Scott, James C. (2009). The ...
New Bookshelf Friends
This week's acquisitions--both permanent and temporary--with the 3rd complete sentence from page 102. Lee, Christopher. (2003). 1603: The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, The Return of the Black Plague, The Rise of Shakespeare, Piracy, Witchcraft, and the Birth of the Stuart Era. New York: St. Martins Press. (a gift from Sara ...
Now on the Shelf (with last sentences)
Spoilers ahead? Platt, Rutherford H. (2004). Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy. Island Press (From the library) "America is here to stay, most of us live in it, and we need to make our nest as comfortable, sustainable, and equitable as possible." (page 430) Collins, Paul. (2002). Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales ...
New books this week (11/18) (with 1st sentences)
Dos Passos, John, 1932. 1919. New York: Signet Classics (PBS) NEWSREEL XX / Oh the infantree the infantree / With dirt behind their ears / ARMIES CLASH AT VERDUN IN WORLD'S GREATEST BATTLE / 150,000 MEN AND WOMEN PARADE but another question, and a very important one is raised. Landscape: A journal ...