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The book sale is in the Library's pool area. |
While the sale got off to a roaring start over the weekend, there are plenty of irresistible books left, as I can attest (my toasted laptop must have contained notice of the book sale, which I never saw).
The Library's pool area is surrounded by table with books sorted into such categories as fiction, history, biography, cookbooks, art/photography, reference and religion/philosophy.
Make your selections and take them to the (temporary and soon to be ex-) Children's Room, where you can pay for them and get a shopping bag if needed.
The sale ends Friday. Hours are today (Wednesday) 10 AM - 9 PM; Thursday and Friday, 10 AM - 5 PM.
What did I find irresistible?
Management guru Peter Drucker's autobiography, Adventures of a Bystander; a study of The LaFollettes of Wisconsin -- the Progressive-era firebrands, Bob and Belle; Most Secret War, a history of British scientific intelligence during World War II.
Perhaps most interesting though, is a little-noted 1983 study by former Catholic seminarian Paul Hendrickson, simply title Seminary, recalling the last years of pre-Vatican II seminary education, how he loved it, why he left the seminary and what happened to his classmates and teachers, most of whom also gave up the life of a cleric, when he searched them out seventeen years later. I expect this to be a bittersweet read, partly because I and so many of my generation were deeply influenced by Vatican II, and partly because I expect to learn something from these stories about why the Catholic Church is having its crisis in a shortage of American-born priests.
Toddle on over, plenty of books to take along to the beach this summer!
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The books are now $2/bag!
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