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BLUE HIGHWAYS: A Journey Into America
by William Least Heat Moon (William Trogdon). B&W photos by the Author. Condition: UNREAD 1982 Little, Brown hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 13th printing. Content: William Least Heat-Moon's account of his journey along the back roads of the United States (marked with the color blue on old highway maps) has become something of a classic. His journey began with little more than the need to put home behind him. At a turning point in his life, he packed up a van he called Ghost Dancing and escaped out of himself and into the country. The people and places he discovered on his roundabout 13,000-mile trip down back roads and through small, forgotten towns are unexpected, sometimes mysterious, and full of the spark and wonder of ordinary life. Robert Penn Warren said, "He has a genius for finding people who have not even found themselves." The power of Heat-Moon's writing and his delight in the overlooked and the unexamined capture a sense of our national destiny, the true American experience. [1 copy available]
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THE EGYPTIAN POLAR BEAR (Historical Fiction)
text and beautiful color illustrations by JoAnn Adinolfi. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1994 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Light shelf wear to DJ top and bottom spine. Interior perfect. Content: How do I love this book? Let me count the ways! This stylish picture book was born when Adinolfi, a first-time author and illustrator, serendipitously stumbled across a scholarly reference to a burial vault for a polar bear in an Egyptian tomb. Whimsically detailed, jewel-bright illustrations lead readers on the fantastical journey of a lonely polar bear named Nanook. A strong current sweeps the bear from his Arctic home to the Egyptian court of the lonely boy king Rahotep, who quickly elects Nanook the Royal Playmate. Adinolfi makes hay with the unlikely juxtaposition of this symbol of the frozen north in the arid North African landscape-we see Nanook nearly capsizing a sleek boat in the crocodile-filled Nile, hunting sphinx and griffin, lumbering through the palace and knocking over statues of gods, at play amid the pyramids, and so on. Intense colors and a lively sense of visual humor give this artwork an effective edge. Ages 4-8. [1copy available]
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MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR (Book & VHS tape) (2 for 1)
by John Nichols. B&W illustrations by Rini Templeton. Condition: UNREAD 1966 Ballantine paperback, first printing. Light shelf wear with pale tanning to page edges. Content: Reviewer: "When Joe Mondragon illegally irrigates a puny beanfield, he starts WWIII (New Mexico style) and becomes the unwitting, reluctant symbol of this battle between the haves and the have nots. The book is absolutely hilarious with its wry yet rich descriptions of the people and the cultures clashing in Milagro, NM. But underneath, the end is near and everyone knows it, is resigned to it, but will fight to hold on for as long as possible. What could have been a dull exercise in race relations, regional history, and economic theory, is instead brought to wonderful, earthy life in this charming novel that will make you think, laugh, and perhaps even shed a tear or two." The 1988 movie was directed by Robert Redford and the screenplay was by John Nichols. The wonderful cast (primarily Latino actors): Ruben Blades, Sonja Braga, Julie Carmen, Chick Vennera, Carlos Riquelme (who steals the movie as Amarante), Fredy Fender, and Tony Genaro. The Anglo actors: Christopher Walken, Richard Bradford, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, and Daniel Stern. Oh - and don't forget the wonderful leading pig. The VHS movie is guaranteed and is shrink-wrapped. [1 copy available]
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SLEEPING BUNNY
retold by Emily Snowell Keller. Stunningly beautiful & detailed color illustrations by Pamela Silin-Palmer. Decorated end pages. Condition: NEW 2003 Random House hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: This lavishly illustrated version of "Sleeping Beauty" features a straightforward retelling spiced with a few amusing surprises, a cast of animal characters dressed in full medieval regalia, and sumptuous paintings that strike just the right balance between romance and humor. Silin-Palmer once again casts long-legged rabbits dressed in billowing raiment in the starring roles; the gift-giving fairies are winged pigs, while a red-eyed, green-skinned rat takes the role of the excluded vengeful fairy, Mildew. Keller, the illustrator's daughter, alters the traditional plot only slightly. She throws in some groaners (everyone lives "hoppily ever after") but also supplies an imaginative and witty twist at the end. Most of the comic relief comes in the elegantly elaborate paintings, both from the incongruousness of Silin-Palmer's majestically bedecked animals and from the occasional joke (a coat of arms features crossed carrots and bears the inscription "carpe carotae"). The sustained whimsy of the artwork, from the sumptuous settings to the lush floral borders dotted with birds and butterflies, will please readers who like their fairy tales served up with all the trimmings. All ages. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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