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Books
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The Book Worm
. We
called around to the local bookstores and asked,
and the owners
and workers told us ...
What They Want for
Christmas Also see "Harry
Potter, Plain & Simple,"
a review of the books, the film, and
more
by Ted Buxton
 If
you're a bookworm, then one of the things you look forward to every holiday
season is a great book. For some, that might mean a good read -- the
latest fiction or non-fiction. For others, it could easily mean a glorious
coffee-table tome to page through on cold winter nights. ...
Whatever
your pleasure, we thought it might be interesting to find out what those who own
and work our local bookshops would like to find under their trees this holiday
season. So we called around, and, voilá, here are the results:
- Deerleap Books, Bristol
Who we spoke with:
Carol Wells & Judith Bryant
- What Carol chose ...
- Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words & Images
by Michael Collopy & Jason Gardner (Eds.), and Walter Cronkite
New
World Library, Novato, Calif. 2000.
"I thought it looked
interesting. ... Especially after the events of
September 11th, peace is more in the forefront of our minds.
... And it has all sorts of people, so it shows that anyone
can be an 'architect of peace'."
.
- What Judith chose ...
- Celebrate Your Creative Self : Over 25 Exercises to Unleash the
Artist Within by Mary Todd Beam ... and
Painting
with Water Soluble Oils by Sean Dye
Both from North
Light Books, Cinn, Ohio. 2001.
"Can I pick two? ... Celebrate
Your Creative Self is a series of exercises in painting,
collage. She calls them exercises, though they're really more
like lessons, ... And Painting with Water Soluble Oils.
Well, I got the paints before I got the book. But really, it's
one of those wonderful books with all sorts of ideas, one that you
can just look at for hours, even if you're not interested in
painting."
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- Flying Pig Children's Books, Charlotte
Who we spoke
with: Roman Vogel & Josie Leavitt
- What Roman chose ...
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Farrar, Straus and
Giroux. 2001.
"I actually read it already. But if I
hadn't, that's what I would want."
.
- What Mary chose ...
- Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment by Stacy C.
Hollander (Ed.), McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, N.Y., 2001.
{New 2002 ed. coming}
"Well, I'm studying to be an EMT, so
I'd love to get Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment.
It's like the Merck Manual, only more detailed. It's a little
weird, I guess, but that's what I'd want."
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- Monroe Street Books, Middlebury
Who we spoke with:
Dick Chodkowski
What he chose ...
- Moment Preserved: Eight Essays in Photographs and Words by
Irving Penn
Simon and Schuster, New York. 1960.
"We kind of
specialize in photography, so I'd have to say Irving Penn's Moment
Preserved. He was a fashion photographer, and the book came
out in, I think it was, the late '50s or early '60s. I'd really
love to get hold of a copy."
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- Otter Creek Used & Rare Books, Middlebury
Who we
spoke with: Claire Hearne
What she chose ...
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Farrar, Straus and
Giroux. 2001.
"I know we're a used and rare book store, so I
should probably pick something different. But I was interested to
read it."
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- Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury
Who we spoke with:
Josh Yunger & Mary Worley
- What Josh, who handles the music end of VBS, chose ...
- Ten New Songs by Leonard Cohen
Sony/Columbia, CD or LP.
October 2001.
"It's an acquired taste, but I'd have to say
Leonard Cohen's new album. It's even available on vinyl."
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- What Mary, who works the book end of things at VBS, chose ...
- American Radiance : The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American
Folk Art Museum by Stacy C. Hollander (Ed.), Gerard C. Wertkin,
and John Bigelow Taylor (Photographer).
Harry N. Abrams, N.Y.
2001.
"Let's see ... I'd have to choose American
Radiance from the American Folk Art Museum. You'd have to
like folk art, of course; but it's really well done, with lots of
large plates. It's a beautiful work."
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Browse Global, Shop Local ... DownStreet
encourages its readers to avail themselves of the internet and all it has to
offer. There's a wealth of info and ideas to be found. But come
buying time, we encourage you to support local merchants and businesses as much
as possible by shopping locally. We realize that some of what you can find
on-line you won't find locally; and there may be times when the difference in
price is just too great to ignore. But the value of shopping locally is
rewarded many times over -- in building community, maintaining tax revenues, and
making possible the support of community ventures and services, in the schools
and throughout the community. ... Thanks. . *******
******* We're thinking about making a Best Books list {see our
first Best Books survey and results in Back
Issues ...}an on-going feature here at DownStreet. In addition,
we'd like to hear from more book clubs in the area, whether open to new members
or not. Either way, we'd like to publish your reading lists, both here in
the magazine, or in our Community Pages. If your book club or reading
group is interested in participating, please e-mail us at ...
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open to new members, and where and when you meet. Finally, don't forget
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