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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

bobf wrote:
> What books did you buy?  I love book stores.

I went looking for William Bennett's new _American Patriot's Almanac_
which is basically a history of the US, good things that people should
know.  It is written like a calendar, for example, I believe the first
entry, for January 1, is a small piece on the Emancipation Proclamation,
which was 'issued' on that day.  Anyway, apparently the publisher did
not print enough as they told me that it was a no go until after
Christmas.  I came home and checked Amazon,,,,same story.  I intended to
order multiple copies for various family members.  I ended up ordering
it through Amazon, but won't get it until mid January probably(I am
ticked at Amazon right now about this.  It really sucks a big one,
especially since it is an almanac.
Anyway, here are some of the gifts I bought..

Sean Hannity's _Let Freedom Ring_
Frances S. Collins _The Language of God_
Alan Weisman's _The World without Us_
Ron Paul's _The Revolution: A Manifesto_
Bobby Flay _Boy Meets Grill_
Bruce Lipton's _The Biology of Belief_
Weight Watcher's Great Cooking Everyday
Paul Bishop's _Vegetables Every Day_
Ernest Hemingway's _Four Novels_ (an anthology)

The best part of all of that is that since it is going to family, I can
ask to read them when they are done!!  New stuff to read!  I have
already been reading _The World Without us_...very cool, and I can't
wait to read _The Language of God_, which is a gift for my BIL the
monk..he loves stuff like that, too.  It is supposed to be about
scientific evidence for the need of a belief in God-kind of like another
book titled something to the effect of the The God Part of the
Brain..anyway, I like stuff like that, not that I believe it either way,
just find it interesting.
I really wanted to find and get Pollan's book, but didn't...I had
already spent too much and thought she would like the other anyway.
Books are easy to wrap...much better than birdhouses.

Bev


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The true significance of Sacajawea's involvement in the Lewis & Clark
expedition is that it was the first documented trip in history where men
asked a woman for directions and followed them, allowing them to arrive
at their destination.