That time has arrived, once again —it’s Spring and you’re eager for some new literature to dive into.
Because we tend to read a few books at a time, it’s only natural that we give you a peek at what’s been at our bedside. We also have these books for sale, but these items go fast and may be sold-out by the time you get here. Let us know if you have interest!
Until then, we present to you a few of our top recommendations straight from our bookshelves.
THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
By Thornton Wilder
Wilder's second novel, tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. 1927
THE INVISIBLE PYRAMID: A Naturalist Analyses the Rocket Century
By Loren Eiseley
Eiseley conveys his sense of wonder at the depth of time and the vastness of the universe. 1946
"It came to me in the night, in the midst of a bad dream, that perhaps man, like the blight descending on a fruit, is by nature a parasite, a spore beater, a world eater...there are aspects of the world and its inhabitants that are eternal, like the ripples marked in stone on fossil beaches. There is a biological preordination that no one can change."
THE CURVES OF LIFE
By Theodore Andrea Cook
A fascinating and comprehensive investigation into the perfect geometry of the natural world. 1914
THE KIRLIAN AURA: Photographing the Galaxies of Life
Edited by Stanley Krippner & Daniel Rubin
A document of the Western Hemisphere Conference on Kirlian Photography, Acupuncture, and the Human Aura. 1974
SANAPIA: Comanche Medicine Woman
By David E. Jones, University of Oklahoma
An intimate portrait of the last surviving Comanche Eagle doctor. 1972