Back to Whatever Normal Is

The blogger stopped by the library on Tuesday, briefly, and was shocked at how normal everything was in the hallway. What had been controlled chaos punctuated by thousands of books was an empty, neat hallway! Wow! This is testimony to the hard work and dedication of the Friends, Staff, and volunteers at Reston Regional Library.

But just because there isn't a smorgasbord of books THERE doesn't mean you can't get some great stuff through us! Just take a look at these!

The first one is Hunter Seat Equitation. It is missing its dust jacket -- but if you're really using this book, do you need it to be pristine? The horses don't care. It's $16 at RestonFriends1.

The second book is Encompassing Nature. It gets two Amazon reviews - one that loves it (5 stars) and one that hates it (1 star). They can't both be right -- so you need to pick this up to sort it all out! $38 at RestonFriends1.

And finally, if you find yourself staring for hours at Google Maps, this might be the book for you. Over The Mountains (An Aerial View of Geology) is written by a scientist/physician/pilot. This would make a great holiday gift for someone as well! It's $20 at RestonFriends1.

As always, if you're a current local Friend and are interested in one or more of these books, contact us and we'll sell them to you minus the shipping fee!

/kw

Something For Everyone

While it is not quite our motto that "there is something for everyone" at our book sale, it does seem to be the case.  This is a good example.  This book is beautiful, and, well, NICHE!  By Richard Hayhurst, Luonnon Kuvaajien Parhaat Finnish Nature Photography at Its

Best was published by Weilin Goos in 1987.  It is hard cover with a nice dust jacket that shows some shelf wear but no tears.  We have it priced at $20.  It will be in the "Specials" Room at the Semi-Annual Book Sale beginning on Thursday evening, September 25 at 6:00 p.m.

Fans of Susan Seddon Boulet are in for a treat with the addition of this book to our list available for sale.  Published by Pomegranate Artbooks in 1994, this 1st edition is in beautiful condition.  It is hardcover, with an unclipped dust jacket and appears unread.  Susan Seddon Boulet: The Goddess Paintings with text by Michael Babcock sells for $20.  It will also be in the Specials Room at the sale.

Set-up for the sale began on Sunday.  On Monday this writer worked setting up the Specials Room.  This is where all the books priced at $5 and up are located.  The number and quality of art books, particularly, is amazing.  There are also two shelves of cookbooks, many collectible childrens' books, literature books, history, biography, photography, entertainment, literature, gardening, and many old and/or cool books!  Don't miss this room when you come to the sale.  One can almost fill one's holiday shopping list from the Specials Room alone!

The Specials room also has special procedures designed to maintain the quality of the books and to control inventory of higher value books.  Please be patient with our Specials Room clerk as she collects the appropriate information from you.

We'll look forward to seeing you soon!