Book For You!
I love our Friends ongoing book sale located in our lobby and called The Book Nook. You never know what gem of a book you'll find. And you can't beat the prices.$1.00 for hardcovers and trade paperbacks, .50 for regular paperbacks and kids books are just a quarter; bargains galore.
My fabulous find this past week:
The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: History by authors Piven, Borgenicht, Marchant & Wagner.
The book's premise is that to be prepared for whatever might hit you in the future, you must be prepared for what people dealt with in the past. It offers how-to scenarios, step-by-step instructions on life threatening situations you may encounter. These include:
- How to survive if your ship hits an iceberg
- How to paint a chapel ceiling
- How to fight off a saver-toothed tiger
300 pages of useful advice for historic situations...
I've always wanted to visit Egypt and now if I do, I'm fully prepared if I should get sealed in a pyramid. I've memorized the escape plan as outlined in the book. First I must find the king's sarcophagus. While searching for it, I'll gather useful items such as tools and food as my escape will probably take several days. Once I find the tomb, there will be a doorway that is blocked by a slab of granite, the first obstacle to overcome. I'll need to make a pick or ax to carve around this slab but instructions are provided on how to do this. Carving around the slab could take many days so any food supply that I gathered while finding the tomb must be rationed. If I'm still alive at this point, there's only about 5 more steps to the light of day.
What price freedom? In this case $1.00! If you think you, too might have use for the information this book offers, it's back on the rack for sale..
SAXTON B. LITTLE FREE