For Christmas this year, though, among other things I got an Amazon gift card from my parents, so I went ahead and ordered several books which I probably won't get a chance to read until summer. Many of them were used, because I'm cheap that way; I don't generally care if they're not "new," although I do prefer the most recent editions.
- The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Apropos because just last week I saw a Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Leo; I had checked out this book from the library some time back and almost immediately returned it when I realized I'd have to buy the book because I knew I'd enjoy it.)
- Beneath a Tall Tree
- Eat the City: A Tale of the Fishers, Foragers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York
- The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
- The Intermountain West: A story of a Place and People
- Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev
- People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Pre-History
- Plagues and Peoples
- Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound
- Wedlock: The True Story of the Disastrous Marriage and Remarkable Divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
Not bought using my gift card because I'm an idiot and had temporarily forgotten about it led me to outright buy these books:
- Best Food Writing 2012 (This book and the next one I thought might have readings I could incorporate into my classes next semester.)
- Best Food Writing 2013
- Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child (recommended by the social worker and the agency who did our home study)
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