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Advance Readers' Copies -- one of the many benefits of working at a bookstore. For those who might not know what that phrase refers to though, it means I (and other booksellers) are invited, even encouraged, to read advance copies of books before they are officially released to the public. In this world of thousands upon thousands of books, publishers often send out a free copy in hopes that a particularly enthusiastic recipient will personally promote the work to his or her customers, and thus increase sales exponentally.
Here are a few books that I have read in galley form (another phrase for advance reader copy) and hope y'all will pick them up, either at a bookstore or library.
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients
by Lucy Spelman (Editor), Ted Mashima (Editor)
In bookstores June 24, 2008 (US Release Date)
This is a cute book that all animal-lovers should pick up, or would be a great present for teenagers interested in becoming veterinarians. It’s a simple concept: vets from around the world contribute a story about an exotic...
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Books About Reading
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
Just for the heck of it, one day A.J. Jacobs decided to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, all thirty-two volumes. Surprisingly his details about his adventure is quite amusing and he does share some very interesting tidbits from the EB. Or as Jon Stewart says: "The Know-It-All is a hilarious book and quite impressive achievement. I've always said, why doesn't someone put out a less complete version of the encyclopedia? Well done, A.J."
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
I know I have previously recommended this book in my Memorable Memoirs soapbox article but besides her memories about living in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, Nafisi offers amazingly insightful analysises on Lolita, The Great Gatsby, and Daisy Miller. I wish I could have had Nafisi as my Western Literature professor!
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In A Sunburned Country, A Walk in the Woods and I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson
While I have only discovered Bill Bryson's works within the past year, I have whole-heartedly fallen in love with his writings. Why? Because they are the freaking funniest things I have ever read. He delights in depicting the strange and the awkward, which usually turns out to be him. This "God Dad! [teenage eyes rolling in disdain, can't believing that they are related]" theme runs throughout his books, adding *pop* and *crackle* to his extremely informative self-travel journeys. A Walk in the Woods is about his hike along the US Appalachian Trail; In A Sunburned Country is about Bryson's travels across Australia; I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away is (as the title so prominently points out) about returning to the American lifestyle after twenty years of living in England. "Woods" and "Sunburned" are full-fledged books about his trips; "Stranger" is a collection...
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