I found this book for $1 in a secondhand shop in pristine condition: Hollywood Poolside.
http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Pool...ywood+poolside
Beautiful b&w photos of old Hollywood stars in and around various private pools. Goes all the way back to silent film star days. Also includes some gossipy text. Good for a fun summer read or buy it as a gift for anyone fascinated by old Hollywood.
Just started a book by Joan Gussow called Growing, Older: A Chronicle of Death, Life and Vegetables. She is known as one of the pioneers of organic gardening so has insight there. Concurrently, she talks about how she finally felt a great freedom after her husband of 40 years died of cancer. Somehow, it all begins to weave together - gardens and personal growth.
Sounds like a book I'd like. Thanks!Originally Posted by pinkytoe
Psychopath Whisperer : the science of those without conscience by Kent Kiel. The author spent years working in prisons using a 20 point psychological test to identify true psychopaths. He relates many stories about the men he sees in prison. In one chapter he performs an historical analysis of two famous assassins, the men who killed two Presidents, Abraham Lincoln and President Garfield. Using historical docuements, he recreates their personalities and demonstrates that people who perform mad acts are not always madmen.
Well, kids--I got my used paperback book--a 1980 edition that has the original price on it--$2.75 . It's "Act Of Vengeance", an account of the murder-for-hire of a reform-minded Union Leader in SW PA on New Years Eve, 1969. The perpetrators were caught, and imprisoned. The aftermath of the murders did bring about new leadership in the Mine Workers' Union. Don't want to spoil it for you. You can go on Google, and see an aerial view of the old stone home where the crime occurred--on Polly street in Clarksville, Pa. Ralph Nader makes a cameo appearance in this story, because at the time, one of his advocacy projects was building a case for mining safety legislation and union reform.
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"Light Between the Oceans" was a very good book, IMO. I recommended it to several people and so far have heard that they liked it too. I used to belong to a book club that no longer meets, and I kept thinking what a good book this would have been for discussion.
"Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in the midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free." Leonard Cohen
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