Jenny's Picks

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Coffee Queen,

 

Resident Blue-Grass Expert,

 

Mountain Dweller,

 

& Sustainable Living Devotee

 

 

 

 

Jenny's New Picks

$29.00
ISBN-13: 9780805091533
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Henry Holt and Co., 10/2011
If you’re familiar at all with Tony Horwitz you know that no one breathes life into history better than he does. When you think of history, page-turner isn’t exactly the word that comes to mind. That will all change once you start reading this book.

Wonderstruck (Hardcover)

$29.99
ISBN-13: 9780545027892
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scholastic Press, 9/2011
If you’re familiar at all with Tony Horwitz you know that no one breathes life into history better than he does. When you think of history, page-turner isn’t exactly the word that comes to mind. That will all change once you start reading this book.

$23.95
ISBN-13: 9780963810953
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Published: Polyface, 9/2007
Farmer and clean food evangelist Joel Salatin proposes a new way of doing things. With government regulations endless when it comes to food, Salatin explains how to put the freedom to choose clean food back into our hands and out of the government’s. Get inspired and pass it on.

Unfamiliar Fishes (Hardcover)

$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594487873
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Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 3/2011
A Hawaiian history lesson done right. In typical Sarah Vowell fashion, the book is stacked with humor, irony and a morality check to boot.

 

 




Jenny's Past Picks

$27.50
ISBN-13: 9781592404254
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Gotham, 10/2009
The year is 1935. In the backwoods of the Virginian Blue Ridge mountains a congregation of Primitive Baptists gather in a small country church house. At some point in the service, elder Lee Stanley lays a hand on his eight year old son’s shoulder and asks him to lead the church in the hymn “Salvation, O! The Name I Love.” In a high lonesome voice that would become synonymous with bluegrass the youth belted out the first line of the song. As the congregation chimed in little Ralph Stanley knew his voice was a gift from God. With his brother Carter they would go on to define the sound that we know as Bluegrass. In his newly published autobiography “Man of Constant Sorrow”, (Gotham Books, 2009) Dr. Ralph Stanley candidly retells his life story in his own charming and colloquial words. Ralph is one of the last progenitors of bluegrass left with us and this glimpse into a lost world should be poured over and cherished.

$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316013260
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Published: Back Bay Books, 9/2006
Fed up with her soul-sucking job Julie Powell believes there is more tolive for. She finds solace in coming home after a long day at work andcooking. Taking inspiration from her beloved Julia Child she embarks on amission to cook all the recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking inone year and writing a blog about it. Often hilarious and sometimesdisastrous this book is just what you need to feed your soul.

I'm Down: A Memoir (Hardcover)

$23.95
ISBN-13: 9780312378554
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Published: St. Martin's Press, 5/2009

A heart-warming and painfully funny memoir, Mishna tells us the story of her white family who grows up in a poor black neighborhood. She lives with her divorced dad who honestly believes he is black and her younger sister. You can't help but chuckle at all of her mishaps and triumphs. It is a beautiful and very insightful tale.


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ISBN-13: 9780767922005
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Broadway, 6/2008

From the bestselling author of Sex Lives of Cannibals (another one of my favorites), J Maarten recounts his journey through the big cities of Shanghai and Beijing all the way to the Gobi Desert and the hinterlands of Tibet. This laugh out loud tale will open your eyes to the powers that be in the new beating heart of the world.


$24.00
ISBN-13: 9781400066445
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Villard, 3/2008
In this hilarious book, Doug Fine tries to see if it's possible for the average American to reduce their carbon footprint in a world that is addicted to oil. From raising goats to installing solar panels, this inspiring book makes a profound statement about trading today's instant gratifications for a deeper, more enduring kind of satisfaction.

$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780307279460
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Published: Anchor, 12/2006
Straight from the comic genius himself, Bill takes us on a journey through the wilderness of the Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. Not only is this book a moving plea for the conservation of America's last great wilderness, it's a hilarious that is sure to make you cry tears of laughter.