A new library list

I haven't been posting our library lists lately. Mostly, we've been returning things but not taking out any more. Between what we'd already collected at home and not wanting to lug books around while doing other things, we just sort of skipped things. We did get the entire 4 dvd collection of What We Eat, though. I highly recommend it. Interesting stuff. Youngest also got Alanna, the first book of the Song of the Lioness series. Once she got into it, she was reading it obsessively for the next several days. *L* I read it myself when she was done and found it quite enjoyable, too. Youngest then asked if we could go to the library to get the next book in the series, so we head out today instead of waiting until the end of the week, when we usually go.

We finally returned the last of what we had out today, and promptly took out a bunch more out. Youngest ended up getting the remaining 3 books of the Songs of the Lioness series, In the Hands of the Goddess, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man and Lioness Rampant. She's had her nose buried in the 2nd of the series ever since she found them. *L*

Eldest found Wonder Woman: The Complete History. I think she was interested in that one more because of what she's seen at superdickery.com than anything else. LOL She also took out:

Guilty Until Proven Innocent; The nightmarish true story of a pastor falsely charged with the sexual molestation of children. Yes, that's the actual sub-title of the book. I think I've heard of this case, actually.

Sexual Violence; Opposing Viewpoints Series: From what I've seen so far of the chapters and titles in the book, it looks like a no holds barred look at the facts and myths surrounding sexual violence. I look forward to some of the discussions that this one will bring up.

My list is a bit longer... ;-)

The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: This one I actually spotted by accident while looking for something else. I find some very neat things that way.

Medieval Households: This should be enlightening - it seems to trace the evolution of the family unit into what we are now consider "traditional." One of the interesting things about "traditions" is that they often aren't all that traditional after all.

Food Civilization; How History Has Been Affected by Human Tastes: It's amazing how huge a role food has played in developing human history. I look forward to this one.

The Raven in the Foregate and The Potter's Field are two books from the Brother Cadfael series that I haven't read recently. I'll have to start using the hold service to get others, since we seem to have worked our way through the local selection.

The Queen's Man: With a shortage of Brother Cadfael books to choose from, I decided to try this medieval mystery, part of a series of books from Sharon Kay Penman. I'm hoping it's better than my other attempts in the genre. I really like the Ellis Peters writing style, and how she portrays people in the medieval time period. Other books I've tried to read are for more about portraying the "Dark Ages" viewpoint, and it's downright depressing sometimes. Here's hoping...

The Satanic Gases; Clearing the Air about Global Warming: The authors of this book, both climatologists, take scientific distortions on global warming head on. Speaking of which...

An Inconvenient Truth; The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It: I haven't found the movie at the library yet, but I did find the book. From glancing through the mostly pictographic pages, it looks like they've simply taken his movie and powerpoint presentation and put it in book for, then added a really long Introduction by Al Gore.

Then we got a few movies. I went about it backwards this time. Usually, I start on one end and work my way through, often reaching my limit of dvd's before I get half way. This time, I started at the opposite end and reached my limit about a quarter of the way through... *L* I found Nature's Pharmacy; Herbal Medicines, Arabian Dance Fever - Belly Dance, The Italian Passion for Life, Jamaica (Destination Travel Guide series) and The First Civilizations.

Yes, my interests are a touch eclectic. ;-)