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Last week, I was down in Salem to give a CLE on Oregon's rules for mandatory child abuse reporters to a group of attorneys. Whenever I am in a different town, I try to swing by the local library to see what it's like and check out the Friends' sale shelf.
I lucked out in Salem. They have a Friends' store, not just a shelf, and it had an impressive stock of used -- but not ex-library -- books at very good prices. I got a nice little stack of books.
Independent People by Halldor Laxness (Nobel Prize winner and an Iceland choice for the European Reading Challenge)
The Field of Vision by Wright Morris (1957 National Book Award winner and possible choice for the Battle of the Prizes, American Version, Challenge)
Longshot and For Kicks by Dick Francis (always my favorite)
The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle (I can't resist)
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror and The Summer of a Dormouse (a memoir) by John Mortimer (I keep buying his books because they sound good to me, but I haven't read any of them yet -- hope I like them!)
A Good Hanging by Ian Rankin (a short story collection from the John Rebus series)
Also, not from the library store, I got my copy of Jim Harrison's latest. He is an all-time favorite of mine -- so much that I am willing to buy a new hardback.
The Great Leader by Jim Harrison