Phillip has the sad news that after 55 years in the CBD of Brisbane, the American Book Store will be consolidating to The Book Garden and moving to Toowong, at Unit 7, 39 Campbell Street on 20th September. We will continue to operate as before but more as a virtual bookshop, as more and more of our valued customers are interacting with us via the phone, e-mail or web. We will deliver the same level of service and knowledge, but will be able to offer free delivery to the south east Queensland and reduced postage to the rest of Queensland. Hopefully we will also be a bit more competitive on pricing for bulk orders. More news of this as we get closer to the move. This week I have read Neil Armstrong A Life of Flight by Jay Barbree about the man who made President Kennedys bold prediction of putting a man on the moon within a decade, a reality. The book is the intimate, definitive biography by one of Americas great space journalists, who was also a close friend. They worked on this book for over 20 years, and even though much has already been written on Neil Armstrong, this is the authorized version which focuses more on his love of flying and his need for understanding all he did. It is a truly great read about a most remarkable man. Secondly, I read the new book of short stories by David Guterson, the man who wrote Snow Falling on Cedars. It is titled Problems with People. These 10 stories are filled with his gift for characterization, psychological nuance, emotional suspense and description of the natural world. Each story is very different and together make for an enjoyable read. I am in the middle of another enjoyable read called All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It is about a blind French girl whos father is the Master of Locks at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, who flee to the coast carrying a dangerous secret. The other major character is a German orphan, who is a wiz at electronics and wins a place to a brutal Nazi military academy and learns that his way out of obscurity is built on suffering. More details next post.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 01:31:49 +0000
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