This month, we welcome the Open Books Store's newest interns and employees (both Muppet and human). Here's what they're reading...click their names to join in the discussion!
Kevin: Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by R. Buckminster Fuller
It sounds like the title to a science fiction novel, but Fuller was a unique and brilliant mind that dedicated his life to improving the world through science, simplicity, and creativity. This slim volume is a great introduction to Fuller's thinking!
Terry: From Julia Child's Kitchen by
Julia Child
There's no better way to improve your kitchen skills
than to study the masters! It also helps that we have a copy of this
book that was touched and autographed by the master herself! (Ask us to
see it in our Rare & Wonderful section!)
Lizzy: Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Waugh is best known for Brideshead Revisted, but this hysterical novel is also a fantastic read!
Scoop skewers the journalism industry of the 1930's. Even in our current fast-paced world of blogs and 24 hour news, Scoop and Waugh's acerbic observations about the industry hold up incredibly well.
Juan: Van Gogh by William Feaver
Vincent
Van Gogh! Now there was a man who knew the true importance of
color. He also had a
very deep soul and a tortured life, much like mine. (By tortured life, I
mean of course my love for Miss Piggy. Do you think I should send her my ear as
an offering?)
Charlotte: Poesía-son by Nicolás Guillén
Guillén's poetry was extremely controversial when he was first published in Cuba in 1916. It speaks out against racial and class inequalities and prejudices of the time, which to this day continue to be relevant. His poetry is beautiful to listen to and provides a visual, emotional, and auditory experience of the song of everyday life that people from any country can relate to.
Harriet: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Haroun's reality is made of factories that manufacture sadness. The people have forgotten the names of their cities and believe that storytelling is a waste of time. When his family is torn apart, he begins an adventure to save their happiness and the fate of stories themselves. We could all use a little magic in our lives: even if this book doesn't bring it to yours, there is surely one out there that will.
