From time to time, my sister passes along a Bas Bleu Bookseller-By-Post catalog to me. (Bas Bleu means blue stocking or bluestocking in French - a term for a literary woman.) I spent part of yesterday afternoon reading through and dog-earing pages of books that I want to look into. Bas Bleu puts out a large variety of books and does a catalog of fascinating reviews for each one. You can call 1-800-557-2647 for a free copy or visit here. Here are a few titles that I ear-marked to whet your whistle:
* Charles Harper's Birds and Words
* Kitchen Essays by Agnes Jekyll (written in 1922)
* Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood by Robyn Scott
* The Bedside Book of the Garden by Dr. D. G. Hessayon
* Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt by Nina Burleigh
* Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer
* Rhapsody in Green: The Garden Wit and Wisdom of Beverley Nichols
* The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
Don't those titles sound intriguing?!
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