Early October - Why Read?

The rest of the country is talking about the Fall Foliage, at least on the Weather Channel, when the North American trees change color, and people get into their cars to observe the reds, yellows and browns of the early Fall (that would be Autumn to you Europeans, "Fall" is an American neologism.

We have said this before, that we can't help you here to build large abdominal muscles. We cannot help you remove wrinkles and fine lines from around your eyes.

Nor can we keep your food fresher or repair your fine china. That is what television infomercials are for. You can stare at a screen, as we do some late nights when sleep is elusive, hopefully keeping the yourself awake long enough to get sleepy again  in the middle of the night or on Sunday, when the stream of tears from repeated yawning is beginning to dampen your reclining sofa.

We are selling on our websites the antidote to those who have become weary of the flickering screen, since we sell old-fashioned, hold-in-your hands reading material, mostly out-of-print books.

That is the alternate universe of television, which has slowly taken over the world with its immediacy and its need to sell things. We watch it too, though we cannot believe what we see, or more precisely, we don't fully comprehend the purpose of why certain "shows" are on the air.


Here are some books about Science to make you think deeper thoughts. They are for sale on eBay and some of the other sites that we advertise on the right.


Books About Science - qsell
Medieval and Early Modern Science Vol. I
Molecules Of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medi
Foundations of Futures Studies: Human Science for a New
French for the sciences
The Boundaries of Natural Science - Rudolf Steiner Pbk
Science Morality and Feminist Theory
Fragments of Science, Being a Series of Detached Essays
Design of Building Frames (Architectural Science)
Contributions in Marine Science, Volume 27, September 1
Graphology, or, The science of character in handwriting

 

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