Bookshopping

I was favourably impressed by both the number and quality of bookshops in those parts of the United States I visited. Even without the rec.arts.books guide to the bookshops of the Bay Area (a printed copy of this was a serious omission from my equipment) I managed to find over thirty bookshops in San Francisco alone.

Here's a list of the books I bought back with me (in rough order by date of purchase):

• The Last of the Mohicans, US1.98 Dalton's Westwood LA
• The Language of the Night, US10.00 City Lights SF
• Writing Culture, US15.00 City Lights SF
• The Marquis of Bolibar, US2.98 shop on Valencia near Modern Times SF
• Catilina's Riddle, US5.99 Caltrain station SF
• Domination and the Arts of Resistance, US14.00 Codys Berkeley
• California, Books Inc SF
• Centripetal Forces in the Sciences 2, US2.98 Bookstar Sunnyvale?
• Fortune's Favourites, US6.99 Yosemite Village Store
• The Human Use of Human Beings, US$4.50 Bookmans Phoenix
• Chance and Necessity, US2.95 Bookmans Phoenix
• Negara, US$12.95 Bookmans Phoenix
• Cycles of Conquest, US$7.95 Bookmans Phoenix
• Indonesian Readings, US8.95 Bookmans Phoenix
• Eight Skilled Gentlemen, US$1.98 Waldenbooks Phoenix
• The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries, US$11.99 Changing Hands Phoenix
• The Man who would Dam the Amazon, US$4.95 Changing Hands Phoenix
• The Place where Souls are Born, US4.95 Changing Hands Phoenix
• Brightness Falls from the Air, US9.95 Sisterhood LA
• The Dragon, US$9.95, Borders LA
• Roman Law and Comparative Law, US$25.00 Getty Museum LA
• The New Hacker's Dictionary, US$15.00 Midnight Special LA
• A History of Russia, US4.98 Borders LA
• Egypt Israel and Canaan in Ancient Times, US16.95 Dutton's Brentwood LA
• Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, US$27.50 Borders LA

A good haul; should keep me going for a while! (The links above are to my book reviews.)