tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post1180572769548629905..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Stock Madness A-Go-GoJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-63268952610417758802009-02-09T15:22:00.000-08:002009-02-09T15:22:00.000-08:00Thanks, Kevin: sharp eyes! I will post this now.Thanks, Kevin: sharp eyes! I will post this now.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-8568482911516543732009-02-08T19:15:00.000-08:002009-02-08T19:15:00.000-08:00Here is a trio that I just happened upon that use ...Here is a trio that I just happened upon that use the same image of leaves. The last one is not a total match (it takes four of the five leaves and re-uses them -- I'm pretty sure they're the same leaves, though). The Walden edition I have a copy of and I think its design is excellent. The other two designs I don't much care for.<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Walden-Yale-Nota-Henry-Thoreau/dp/0300110081/<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Diffusion-Innovations-5th-Everett-Rogers/dp/0743222091/<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Acquiring-Genomes-Theory-Origins-Species/dp/0465043925/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-30820779553293512922009-01-24T22:24:00.000-08:002009-01-24T22:24:00.000-08:00Well, I'm belated with this, but here's the book t...Well, I'm belated with this, but here's the book that shares a cover image with Lederer's <I>Poker Face</I> -- <I>The Ladies' Lending Library</I>, a novel by Janice Kulyk Keefer.<BR/><BR/>What's interesting is that, on the Lederer cover, the woman is holding an ace of spades in her hand, showing it to the camera. In the Keefer photo, she's not. My first notion was that the ace was placed in for the Lederer cover, since it seems like an odd thing for a woman on the beach to be holding. But on the Keefer cover, the way she's holding her hand seems strange for someone not gripping anything. Huh.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110424331373895549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-20326215632563231142009-01-19T14:24:00.000-08:002009-01-19T14:24:00.000-08:00Thanks, Black Isle! And huzzah for tapirs and buff...Thanks, Black Isle! And huzzah for tapirs and buffaloes!JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-24554096744535582442009-01-19T12:18:00.000-08:002009-01-19T12:18:00.000-08:00Great eye, CCC!Great eye, CCC!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-23682396247204152452009-01-18T14:06:00.000-08:002009-01-18T14:06:00.000-08:00Thanks, JMW: I will try and track down that other ...Thanks, JMW: I will try and track down that other cover. The photo's by Donna Day.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-37246830997127887572009-01-18T09:08:00.000-08:002009-01-18T09:08:00.000-08:00Love your site.Katy Lederer's memoir Poker Face ca...Love your site.<BR/><BR/>Katy Lederer's memoir <I>Poker Face</I> came out five years ago. There's a book just out that uses the exact same cover image. I, unhelpfully, can't remember the title of the new book, but I've seen it in stores a few times in recent weeks.<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Poker-Face-Girlhood-Among-Gamblers/dp/0609608983JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110424331373895549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-30876375673172383032009-01-17T04:10:00.000-08:002009-01-17T04:10:00.000-08:00That would be fascinating! It's the "normality" of...That would be fascinating! It's the "normality" of London life during the Blitz that fascinates me, too: everybody's doing their jobs or washing the dishes or eating out, and the bombs drop, and they hide under the table for a while, and some of them die, and then everyone else gets on with whatever they were doing before.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-6696856766003308122009-01-17T00:41:00.000-08:002009-01-17T00:41:00.000-08:00I agree about the Blitz. It's fascinating that mil...I agree about the Blitz. It's fascinating that millions of people lived fairly normal, mundane lives in the midst of so much chaos.<BR/><BR/>My mother was 11 when the Blitz started and remembers it very clearly. She recalls arriving at school the morning after a raid and seeing empty desks in the classroom. <BR/><BR/>She says that people were fatalistic about being bombed and, as the saying goes, kept calm and carried on. The worst thing was not the bombs, but the hunger caused by rationing.<BR/><BR/>I feel lucky to be able to talk to an eye witness and almost feel as if I have experienced it vicariously.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-27764373617180660002009-01-16T14:09:00.000-08:002009-01-16T14:09:00.000-08:00oooh. That hurts...oooh. That hurts...Ian Koviakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779092543413941740noreply@blogger.com