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Joanne

Joanne, a long time Albuquerque resident, moved to Denver in 2000 and retired from Dex Media (US West Yellow Pages) 4 years ago. Over her 20 year career with Dex she sold yellow pages, trained on how to sell yellow pages, and managed those who did. Her son, Aaron, and his wife, Casey, returned to Albuquerque and so she did too in anticipation of Levi's arrival because she knew they would need help. Two years ago she convinced Nancy to hire her as back up counter help and the job has grown since then. Currently, she orders and designs signage and newsletters for the store. Her husband, Jack, says she is on the computer constantly from early morning to late at night.

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The Distant Land of My Father (Paperback)

By Bo Caldwell

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780156027137
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books, 09/01/2002

The Legend of Colton H. Bryant (Paperback)

By Alexandra Fuller

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780143115373
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 04/01/2009

I have just added The Legend of Colton H. Bryant by Alexandra Fuller to my Top Picks of 2009. The book, a biography set in Wyoming, is a must read mainly because I found Fuller's words to be thought stopping. Her very first sentence did just that. Stopped my thoughts: "This is the story of Colton H. Bryant and the land that grew him." The land that grew him. Hmmm. Not the land where he grew up, not the land he had come to know, not the land that he called home, not the land where he was born, but the land that grew him. In that one sentence she sets the pace and parameters of the story she will tell. We understand there is a partnership that will unfold between this land and that boy. We know that the author is comfortable with the vernacular. We know she will spin this tale as an old timer would, sparsely put, straight forward, and will be accepting of the idiosyncrasies of both land and boy. We suspect that we are in the hands of an expert. And as it turns out, we are.

Recommended by Joanne.

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A Dog's Purpose (Hardcover) By W. Bruce Cameron $22.99 A tail-wagging three hanky boo-hooer, this delightful fiction debut by newspaper columnist Cameron proposes that a dog's purpose might entail being reborn several times. Told in a touching, doggy first-person, this unabashedly sentimental tale introduces Toby, who's rescued by a woman without a license for her rescue operation, so, sadly, Toby ends up euthanized. He's reborn in a puppy mill and after almost dying while left in a hot car, he's saved again by a woman, and he becomes Bailey, a beloved golden retriever, who finds happiness and many adventures. His next intense incarnation is as Ellie, a female German shepherd, a heroic search and rescue dog. But the true purpose of this dog's life doesn't become totally clear until his reincarnation as Buddy, a black Lab. A book for all age groups who admire canine courage, Cameron also successfully captures the essence of a dog's amazing capacity to love and protect. And happily, unlike Marley, this dog stays around for the long haul.

A Dog's Purpose (Hardcover)

By W. Bruce Cameron

$22.99

A tail-wagging three hanky boo-hooer, this delightful fiction debut by newspaper columnist Cameron proposes that a dog's purpose might entail being reborn several times. Told in a touching, doggy first-person, this unabashedly sentimental tale introduces Toby, who's rescued by a woman without a license for her rescue operation, so, sadly, Toby ends up euthanized. He's reborn in a puppy mill and after almost dying while left in a hot car, he's saved again by a woman, and he becomes Bailey, a beloved golden retriever, who finds happiness and many adventures. His next intense incarnation is as Ellie, a female German shepherd, a heroic search and rescue dog. But the true purpose of this dog's life doesn't become totally clear until his reincarnation as Buddy, a black Lab. A book for all age groups who admire canine courage, Cameron also successfully captures the essence of a dog's amazing capacity to love and protect. And happily, unlike Marley, this dog stays around for the long haul.

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The Housekeeper and the Professor (Paperback) By Yoko Ogawa $14.00 I must confess that I purchased this book purely because of its cover - which is absolutely beautiful. There's something about shiny, blue paperbacks that's really appealed to me lately (also McEwan's On Chesil Beach and Ogawa's previous collection The Diving Pool), and this one juxtaposed pink dogwoods with mathematical symbols (what's not to love?). I was definitely pleased to find out that the text was equally memorable. Ogawa tells the tender, simple story of a housekeeper and her son, and the bond they form with a mathematician whose memory only lasts eighty minutes. The novel explores the nature of memory and relationships while describing several basic mathematical concepts in a really beautiful way that presents numbers as elegant things full of more meaning than simply quantity. It is a bit peculiar in its mixing of mathematics and writing, but its themes invite reflection, and like most of my favorite books lately, the details are perfect: a character receives the nickname "Root" because his head resembles a square root symbol - perfect.

The Housekeeper and the Professor (Paperback)

By Yoko Ogawa

$14.00

I must confess that I purchased this book purely because of its cover - which is absolutely beautiful. There's something about shiny, blue paperbacks that's really appealed to me lately (also McEwan's On Chesil Beach and Ogawa's previous collection The Diving Pool), and this one juxtaposed pink dogwoods with mathematical symbols (what's not to love?). I was definitely pleased to find out that the text was equally memorable. Ogawa tells the tender, simple story of a housekeeper and her son, and the bond they form with a mathematician whose memory only lasts eighty minutes. The novel explores the nature of memory and relationships while describing several basic mathematical concepts in a really beautiful way that presents numbers as elegant things full of more meaning than simply quantity. It is a bit peculiar in its mixing of mathematics and writing, but its themes invite reflection, and like most of my favorite books lately, the details are perfect: a character receives the nickname "Root" because his head resembles a square root symbol - perfect.

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