Alvah's Books

. . . I hit the jackpot!

Via snailmail, I recieved

• Picking Bones from Ash by Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Special thanks goes to Marie, a fellow Tweeter, and to her publisher Graywolf Press. Can’t wait to get started

Via United Postal Service

• The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
• Germany 1945: From War to Peace by Richard Bessel

Another special thanks to Van Luu at HarperCollins!

. . . two new books. Hooray. It feels like my birthday all over again.

A World I Never Made by James LePore

and. . .

Ratio: The Simple Codes behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, by Michael Ruhlman

Thanks to Story Planet and Scribner!

. . .Far Bright Star by Robert Olmstead.

Thank you Algonquin Books!