logo    Good Day Books (Issue #44, June 2009)
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Coming Attractions:
Mark Schreiber
28 June 2009

Mark will return to Good Day Books to discuss mys-teries set in postwar Asia. To attend Mark’s talk, you’ll need to buy from our shop one of the mysteries he’ll discuss. Some of these mysteries are shown at left.




Past Events
24 May 2009

Robert Whiting (shown below) gave a well informed talk about how Japanese baseball has (and has not) changed in the last 20 years.  The question-and-answer session after Bob’s talk was particularly lively.

 

BookClubs

On 21 June, our BookClub mem-bers will discuss Part I of Terror and Consent by Philip Bobbitt.



On 12 July, members of our  Non-Native English Speakers’ Book-Club will discuss The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw.


Conan the Librarian says:


Strangest conversation of the month:


“Please give me directions to your store.”
“Okay.  Where are you?”
“In my car!”

Strange Questions of the Month:


Do you have books any ranking the cuteness of dogs?


Do you have Gulliver’s Travels by John Twist?


During a recent visit to Indonesia, Conan snapped this shot of a bookstore on wheels.


 

Walking the Old Tokaido Road: Tokyo→Kyoto #10

Progress report: Our intrepid duo continued their Tokaido Road hike from Okitsu to Abekawa.