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Good Morning,

NTI Upstream wants to let you know that your author signed Advanced Readers Copy of Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq (for your participation in the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program) has been shipped and should arrive shortly.

Bestselling author (Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality) and NY Times columnist Pauline Chen praises the work as “powerful, thought-provoking, and unforgettable…” In Chen’s words, after reading Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq, “You will never again look at the Iraq war—or any war for that matter—in quite the same way.”

We hope you enjoy Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq and look forward to your comments. For further information, please visit the official website http://www.coppolathebook.com

Thank you,

NTI Upstream

posted by NTIUpstream at 12:38 pm (EST) on Nov 2, 2009

I have two daughters, too, but that's not the qualifier either. (As you no doubt know). I'm going to have to read East of Eden one of these days, based completely on your own love for it, in case you're wondering!

One of my two favorite novels is The Door in the Grimming by Paula Grogger. Almost no one has even heard of it, but it is SO good. My other favorite is The Master of Hestviken by Sigrid Undset.

posted by SaintSunniva at 1:07 pm (EST) on Jan 6, 2009

Hello!
I just read with appreciation your review of Joker One, a book I also wrote a review for. I, too, am old (well, I really AM old enough) enough to be Campbell's mother. That made it very hard going for me, to read the book -- because I COULD be his mother: I have four sons of my own. I guess you could say I am a very emotionally invested reader!

Amy

posted by SaintSunniva at 11:28 am (EST) on Jan 5, 2009

My 1952 first edition, third printing of East of Eden is one of the best in my collection. (along with a first/first of The Long Valley) With our move last year near Trailblazer Elementary, I finally have a cozy library in the finished basement along with the gas fireplace.

How was Edgar Sawtelle? It is still unread, having obtained a signed first edition a number of months ago. Looking forward to it -specially due to growing up in Wisconsin.

~Steven

posted by eugenegant at 9:25 pm (EST) on Nov 17, 2008

Because you own this vintage cookbook set, I invite you and the 38 other owners of this cookbook to a group talk in COOKBOOKERS, on META GIVEN'S MODERN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COOKING. I'm curious about how you came to own this cookbook and what is your favorite part about the set. Thank you! See http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

posted by sungene at 9:06 pm (EST) on Aug 21, 2008

Hi!
Although I am new to LT, I find it exhilarating to recommend or "burn" an author. I left a message in response to some comments about the gestation of dictionaries, particularly The Meaning of Everything. I will certainly try another author mentioned.
Jer

posted by jarka at 8:32 pm (EST) on May 22, 2007

I see you liked Wilkie Collins. I recently read his No Name, which was great!

posted by Seajack at 1:34 am (EST) on Mar 1, 2007

best author- i go to your site to give you a nod and what do i see but a photo of one my all time favorites- I loved [East of Eden]!!!!

posted by berthirsch at 6:01 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2006

I hope you find time to read the postings -- they are pretty interesting! They seem to range from off-the-cuff to completely egg-head. Wow! Quite a diverse group.

No, I am not lonely in San Francisco. I know all of the other 8 conservatives and we get together regularly for drinks. ;-)

posted by ggchickapee at 10:53 pm (EST) on Oct 4, 2006

Thanks for joining the Political Conservatives group. Welcome!

posted by ggchickapee at 11:57 am (EST) on Oct 4, 2006

Hello fellow addict, and welcome to the group!

I saw your user name and figured I would say hi, as I'm just down the Interstate from you in the Springs. Take care.

posted by dodger at 7:34 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2006

I will send the list from my other computer downstairs. The laptop doesn't have Excel on it and I made the list in Excel. I'll just export it so it's a text file and include it in the body of the email so you won't have a problem printing it out. I found several of the books on the list and have just started reading [Jackdaws] which is about a group of British female spys that were sent into France to work with the French resistance during the last years of the war. It's based on fact and in the preface to the book it mentions that out of the 50 women sent, only 36 remained at the end of the war. So 14 of the group died doing their work and the book is dedicated to those women. I love that it's based on true events and I know after reading The Blue Noon and Charlotte Gray that conditions in France were pretty horrific. My Dad arrived there in July of 1944 and he told me a story of a woman that came to their camp with a gas can desperate for gas and she told my Dad "I have no money to pay you, but I offer you my person if you will spare me some gas". He gave her the gas and said "No charge, you must need it terribly if you would offer that". She was really serious and my Dad was really taken aback, because he knew that that was the way the German's operated. Very sad. There were times when he used to joke about women throwing themselves at him, but that instance, he never found very funny.
I'll send that list later tonight.
Connie

posted by warbrideslass at 6:38 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2006

Thank you for your sympathy. I was just emailing with my aunt (my Mom's sister) about all the trivial little questions that now will go unanswered because the two of them were the only ones that could answer it. I'm hoping my aunt can fill me in on some things. She was able to send me a map that showed me where they were stationed and where the farms were that my Mother worked on. I think my Dad's barracks were very close because he talked about her running across the field to meet him. They went back there on the 50th anniversary of the end of the war and some buildings were still there and the fields were all grown over but the outlines were recognisable. So they did get to see it again. I don't know where, in the massive amounts of photos my Mom took, I might find some pictures of it, but I'm hoping I can.
Thanks again for your sympathy. I just went and bought another two grocery sacks full of books at the second hand book store today. Lots of them are ones recommended by the historical fiction WWII group so there should be some good ones there.
Connie

posted by warbrideslass at 11:14 pm (EST) on Sep 20, 2006

Saw your post with the TEA! group and just wanted to let you know there are some great tea getaways up here in Boulder if you ever come this way. There's the Dunshabe Tea House, which is a beautiful builing in it's own right but more tourist-y, and then there's the lesser known Tea Spot, which has the best authentic scones, curd and clotted cream this side of the U.K. It's a great place to stop have a cuppa and read or write in a journal.

posted by WestWind at 11:03 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2006