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1theretiredlibrarian
May 6, 2016, 2:41 pm

4konallis
Edited: May 7, 2016, 1:11 pm

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
City of Gold and Shadows by Ellis Peters
Count Brass by Michael Moorcock

5rolandperkins
Edited: May 7, 2016, 1:44 pm

Greece in the Bronze Age
by Emily Vermeule*

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Food and Booze: a Tin House
Literary Feast
ed. by Michelle Wildgen

Nights under a Tin Roof: Recollections
of a Southern Boyhood
by James Autry

Copper by Kazu Kibuishi

*Knew author

11thorold
May 9, 2016, 3:26 am

As I walked out one midsummer morning by Laurie Lee (Arsenic)
Be cool by Elmore Leonard (Beryllium)
Stalky and Co. by Rudyard Kipling (Cobalt)
La chartreuse de Parme by Stendhal (Lanthanum)
U and non-U revisited by Richard Buckle (Uranium)

12rolandperkins
May 9, 2016, 4:30 pm

11: !!??

(Where are the metals?)

15abbottthomas
Edited: May 9, 2016, 4:52 pm

>12 rolandperkins: As, Be, Co, La and U - S
symbols for these metallic elements in the periodic table. There are some benefits to a scientific education ;-)

On the back of thorold's neat idea I was going to add The W Plan, The Selected Poems of Li Po and I am Legion but didn't make 5.

16rolandperkins
Edited: May 9, 2016, 6:23 pm

11, 12>15

Thanks, abbottthomas
I do realize st (stannum)>Stalky is tin,
not so sharp on the other elements.

17thorold
May 9, 2016, 5:12 pm

>16 rolandperkins:. :-)
To achieve true elegance, I should have picked a title that starts with a saint's name, shouldn't l? We live and learn.

18patchygirl
Edited: May 10, 2016, 8:29 am

A Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte Yonge
The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards
A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
Miss Silver Comes to Stay by Patricia Wentworth

19John5918
May 12, 2016, 1:31 am

Just seen another one in a thread title:

Through the Gates of the Silver Key by H.P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffman Price

20rolandperkins
Edited: May 12, 2016, 3:19 pm

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21John5918
Edited: May 12, 2016, 3:14 pm

Just wondering why Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows appear in the list of touchstone books on the right hand side when neither title appears in the posts above and neither has metal in it? In fact now I look at it again, there are several more odd titles there.

23theretiredlibrarian
May 12, 2016, 6:39 pm

Tintin in Tibet by Hergi
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Tom Swift and His Air Glider, or The Platinum Treasure
The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy

24abbottthomas
May 14, 2016, 6:59 am

>21 John5918: It seems to me that you can search for most things in touchstones and come up with Harry Potter - just too many of them, I suppose ;-(

33rolandperkins
Edited: Jul 29, 2016, 10:50 pm