more liquid shopping

As of yesterday everything is 50-70% off at Borders. Russell and I went again last night. This morning as I was filling out my expense report paperwork I noticed something interesting on my receipt (see image on right). The free space in our store is now filled with miscellaneous stuff (this post at The Book Frog will give you an idea) and it warms my heart that someone had enough spunk in reserve to make that snarky, but apropos adjustment.

While I did pick up one book for myself (One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde; I needed it since I have all the other books in the series), the shopping experience was more depressing than anything else.

I spent some time in the history section, doing some collection development work. At least this time others will benefit from our Borders-liquidation obsession.

• American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H. W. Brand
• Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation by Andrea Wulf
• Stone by Stone; The Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls by Robert M. Thorson
• Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North by C.S. Manegold
• Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly

We also picked up another book that I may end up donating to the library: Ghosts from King Philip's War by Edward Lodi. It ended up in Russell's pile during the pre-checkout sort.

As for Russell, he made out like a bandit:

• The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen
• Bloody Mohawk: The French Wars and Revolution on New York's Frontier by Richard Berleth
• The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution by Alex Storozynski
• The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson
• Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country by Laton Mccartney
  (I exclaimed when I found this one and practically threw it at him; one of his forebears was implicated in said scandal and if that's not a good excuse to buy a book on the subject, I don't know what is)
• Worlds at War: The 2,500 - Year Struggle Between East and West by Anthony Pagden

And last, but not least, we got Minotaurus, the Lego boardgame, for both of us. We're going to try it out this weekend.