Half-Price Books is having a 20% off sale over the long holiday weekend.
I haven’t found a lot of good stuff at the past few sales, but that didn’t stop me from going. And I think I see a break in the drought. I found some non-firearms related stuff:
- Season 1 of “Elementary”. I’ve already watched all of this with Lawrence, but Mom was griping that when the TV schedule changes after Labor Day, she’s not going to have anything to watch, so I figured this was worth taking a flyer on for her. Especially for $8 after discount (plus tax): while our TVs are set up with Amazon Prime, we’d have to pay $20 to watch this season.
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. This won a fact crime Edgar, I enjoyed Grann’s The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, and I’ve seen a lot of people (including ones I didn’t think were fact crime buffs) reading this. Finally found a decent paperback copy cheap ($6.78 after discount + tax).
- Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain’s Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War by Ben Macintyre. I also liked A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, so I figured this was worth a shot. Though it looks like it should be more accurately called “The History of the SAS Through the End of WWII”. ($6.38 after discount + tax.)
- The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words edited by Barry Day. This was just for fun, and is also kind of weird: it isn’t really a biography of Chandler, but rather an attempt to summarize Chandler’s life, and his thoughts on various subjects (including booze, broads, and writing) using his own words: not just excerpts from the books and short stories, but also from letters he wrote to friends and others. I’m about 100 pages into it right now, and I think it’s kind of fun. ($5.59 after discount + tax.)
I wouldn’t be posting, though, if I hadn’t gotten lucky and found some gun books. Which I will put after the jump…