SOLD $14.95 | Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia 1906 Luise Muhlbach Illustrated Hardcover Good Maybe they did in this work of historical fiction? The illustrations seem on the up and up, but you’ll have to read the text to know for sure.By the way, am I the only one who never understood about Prussia? Like are you secretly Russia? When did you exist and where exactly did you go? This whole country sounds made up.

$33.50 | Signed Miles Thornburg The Thread of My Life 1958 Groves Thread Company Baptist Famous people filter their stories through the gravity of their own reality distortion field. If I want to learn how actual people lived in their time I’ll open a book like this one by Miles O. Thornburg.

$44.95 | First Edition It's All Zoo (1968) Gerald Browne Hardcover Dust Jacket Very Good They sure have a knack for voice, and their characters always sparkle.This is the scarce debut novel of Gerald Browne, a mid-century advertising executive at the Grey Advertising Agency in New York. He went on to become a prolific novelist. You’ll see his books all over the place, but you will only find his debut novel at an affordable price at Oldalsbooks.com.

$122.50 | Genius in the Garden: Charles Gillette (1992) George Longest Good First Edition When I first saw this book, I thought of my wife working under her sprawling luffah vines in late summer. Who is your gardening genius?

$14.50 | Journey to Ixtlan: Lessons of Don Juan (1972) Carlos Castaneda Hardcover DJ Good Sometimes a book speaks to me and I bump it to the top of my reading list. This was one of them. Carlos Castaneda writes about his apprenticeship with the Yaqui shaman sorcerer Don Juan. This book shifted my perspective. Will it change yours?P.S. Look up the life of Carlos Castaneda and the true crime story of his Los Angeles-based cult. What fun!