Man never drinks water, uses wine for mouthwash, etc. Drops clothes on floor wherever he takes them off, servant picks them up
310P:The Man Who Never Drinks Water
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310O: The Murder Of A woman’s Teenage Daughter
I’m looking for a paperback book I read in the late 70s possibly the very earlier 80s. The book was non fiction, written about the murder of a woman’s teenage (she may have been in her early 20s) daughter. The mother solved the murder by receiving what she believed were messages from her dead daughter. The murderer was her daughter’s boyfriend (husband).
310N: Oregon in the 19th century
I read this book between 1958 and 1964. Here is what I remember about it a youth-oriented novel (there was no category of Young Adult in those years)set in Oregon in the 19th century.Involved a young boy who was a drift in some way and got involved with trees included the word “Yus,” in place of “Yes,” as a dialectical expression may have had a reference to tall fir trees in the title.
I have searched for this book on the Internet quite a bit, without result. It is a very good book that I have wanted to recommend to kids, but I could not!!
310M: The Voyeur Spy’s On A Witch
This is a book about a witch (or a haggard lady) the illustrations are drawn in pencil but they’re really graphic and detailed. Her house is a mess and you feel like a voyeur seeing it. I read it in the early 90’s
310L: Vulture eats the Profits
I am looking for a children’s book that I read to my son in the late 70’s. It is about a vulture. My vague recollection is that the vulture goes into business but keeps messing up by doing things like eating up all of the inventory etc. He has other animal character friends that help him out. It may have been a series of books about these animal characters. The title could have been something like “Vulture eats the Profits “.
Any help that you can give me would be highly appreciated. The book has sentimental value.
310K: Animal Festival
Main characters were named Mayor Zebra, Rabbit, and Hen. Starts off with the three playing instruments under a Banyan tree. Decide to host a craft festival with the towns animals. Scenes include a bull running a china shop, an owl doing astrology, antelopes maybe? making kites, and a spider making lace. Book ends with Mayor Zebra, Rabbit, and Hen being declared winners for putting the festival together. Book had very detailed artwork.
310J: Pen and Ink Illustrated book on dying from 1970s or 1980s
I own The Zen of Seeing by Frederick Franck from those years, and I thought he also wrote a book about dying with black and white ink and watercolor illustrations in the early 1980s. However, I don’t think he was the author, though the book I am recalling had a similar look. I gave it to my landlady whose husband was dying, and she found it very comforting. I have a couple of friends now in similar circumstances and I would love to track down a copy. I think the word “Zen” was in the title, but I am not sure. I don’t think it’s the one with the spiral on the cover and the title that I see on Amazon. Do you know what book this might be?
310I: A Father Who Was A Science Writer
We are looking for a series of science books for children from 1960-1962 the premise was a father who was a science writer with some kids that tagged along on his writing assignments about chemistry, physics, automotive, etc.
310H: Upstairs In A Big Tree
Deep Adventures, Upstairs in "a big tree" ca. 1968. First-grader, public library "The Big Tree"? remembered as title, but years of search give no results from that. Children's book. Large, maybe; pictures, of course. A boy wanders in a wood? Sees and enters a big tree, with a winding stair he climbs, filled w adventures. Mood: Contemplative, imaginative, an aperture of depth/ psyche to standard fare. At one pt., illustrated, the boy upstairs "in a tree" lies awake in a bed looking across room at a chalkboard? His dad has left a puzzling message to decipher. I recall the book as gentle, surreal, and profound.
310G: Pinafores and Pantalets
It’s the story of a family living in a town just after the Civil War. In one chapter, the news comes that Lincoln has died and all the women in the town tear up their black dresses and drape the fabric over the house fronts. In another chapter, the mother buys fabric to make the girls dresses. The fabric is hated by the girls, a mustard and brown check, so they get matches and burn holes in the dark checks. The youngest daughter gets deathly ill. They had to shave her head she’s so sick. When her hair grows back, it comes in curly. She is sent to the country for the summer to recover and she comes back pink-cheeked and healthy.