tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post6447773609824156438..comments2024-03-28T06:05:27.715-07:00Comments on A Penny Sleeve for your Thoughts: B is for book saleJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-32458737005776127432016-07-26T18:50:38.870-07:002016-07-26T18:50:38.870-07:00Thanks for the link. Not surprisingly, there don&#...Thanks for the link. Not surprisingly, there don't appear to be any even remotely close to me.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-50200834904774431842016-07-26T07:03:02.379-07:002016-07-26T07:03:02.379-07:00Yeah. We'll use anything to get kids interest...Yeah. We'll use anything to get kids interested in reading. Scholastic is still very huge. They have warehouses scattered throughout the country with great prices. You can see if there are any near you:<br /><br />http://registration.scholasticbookfairs.com/events/warehouse/<br /><br />And thanks for sharing that article. Brought back good memories.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-24873462823480151122016-07-25T19:00:21.220-07:002016-07-25T19:00:21.220-07:00You sure know your magazines! After looking up tha...You sure know your magazines! After looking up that Current World Archaeology, I am now seriously considering a subscription.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-62078348582375033572016-07-24T14:49:23.708-07:002016-07-24T14:49:23.708-07:00Oh yeah, I'm subscribed to Archaeology and Cur...Oh yeah, I'm subscribed to Archaeology and Current Wold Archaeology, a British magazine, which is my favorite. I also am subscribed to American Archaeology (published by some non-profit group, I forget the name) but I won't be resubscribing again. They only really care about the west coast, totally ignoring the huge American Indian historical footprint of the northeast and elsewhere, but the real kicker is that they sold my name and address and I get all kinds of crap in the mail now that I didn't get before but started showing up within days of my first issue. <br />Billy Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847326710191224832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-15647631615233010782016-07-23T19:00:44.639-07:002016-07-23T19:00:44.639-07:00I had never heard about teacher's getting rewa...I had never heard about teacher's getting reward points. That seems like pretty good incentive to hand out the catalogs, although I would like to think that most teacher's would still participate in the program even if they weren't getting anything. I also didn't know that Scholastic was even still around.<br /><br />On a related note. I found a fun little article earlier today, in which the author discusses Scholastic memories: http://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/585/ordering-scholastic-a-memoryJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-67715929858264944592016-07-23T17:44:30.130-07:002016-07-23T17:44:30.130-07:00I loved buying books from Scholastic book orders a...I loved buying books from Scholastic book orders as a kid. I can still remember at least a few of my teachers passing them out and letting us flip through them and decide what we were going to buy.<br /><br />From as teacher's standpoint, I taught 5th and 6th grade my first ten years in the classroom. Whenever kids buy stuff, teachers earn reward points. I saved up my points my first few years and bought an iPod with it. And a few years ago... after being at the middle school level for 5 or so years... I checked into my Scholastic account and noticed I had enough banked points to buy my iPad. If I ever go back into the elementary school classroom... I'll definitely start distributing those book orders to my students again.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-45308844185172992592016-07-23T16:28:20.477-07:002016-07-23T16:28:20.477-07:00Thanks, I just couldn't leave there. Looking b...Thanks, I just couldn't leave there. Looking back, I have some very fond memories from grade school when it was time to order from the Scholastic catalog. I just wish I would have saved some of those catalogs!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-85098212374069028692016-07-22T23:12:57.006-07:002016-07-22T23:12:57.006-07:00Love that 1970 Scholastic copy of Aesop's Fabl...Love that 1970 Scholastic copy of Aesop's Fables. Nice find.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-91314814636050465072016-07-22T17:08:15.047-07:002016-07-22T17:08:15.047-07:00Tony, you kind of surprised me with your comments....Tony, you kind of surprised me with your comments. Hopefully that doesn't sound like an insult, I just wasn't expecting anyone to reply with that kind of working knowledge of the Great Courses. Of course to be honest, I thought this might end up being one of those posts that nobody even clicked on.<br /><br />I am still (and probably always will) primarily a physical media sort of a person, that being said, I will definitely look into that streaming subscription, especially if it offers a more affordable way to partake in some of the lectures.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-73279893949638666712016-07-22T16:30:30.783-07:002016-07-22T16:30:30.783-07:00I would imagine in your part of the country that t...I would imagine in your part of the country that there would be some pretty good sales, although you would have considerably more people to compete with in order to take full advantage of said good sales.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-54097933330898540562016-07-22T16:26:48.556-07:002016-07-22T16:26:48.556-07:00Library book sales are one of the things I miss mo...Library book sales are one of the things I miss most about Portland. There were multiple county libraries at reasonable distances that always seemed to be having a sale of some kind. <br /><br />I hadn't even heard of National Geographic History before, but I will definitely try and find at least one so that I can see what's what. I'm sure you're probably familiar with it already, but if not, another really good one is Archaeology Magazine, especially the pre-2000 issues.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-66607748306071625612016-07-22T16:09:28.498-07:002016-07-22T16:09:28.498-07:00Why am I not surprised that a book with Bill Russe...Why am I not surprised that a book with Bill Russell on the cover would be your favorite of the bunch. According to online reviews, it's supposed be pretty good, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-2040679696320645272016-07-22T16:03:24.490-07:002016-07-22T16:03:24.490-07:00If Mark doesn't already have that issue, he pr...If Mark doesn't already have that issue, he probably will soon.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-59714446849253174042016-07-22T08:11:00.327-07:002016-07-22T08:11:00.327-07:00I've listened to Bart Ehrman's lectures th...I've listened to Bart Ehrman's lectures through Great Courses as podcasts on my iPod. He is an excellent lecturer. The process and story of how a number of non-Biblical gospels were excluded in some fashion from the Catholic/Christian Bible as we know it is fascinating.<br /><br />Having bought some classes from that company, I know now also that they have a new streaming subscription price for folks who don't want to pony up for every course and want to play tons of different ones.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-20538156957862664032016-07-22T07:13:19.684-07:002016-07-22T07:13:19.684-07:00I love book sales almost as much as card shows. At...I love book sales almost as much as card shows. At 11 bucks total, I'd say you made out like a bandit.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-74853983429135066142016-07-21T17:26:17.255-07:002016-07-21T17:26:17.255-07:00I LOVE book sales. My local library does two a yea...I LOVE book sales. My local library does two a year, and I make sure to hit both. My brother jokes that I like to buy my weight in books, lol. The first year I came home with more than 30 books...mostly history. This year's first sale (the second is in October) was slim pickings, but I still managed to bring home 7 books. I'm jealous of your history book from 1916. Nice! I have purchased a couple books just because they were old and I didn't want them to become seagull food. The oldest I've found is a collection of Mark Twain's work from 1923. I have not read it yet. <br /><br />I was somewhat disappointed with Smithsonian Magazine. I chose not to subscribe...I found it was too expensive and mostly fluff pieces, not a lot of actual history. A new publication that I've been enjoying is National Geographic History. It's a little pricey but the articles are excellent, and the photographs are also very good...and include stuff I have not seen before, which is nice. Billy Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847326710191224832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-86947353517783940242016-07-21T17:07:44.399-07:002016-07-21T17:07:44.399-07:00That's a great Gaul for 11 bucks. Love the o...That's a great Gaul for 11 bucks. Love the old national geographic. Obviously the basketball book would top my list. Mark Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562266064195629037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730371508291366937.post-76486816449082915232016-07-21T16:17:17.305-07:002016-07-21T16:17:17.305-07:00Id say you found some good stuff. I have an issue ...Id say you found some good stuff. I have an issue of Smithsonian with Ted Williams on the cover and an article on baseball collectibles inside. Its the only issue of Smithsonian I've ever looked at. gcrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025001883745401515noreply@blogger.com