Archive for October, 2009
Quilting has plenty of special interest
As I list our new inventory and pull orders for our Customers… it is noticable that we provide quite a selection of books on Quilts and Quilting. Most with some kind of special interest or quality about them.
Selected Books on Quilting
Chapman Stick is Way Cool!
Just had to share this with the world! This musical instrument is soooo innovative! I was surfing youtube for music to listen to, and my all time favorite group is Gentle Giant. So, I was search on that and found this Rob Martino guy that plays one of their songs. Cool. But, what he uses is something called a “Stick”. And, the sound is fantastic!
Now, looking further into it, turns out that this guy is one of the best at it that I could find. But, the instrument is still very powerful, giving a string player (actually called “tapping”) and ability to play many parts at the same time much as a piano player can. Well, I have played the piano for about 40 years and have been a “table top tapper” for as long! It is very exciting to consider the potential here. Unfortunately, you still have to adjust frets and bridges and torque and… okay, I would be one of those people who buy it but never really use it. But, I love the sound… listen to this!
Top Five Highest Priced Items
Currently listed on Amazon Marketplace, our 5 highest priced items are…
1) $675 Puss N Boots [VHS] (1992) ASIN: 6302293677
2) $495 Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam (11th Edition) (Hardcover) ASIN: 1888577681 (Edition) (Hardcover)
3) $377.77 Algebra 2: Teachers Wraparound Edition by Berchie Holliday; Gilbert J. Cuevas (Note: we recently sold one of these already!) ASIN: 0078656109
4) $342.86 Heat Mining: A New Source of Energy by Armstead, H. Christopher H. ASIN: 0419122303
5) $293.39 Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommun… ASIN: 082472903X
Note: if you want to find any of these on Amazon, just put the ASIN in the search box and it will take you right to it!