images of America

On my walk back from Noodles House, I dropped by the bookstore and had some interesting finds.

There's a book series called Images of America, of which a dozen Chicago-land titles were on display, subjects including Hyde Park, New Year's Parade on State Avenue, and so on. They're all light weight books, priced around twenty dollars each. The pictures are historical rather than contemporary.

It will be no surprise if places rich in culture and history get their way into this series quickly. A moment ago I googled 'images of america' and Amzaon showed me a bunch of hits led by San Francisco's Chinatown. There's even one for Mountain View. Had the series come out when I lived there, it would be a pleasure to flip through. Or maybe it was out, only I didn't notice?

The search also reminded me that Amazon is changing their way to display content of books.

There's another series that bear some similarities to this one, called Postcard History Series.

I was amused by an Out of Office Countdown Calendar 2007, which makes fun of George W. Bush with his photos and quotations. One quotation goes something like, Our enemies never stop thinking of new ways to harm our economy and destroy our country, and neither do we.