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2025 Friends of Brown Library Book Sale

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I drove down to Washington, North Carolina on Friday, January 24, 2025 for two reasons. I wanted to go to the Friends of Brown Library Book Sale which was held in the Washington Convention Center, and I wanted to have lunch at Down on Main Street Restaurant. I especially wanted to have their Shrimp Burger (fried shrimp & slaw on a Kaiser Roll) and some fried okra. I’ve had this lunch twice before and it was very good both times. This time I told them I wanted the sandwich on Sourdough. The Sourdough bread was delicious, but next time I will go back to the Kaiser Roll.

I’ll try and list all the books I bought yesterday at the book sale. $2 for hard backs, 50 cents for paperbacks.

  • Ultimate Spy (DK Books – Hardcover)
  • World War 2: History’s Greatest Conflict in Pictures (LIFE Hardcover – October 31, 2001)
  • Ramses the Great: The Pharaoh and His Time ( Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC – Hardcover – 1987)
  • The Russian Century (Brian Moynahan)
  • Kings & Queens (The Pitkin History of Britain)
  • The Circle of Life Wildlife on the African Savannah (Hardcover)
  • The Great Book of World War II Airplanes (Crescent Books – Hardcover – pp. 622)
  • I Can Draw (Longhurst – Hardcover)

  • Techniques of the Great Masters of Art ( Hardback)
  • Dali (Taschen – Hardback)
  • Son of Heaven Imperial Arts of China (Son of Heaven Press – Paperback)
  • Siena City of Art (Paperback)
  • All About Techniques in Pastel (Barron’s – Hardcover)
  • Cities of Art Florence (Nesti – Paperback)
  • Flowers in Watercolor (Jean Martin – Hardcover)
  • The Complete Book of Drawing Techinques A Professional Guide for the Artist (Stanyer – Hardcover)
  • Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor( Claudia Nice)
  • Manga for the Beginner (Christopher Hart – Paperback)
  • How to Draw and Paint Dragons (Kidd – Paperback)
  • National Museum of American Art (Paperback)
  • How to Draw Steampunk (Rod Espinosa – Paperback)

Suggestions to make the Book Sale more user friendly:

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.I’m not sure how sturdy this kind of wagon might be, even though I have one. But, something like this could be used to haul heavy bags of books out to the car. I have actually used mine (exactly like this one) once, to haul a bunch of books out to my car. I filled it up and rolled it out with no problem. But having bags to sit in the cart would be more efficient.

Could the Friends sell book monogrammed carriers at the Book Sale? Or, would a grocery chain offer to sell their reusable grocery bags (large & sturdy enough to carry books) at the Sale?

Maybe use high school students to carry purchased books out to the car for those that need assistance. If the students are needed on a school day, maybe suggest this as a community service project. I think something like this is required of all students now to complete their high school diploma. I just checked, and “Yes, it is a requirement for high school graduation” in North Carolina.

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