Logos
Bookstore’s Recommendations
by H.
Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
Logos Bookstore
1575 York Avenue (Between 83rd And 84th Sts.)
New York, New York 10028
(212) 517-7292, Fax (212) 517-7197
WWW.NYCLOGOS.CITYSEARCH.COM
Celtic
Tales of the Strange
by Joanne Asala, illustrated by Marlene Ekman
(Sterling Publishing, $7.95)
As
the leaves fall, the days are shorter and the nights longer
as Halloween turns into Thanksgiving, a good book can brighten
up the darkness or stimulate the imagination. One such book
is Celtic Tales of the Strange by Joanne Asala.
These
eerie stories take only a moment to read, but are so vivid
in images, some quite chilling that they stick in one’s memory.
A Celtic version of Red Riding Hood gives one the appropriate
scare, although the little girl, Lorna, does recognize the
wolf that only gets her golden hood, which gives it an electric
shock. In the tale, ‘The Water Nymphs’, seductive nymphs as
deadly as they are beautiful lure young village men to their
death, their only remains, three crimson, bloodlike streaks
stretching from the shore out to sea at midnight.
Marlene
Ekman’s black and white illustrations add atmosphere and flavor
to the book. A Celtic Tales Glossary, a Celtic Pronunciation
Guide and an index are provided at the back of the book. The
tales are divided into such sections as: Demons & The Dark
of the Sea, The Howl of The Banshee; Water Beasts, Worms & Creatures
of the Supernatural; Miracles, Churches & Holy Wells; Faerie
Forts, Stone Circles & The Gap In Time and Wise Women & Witches.
Meanwhile
during the upcoming holiday shopping season, one can purchase
books at 20% off retail price and other items at 10% off retail
price if one has in one’s possession a Block Party Card, valid
through January 20, 2004. To get one, come to Logos Bookstore
and pick one up. There, on the front door is a local merchant
map which shows where all the participating merchants are.
Buy your books, holiday cards and other items at Logos, then
go enjoy free wine tastings, pickle tastings, deluxe gift coffee
packages and many other fine deals at the other stores! For
more information call Logos at (212) 517-7292 or go online
to www.blockparty.com.#
Upcoming Events at Logos:
Wednesday,
November 5, 2003 at
7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss:
The Orchid
Thief by Susan Orlean.
Wednesday,
December 3, 2003 at
7 P.M., KYTV Reading Group will discuss:
Motherless
Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem.
Children’s
Story Time with Denise Dumaine is every Monday at 3 P.M.
Transit: #4,
#5, #6 Lexington Avenue Subway to 86th St., M86 Bus (86th St.),
M79 Bus (79th St.), M31 Bus (York Ave.), M15 Bus (First and
Second Aves.)
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the publisher. © 2003.
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