Mylene Farmer (esp. "Innamoramento")
any Varttina
except for Seleniko or Kokko
any Echo's Children
Plague Songs
by Imogen Heap
any St. Vincent
Azumanga Daioh
I still don't have any of these. Yes, still. People seem to resist buying me books, so I do not buy myself the things I think they will be willing to get for me. Volumes 3, 5, and 6 are my favorites.
Princess Tutu
This is incredibly weird, metatextual, and fun. I own none of it.
Read or Die OAV disc
This is not the TV series, though I would take that too. [Wim approved.]
Invader Zim
Have: 0, want: all. [Wim too.]
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific Northwest
by Ronald A. Nussbaum, Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., and Robert M. Storm.
University of Idaho Press.
[in print, TPB]
Art of the Northwest Coast
by Aldona Jonaitis
[in print, TPB]
A Book of Colors
also Color Image Scale and Colorist
by Shigenobu Kobayashi
[all in print, TPB]
The Book of World Famous Music
Classical, Popular and Folk
by James J. Fuld
[in print, TPB]
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
by David Crystal
[in print, expensive TPB or really expensive HC 2nd edition; or OOP but cheap 1st edition]
The Color Star
and other fine books on color use
by Johannes Itten
[all in print, covers vary, cheaper used]
Costume in Detail: 1730-1930
by Nancy Bradfield
[in print, TPB]
English With an Accent
by Rosina Lippi-Green
[in print, expensive TPB]
The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville ***
in translation
[in print(s) as incomplete but still welcome TPB or expensive HC]
Eve's Herbs
by John M. Riddle
[in print, TPB]
The Fate of Mice
by Susan Palwick
[in print, TPB]
Garden Plants of Japan ***
by Ran Levy-Yamamori and Gerard Taaffe
[in print, HC only]
Gee's Bend:
The Architecture of the Quilt *
by William Arnett
[in print, TPB]
Ghostwritten **
by David Mitchell
[in print, TPB]
How Buildings Learn:
What Happens After They're Built
by Stewart Brand
[in print, TPB]
Kimono: Fashioning Culture
by Liza Dalby
[in print, TPB, beautiful]
The Limits of Mathematics
by Gregory Chaitin
[in print, hardcover only]
Lost World:
Rewriting Prehistory--How New Science Is Tracing America's Ice Age Mariners
by Tom Koppel
[in print, TPB]
The Major Transitions in Evolution:
Evolution and the Theory of Games
by John Maynard Smith
[in print, expensive TPB]
Making Comics **
by Scott McCloud
[in print, TPB; beware similar titles -- this is the newest mcCloud; Wim would like this too]
The Man Who Tasted Shapes
by Richard E. Cytowic
[in print, TPB]
The Moon: Myth and Image
by Jules Cashford
[in print, TPB]
Mother Nature:
Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
[in print, TPB]
Mots D'Heures, Gousses, Rames: The D'Antin Manuscript ***
by Luis D. Antin Van Rooten
[in print, yay!]
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder:
Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology
by Lawrence Weschler
[in print, TPB]
Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect
by Lawrence Slobodkin
[in print, TPB, probably have to be ordered]
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and Aristid Lindenmayer
[out of print]
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
by David Crystal
[in print, expensive TPB or really expensive HC 2nd edition; or OOP but cheap 1st edition]
City of Diamond
by Jane Emerson
["in print" but the suppliers are out]
Grammar Without Tears
by Hugh Sykes Davies
[out of print]
How to be Well Versed in Poetry
by E.O. Parrott
[out of print]
Legacy of Fire
by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
[OOP and rare, but this is a wish list]
A Long Way From Verona
by Jane Gardam
[out of print]
Marianne Dreams
by Catherine Storr
[might be hard to get]
Pugdog
by Andrea U'Ren
[out of print, children's HC]
The Recursive Universe:
Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
by William Poundstone
[out of print]
The Rising of the Moon
by Flynn Connolly
[out of print]
Sandkings
(the short story collection, pub date unimportant)
by George R. R. Martin
[out of print]
Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy
by Myra Cohn Livingston & Joseph Low
[out of print]
Wanderers and Islanders
by Steve Cockayne
[apparently not in print]
The Wings of a Falcon
by Cynthia Voigt
[in print again? not too hard to find]
Candles or candle accessories. I have lots!
Gift certificates to chain bookstores. I do love books, but I very much dislike going to the huge monoliths, because I live in the city. I understand that people go there if there aren't good independent bookstores nearby, but I am near several excellent ones. My preference is for supporting those, so if you want to get books of my choice for me, please either use my list here or get a certificate from Booksense, which I can use at independent stores. Thanks. I know this probably sounds strange to some of you, but I'd really appreciate it.
Inferior books on English usage.