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NNadir

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7. My youngest son, the engineering student, is studying Spanish, Chinese and Russian in his spare...

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 10:16 PM

Dec 2017

...time - I can't believe he has spare time, but he does and I can't argue with his 3.96 GPA - and my wife bought him a Spanish language novel signed by Isabelle Allende, her Cuidad de las Bestias.

The odd thing was, it kind of came off the rack from a used book store through Amazon with no remarks about it being signed. It was actually very cheap. We'll take it.

(His Engineering Books for next semester will hit us to the tune of $550, so he gets used books for Christmas, 3 Chinese classic novels -we're told they're classic but don't actually know - 2 books by Allende and one set of Russian short stories in Russian side by side with English translations.)

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Get any great surprise books for Christmas? [View all] NNadir Dec 2017 OP

Yes two of them gopiscrap Dec 2017 #1

Origin by Dan Brown.... global1 Dec 2017 #2

I'll buy that one for myself, maybe to read during cold, endless January Glorfindel Dec 2017 #4

"Deception Point" was great PJMcK Dec 2017 #12

"Obama: An Intimate Portrait" by Pete Souza Glorfindel Dec 2017 #3

I'm jealous. n/t NNadir Dec 2017 #8

Me, too. Isn't it beautiful? Frustratedlady Dec 2017 #10

It really is beautiful. You can tell it's not a "hurry-up and publish" book Glorfindel Dec 2017 #11

Well, you can be thankful she has good taste. A thoughtful gift. eom Frustratedlady Dec 2017 #14

Not a surprise - but The Geysers of Yellowstone NRaleighLiberal Dec 2017 #5

Got a signed GP6971 Dec 2017 #6

My youngest son, the engineering student, is studying Spanish, Chinese and Russian in his spare... NNadir Dec 2017 #7

My sister gave me COLLUSION by Luke Harding, BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #9

Two non-political surprises PJMcK Dec 2017 #13