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More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
$16.95
The response to Nancy Pearl's surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian and winner of the 2004 Women's National Book Award even became the model for the now-famous Librarian Action Figure. Readers everywhere welcomed Pearl's encyclopedic but discerning filter on books worth reading, and her Rule of 50 (give a book 50 pages before deciding whether to continue; but readers over 50 must read the same number of pages as their age) became a standard MO. Once again organized by topic, this sprightly follow-up includes an array of titles in nearly 150 eclectic categories, including Plots for Plotzing (highly unusual storylines), Animal Love (in which humans fall in love with animals), The Autobiographical Gesture (memoirs about complex lives), Child Prodigies (child characters who are called on to perform great and sometimes heroic acts), Nagging Mothers, Crying Children (true tales from the frontlines of parenting), and Libraries and Librarians. Both a valuable reference and a vastly enjoyable read, More Book Lust offers a wealth of enthusiastic, quirky reading recommendations.

Bookkeeping and Accounting DVD (1945) Job Training and Skills Vintage Instructional Film
$7.99
This vocational guidance film explores all the aspects of accounting and bookkeeping before the age of the computer. According to the film, an accountant must have strong moral fiber, be able to work in a team, and have significant organizational skills. It goes on to describe the various types of tasks bookkeepers and accountants perform, and what tools and education each must have to complete the job. An overview of what kind of degrees accountants must hold and what kind of advancement is possible in the career field is also discussed. Other topics include FBI accountants, cost-accounting, time and motion studies, household budgeting, and tax returns.

The Effect of American Manufacturing on Urbanization: How Our Country Grew DVD (1950)
$7.99
A wonderful educational film from Progressive Pictures, How Our Country Grew film tells the story of growth in the United States through its cities - through the eyes of someone in the 1950's! From only five cities with populations barely over 8,000 people in 1790 to the mega cities in 1950, advancements in the American system of manufacturing, swift transportation, and modern farming methods. The result is a informative and engaging telling of the history of urbanization. In short, the film describes how cities were initially allowed to expand in size because of the advent of farming techniques which allowed fewer people to more efficiently produce goods for Americans. After the spark in urban population, other advances in technology allowed cities to grow in size. With the invention of vehicle transportation such as streetcars, busses, automobiles, and freeways the urban population can more effectively use their time. Modern skylines have also grown taller due to the invention of elevators, which allow cities to more effectively use their land. The film demonstrates the then prevailing opinion about a limitless urbanization. The effects of urbanization are also touched upon, as well as early American manufacturing. How Our Country Grew is effective, penetrating, and best of all, fun!

Train Travel and Modernization: New Horizons DVD (1948)
$7.99
New Horizons is a magnificent vintage video that demonstrates how railroads in the 1940s were revolutionizing the American South. Emphasizing how the railroads lead the way in modernization, the film explores all the ways in which the South was experiencing an economic, industrial, and agricultural renaissance while still being the South whose roots are embedded deep in the honored tradition of the old. Interestingly, the problem of race and segregation is touched upon in a most progressive fashion for the time: the film mentions how workers both white and black labored together in the spirit of diversity and modernization of Southern culture. Overall, New Horizons is a fascinating cultural experience.