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Cool Reads With a Warm Blanket
The following selection of unique books, curated by Bethany Haswell at Stomping Grounds, offers something for everyone: cooks, adventurers, history buffs, kids, and serious readers. If nothing here tickles your fancy, head to her book/gift/framing store in Geneva where even the fixtures are fun (look for the large piano table.)
14,000 THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABOUT
This book contains a massive list of simple joys. It includes many things we take for granted such as “big red barns” or “comfy chairs in large bookstores.”
CURIOSITIES OF THE FINGER LAKES
A perfect blend of folklore and fact, this book contains odd stories, both true and legendary, of the Finger Lakes region.
DOES IT FART? THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO ANIMAL FLATULENCE
The first in a series of three interesting, informative and funny books containing answers to questions you never thought to ask about insects and animals.
W IS FOR WATERFALL, AN ALPHABET OF THE FINGER LAKES
Covering the Finger Lakes region from A to Z, this colorfully illustrated children’s book will interest the whole family.
REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF MY DOG HAS TAUGHT ME
A nicely illustrated gift book showing how dogs teach lessons in patience, kindness and joy.
BUSH CRAFT 101, A FIELD GUIDE TO THE ART OF WILDERNESS SURVIVAL
Reconnect with the wilderness and make the most of time outdoors by having the right tools, skills and supplies.
CLASSIC TALES OF MYSTERY
A beautiful compilation of 11 mysteries, both well-known and obscure, by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Arthur Conan Doyle.
THE ALICE B. TOKLAS COOK BOOK
A classic culinary memoir written with wit and charm. Read Alice’s account of hosting Picasso for dinner, or tasting a welcome peasant soup on the road with Gertrude Stein during the wartime occupation of France. This is a recipe book like no other.
QUACKERY, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORST WAYS TO CURE EVERYTHING
Throughout history humans have tried everything in pursuit of health and beauty, including some highly outlandish “cures.”
