Closest Book......

[Cogswel_Cogs]

She had quite a lot of sex appeal, too, if you really want to know.

Catcher in the Rye

 

[mickeymedic]

Sometimes, instead of pencil tests, it would be a "Leica reel" that would be under consideration. - The Art of Walt Disney (published in 1975)

 

[robinb]

"He lit from his roost, flaring his ears wider."

(From my laptop in the livingroom)
Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel

 

[jara1528]

No thanks.
The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey

(Nice and short )

 

[DawnCt1]

For the war on the Wends, which was waged by the Saxons, the Danes and contingents from imperial Burgandy, Poland and Moravia, was at least, in the words of a Czech chronicler, a commotio christianorum, a rally of the faithful.
The Northern Crusades by Eric Christiansen.

 

[Stacerita]

"If this information in not in the documents, talk with your manager: if he or she does not have the information, go to the strategic planning group or person."

-Successful Manager's Handbook

 

[MariDisney]

We don't get yellow because our liver - the master filter - disposes of the excess bilirubin.

The Babt Book, by William and Martha Sears. This was the closest book on the shelf, but one I haven't needed to read lately since DD is 9.

 

[Mikelly1221]

"A Scout knows there is strength in being gentle."

My son's Webelo handbook was the closest!

 

[spaceacewannabe]

"The boar's giant nostrils and powerful sense of smell helped him search every corner of the ocean until he found the earth, hooked it on his tusks, and carried it back to the surface."

 

[Diznygrl]

"One day he was arrested for stabbing his wife."

The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

"We can, first of all, dismiss the twenty-four-dollar figure because it dates to the mid-ninteenth century and has no relationship to buying powere two hundred years earlier."

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto

Being a history masters candidate, I always have some type of history book near by lol

 

[marciemi]

Embarassingly, mine was a Reader's Digest:

Without thinking twice, Cody, a five-nine former football player, vaulted the chain-link fence and charged the snarling dogs.

 

[laurie31]

"The Assyrian drive to build a world empire began in earnest during the 700s B.C. under Tiglath-pileser III (ruled 745-727 B.C.)."

From my 7th grader's world history textbook.

 

[CajunDixie]

He didn't have Bridget's gift, but he had a bad feeling

Dark Summer by Iris Johansen

 

[Rella Bella]

Interesting.... my closest book, (one foot closer than my 7th graders backpack) says:

"The Acts of the Apostles tells us: "Those who accepted his message ... devoted themselves to the apostles instruction and the communal life ... (Acts2:41-42)."

From: Prayers and Devotions, 365 Daily Meditations, by Pope John Paul II
Yes, the ... 's were actually printed exactly that way.

 

[Evita_W]

From my music history book....

"The years leading up to 1450 laid the foundation for a new age-the Renaissance-which provided some great literature and architecture as well as beautiful and intricate music."

Well, that was fun! Who's next??

 

[Avalon_toon]

Mine is... "Luck sure didn't look to be a lady tonight, more like the b**** she always was." Nightlife, by Rob Thurman.

 

[SunFloridaDisney]

belly the part of the body between the chest and thighs; abdomen.


Closest thing on my desk was the dictionary!

 

[DMickey28]

"Only two years later the legendary Breakers Hotel was accumulating a formidable list of guest signatures, and by the time Flagler had built his great mansion, Whitehall - "The Taj Mahal of North America" - in 1902, Palm Beach was an established mecca for every East Coast socialite."

Frommer's Florida's Best Loved Driving Tours!!

 

[FinallyBoughtDVC]

"Did the waitress forget to take our drink order?"

Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA