"Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come."

-- Franz Kafka


I'm new to BookCrossing, and have only begun to list the books I own, am currently reading, and am interested in trading or releasing... but the list will grow soon, I promise. :)
Anything listed as "available" is up for trading. As for my own personal wishlist, I'm always looking for books by Charles de Lint and Brian Froud, but other than that I'm open to almost any genre, with the exception of romance novels. (The one exception to that genre was "Possession" by A.S. Byatt- one of my all time favourites).

General Wishlist:

Make Prayers to the Raven by Richard K Nelson
The Calligrapher's Bible by David Harris
Sacred Places by Jane Yolen
The Traditional Bowyer's Bible by Jim Hamm
A Soothing Broth by Pat Willard
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Aboriginal Plant Use in Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest by Robin James Marles
The Bach Flower Remedies by Edward Bach
The Japanese Bath by Bruce Smith
Chambers Dictionary of Etymology by Barnhart
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor by Eleanor B. Wunderlich
The Better World Handbook by Ellis Jones
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots by Joseph Shipley
How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics by Calvert Watkins
Old English and Its Closest Relatives: A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages by Orrin W. Robinson
Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) by Karen Rhea Nemet-Nejat
The Art Studio/Loft Manual: For Ambitious Artists and Creators by Eric Rudd
The Winter Solstice: The Sacred Traditions of Christmas by John Matthews
Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills by David Wescott
Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe by Terence Dickinson
Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay
Sophon of Carthage: Heroine of a Holocaust by Richard Hardy
The SECRET DIARY OF ANNE BOLEYN by Robin Maxwell
Memory and Dream by Charles De Lint
Moonlight and Vines by Charles De Lint
Seven Wild Sisters by Charles De Lint

...and of course, any of Andy Goldsworthy's art books

Namaste.