What's on your wish list?

I have filled in a lot of gaps in my own library the past year so the hard-to-find list is getting shorter - and more expensive.

P.D. James has a new book coming out. As she advances in years, I always fear her current one will be her last. And, Frank McCourt has one that may be worthwhile. Tis was a disappointment, but it seems that a passage of his writing that attracted me to him related to his teaching years, which is the subject of his latest memoir, Teacher Man.

Team of Rivals looks interesting, a study of Lincoln's team-building skills with his cabinet of bitter political enemies. I am waiting patiently for Diamond's Collapse to appear in paperback, or remainders. The same with Mark Helprin's The Pacific and other stories. I find my interests moving to language and logic, too. Even some poetry.

The design books I eye (aye!) are so pricey but maybe someday price won't matter (or maybe it always will no matter how much disposable income I have) Just like Schama's Rembrandt's Eyes. $35 for a paperback. Ouch!!