Dog Books, Part 1

TTouch for Dogs, Video. From the jacket—“In just ten minutes a day, you can permanently change your dog’s behavior with the TTouch.”

All 87 Breed Dog Grooming for the beginner, written by a Panel of Grooming Authorities. Comprehensive book with introductory chapters on grooming in general, then a chapter for each breed.

I Love My Dog, But…, the Ultimate Guide to Managing your Dog’s Misbehavior, by Joy Tiz, M.S., J.D. A good little book for the dog owner who is having problems.

The Dog I.Q. Test, measure your dog’s brainpower and social skills and discover your strengths as an owner. A fun and most useful book.

On the Trail with Your Canine Companion, Getting the most out of hiking and camping with your dog, by Cheryl S. Smith. This book covers it all for those who want to take their dog w/them.

You & Your Dog, a complete guide to the health, care & behavior of dogs, by David Taylor. A good book for novice owners and the more experienced both.

Training in No Time, an expert’s approach to effective dog training for hectic life styles, by Amy Ammen.

The Doctor’s Book of Home Remedies for Dogs & Cats, over 1,000 solutions to your pet’s problems—from top Vets, trainers, breeders and other animal experts. By the editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books.

Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats. 1995 edition.

Does Work Go Home With Me?

And how exactly does one take home bookstore work?
Actually, a lot goes home with me. This is one wall of my tack room (a tack room contains horse equipment, such as bridles, saddles, halters, grooming equipment, etc.) which has been taken over by books. In the store, there will be one copy of a title on the shelf and a duplicate in the duplicate place. If there are further duplicates, they go home to storage in the tack room. These are two large book cases my handyman had lying around; he moved them here for me and put them up and then I filled them up. I have a system of inventory so I can take them to the store as needed. I sure don't need a gym membership; I do my weightlifting by moving boxes of book hither and yon.

Horse Books, Part 1

Quarter Horses, a story of two centuries by Robert M. Denhardt. Copyright 1967, Paperback edition, 1991. Written by the breed’s foremost historian, this book traces the QH from Colonial times to the middle of last century with stories of famous sires and early breeders. This book is a must for all QH fans.

Lyons on Horses, John Lyons’ proven conditioned-response training program. The book that started it all for Lyons, this comprehensive work covers many areas including round pen reasoning, saddling, trail riding, fear, and more.

Clicker Training for Your Horse by Alexandra Kurland. Signed by the author. This is the single best work for starting and advancing clicker training, written by the person who has helped many people with their horses.

TTouch for Horses, the A-Z book of unique training & health care techniques by Linda Tellington-Jones. A useful little book that can help both someone just starting w/TTouch and someone who is further along. Hard to find.

The Touch That Teaches, TEAM work w/Linda Tellington-Jones. A handy little pamphlet to help one get started.

TTOUCH for Horses, Video. Stands alone or goes w/the books above. This copy is still within its original shrink wrap.

Linda Tellington-Jones, TTouch for Dressage. Video. Very interesting and a good visual of what can be done.

A Few Oldies-but-Goodies

This section has many good authors who were popular in their time and are still good reads today. Listed here are just a few:
Jeannette Angel—saga of early flight.
Taylor Caldwell—a superb storyteller whose books cover many eras and many places.
James Clavell—best known for his epic Shogun, his other books of Japan are equally compelling.
Lloyd Douglas—author of Magnificent Obsession, The Robe, The Big Fisherman, and many others.
Daphne du Maurier—Famous for her book, Rebecca, she wrote many other good ones.
Robert Elegant—Sweeping sagas of China.
Julie Ellis—Her books are epic romances of the turn of the century (early 1900’s).
Howard Fast—Prolific author of such books as The Immigrant’s Daughter, The Outsider, Max, and many more.
And that is only the first part of the alphabet. There are many more excellent reads in this section.

A Few Spiritual Books

Not much time today, so this is a very short list of a few of the Spiritual books in the store.

The “I Am” Discourses, by The Ascended Master Saint Germain. Copyright 1935, 1940, this edition printed 1984. 361 pages. Good condition. Cover has wear & spotting. Clean. Binding good.

The Beginnings of the Sixth Root Race, by C. W. Leadbeater. A reprint in more convenient form of the final chapters of Man: Whence, How and Whither. The Theosophical Publishing House, 1971. 143 pages. Good Condition. Covers show light shelf wear. Clean. Binding tight.

Das Energi, by Paul Williams. 1973. 149 pages. Fair condition. Clean. Binding good. Covers have bends & wear. From back cover—“We are on the verge of the new age, a whole new world. Mankind’s consciousness, our mutual awareness, is going to make a quantum leap. Everything will change. You will never be the same. All this will happen just as soon as you’re ready.”

Many Lives, Many Masters, the true story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young patient, and the past-life therapy that changed both their lives. By Brian Weiss, MD. 1988. 219 pages. Gook Good condition. Binding tight. Clean. Some light wear to covers.


“YeAre Gods”, by Annalee Skarin. Philosophical Library. 1952. 343 pages. Fair condition. Binding tight. Clean. Covers show light wear. Yellow highlighting & underlining of some text.

Disciplines of the Holy Quest, by Flower A. Newhouse. Christward Publications. 1959. 196 pages. Book Good condition but has some highlighting & underlining on a few pages. Covers show only light wear.

A Few of the Aircraft Books in the Store

All these books are available ordering by email. Shipping will be calculated for each order. Ask for book condition details, price, and any other information you require.

Soviet Air Power, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Warsaw Pact Air Forces Today by Bill Sweetman & Bill Gunston. A Salamander Book, 1978. From the DJ flap-- “This fascinating book provides an in-depth analysis of Soviet air power. It is divided into three parts:… . the third comprises a technical directory of their aircraft, profusely illustrated with color drawings, photographs and line diagrams. Unique features of the book are nineteen beautifully drawn color three-views of the most important aeroplanes, each annotated and reproduced on a double page spread, and two 8-page foldouts which illustrate five of the missile systems… .”

Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 1969-1970, Sixtieth Anniversary Issue. Jane’s is the authority on aircraft. This is the best source for information on the aircraft of that time.

Golden Wings, a pictorial history of the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the Air, by Martin Caidin. 1960. From the DJ flap-- “Here for the first time is a pictorial history of the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the air. … from the earliest beginnings to Polaris and the supercarriers, … the result of a 3 year search for the best possible photographs.”

U.S. Air Power, Fighters, Bombers, Recon, Helicopters, and much more, by Bill Yenne. 1989. From the DJ flap--“…catches the speed and power of the world’s most sophisticated military jets and the agility and adaptability of our hard-working helicopters. … Dramatic, full-color photographs by aviation photographer George Hall show these aircraft at every possible angle.”

Airplanes from the Dawn of Flight to the Present Day, by Enzo Angelucci. Copyright 1971, 1982 edition pub. By Greenwich House. From the DJ Flap-- “For everyone interested in any and all aspects of aircraft, Airplanes is a compelling history of the wonderful flying machines—from the fragile wings fashioned for Icarus to the breathtaking and powerful spaceships… More than 900 military and civilian aircraft are illustrated in full color and black and white original drawings and diagrams…”

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters, by Michael J Taylor.1984. 150 color & 100 b/w illustrations.

Fire Bombers in Action--a cool book

This book just came into the store Friday. By Barry D. Smith, this Enthusiast Color Series, was published in 1995. The photography is spectacular, showing water scooping helicopters, planes dropping fire retardants, the fire bombers being loaded, and more great shots. The text gives information on the many aspects of aerial fire fighting. There is a lot of good stuff packed into this small book.

Here are four books currently in the store that are local histories for areas other then the locale of the bookstore itself. Please email or ask in the comments for book condition, price or other information.

This Was Wheat Farming, a Pictorial History of the Farms and Farmers of the Northwest Who Grow the Nation’s Bread, by Kirby Brumfield. 1968. Chapters include: Wheat’s History is Mankind’s History (Bread; Mechanical reapers ushers in new era); Wheat in the Northwest (Flour Mills; Acquiring land; Life was tough; Rained out; Wheat is king); The Lore of the Harvest (Binding & threshing; Heading & threshing; Threshing; Crewmen, Women in the harvest; Sweep power; Steam power); Heroes of the Harvest; Combined Harvester (32 Horsepower); Modern Harvest; Wheat growers association; Smut; Wheat past present & future.
There are many photos from the early days up to the present day of the book with plenty of horse drawn equipment a short section on the horses of the time. Also are photos of early steam engines and early tractors. The amazing photos of harvesting on the rolling & steep hills of eastern Oregon & Washington were a wonder to me as I did not know that area was so hilly (wheat farming needs flat land, right?—wrong!). Wonderful book.

Great Lakes Ships We Remember, a photo history of selected great lakes ships. Revised edition, 1992. Alphabetical listing of ships w/photo & description of each. Late 1800’s to present of book. Wonderful source material.

Our First Century, the Los Angeles Athletic Club, 1880-1980. Lots of photos. Well researched book also tells story of early Los Angeles showing all sorts of sports, from bicycling to running.

Southern California 100 years ago, 2 volumes. 1976. Drawings & articles from the time period. A fun compilation.

Boxes of Books

Shortly before closing yesterday, a truck backed up to the rear door & the 2 women offloaded 5 huge boxes of books. I only had time for a fast look, enough to know I wanted to buy them, but I did see some good ones, including a bunch of Civil War books that are still in their shrink-wrap plastic. These promising boxes of books are almost enough to have me going down the hill just to get into them on a day the store is closed. Almost--but not quite. I'll stay home with the horses & cats and the books will be waiting for me Tuesday morning.

Quick Tour

As time goes by, I will be listing books in various groupings here in the store. But for today, here is a quick tour of the store.
Native American—a large selection of many types of books dealing w/tribes country wide
Military & Aircraft—a large WW2 section, a large WW1 section and a large Civil War section, as well as various books on different weapons and aircraft (also a section on civil aircraft)
Art—many books on the different facets of art
Biographies and autobiographies—hardback and paperback
Performing Arts—movies and TV
Animals—domestic (horses, dogs, cats, small pets, etc) and wild.
Science—astronomy, minerals & rocks, and many other topics.
History—US and World
Health—allopathic, alternative, anatomy, exercise & yoga, and more.
Music—how to play, sheet music, stars, more.
Crafts—sewing, quilting, most everything.
Do It Yourself & Interior Design & Woodworking—carpentry, home improvement, electrics, more.
Boats & Ships—a small section.
Cookbooks—all sorts and currently on serious discount.
Christian Religion—Bibles and more.
Spirituality—other religions, pagan, new age, more.
Western—history & lore.
Poetry and Literature—includes Classics & Almost Classics.
War & Sea—paperback war stories both fiction & non-fiction and sea stories.
Fiction—Romance, Novels, Adventure/Suspense, Mystery, Sci Fi & Fantasy, Horror—paperback both mass market & trade, some hardback.
“The Brown Shelves”—an esoteric selection of books, sometimes difficult to categorize but fun, wonderful, audacious, marvelous, amazing, entertaining, and just plain good reading.

Welcome to the Curt’s Bookstore blog, a place to see what the store has in stock, to join discussions, to read reviews, and just to have fun. I will attempt to put up a blog everyday. However, sometimes I just won’t be able to do so due to time constraints.
Comments and questions are welcome and will be answered as quickly as possible. If you are looking for a specific book, please ask about it.
An often asked question at the store is “how long has the store been here?” This space in the shopping center has been a bookstore since the shopping center was opened in 1980 and has gone through various owners and names. In 1992, the previous owners bought the store and got permission from the original Curt to use the name. I started working for them in 1998 and bought the store in late 2005 when they retired. The store became mine on January 1, 2006.
Before that, I worked for a branch of the county library system. Before that, I worked at the university library at Cal Poly Pomona, California. Before that, I worked for Stewart’s Orchids doing most everything that needed to be done. Before that I was a student at Cal Poly and worked as student assistant in the library. Before that I worked for credit for one class period in High School and 8th grade in the library. And before that, I was an avid reader and local patron of the local library. So, yep, I have been a book fiend all my life.