Staff Picks: Louisa's Ten Favorite Books
 Each month, we ask one employee to tell us about their ten favorite books. This list is no holds barred -- any genre, any size -- whatever they really want to talk about. The only restriction is that the books still be in print so that we can help you find them if they sound good.This month's presenter is Louisa. Louisa is one of our Corporate Sales representatives, and is also one of the several Stacey's staffers who are active in the San Francisco theater scene. When we asked her to say something about herself and her relationship with books and reading, here's what she came up with: "I remember my dad approaching me with several books as a child. Hah! What could a dad know about good books? Plenty. Oh, how he gave me some incredibly memorable hours. Rebecca could have been on this list, as well as The Fountainhead, both of which he handed to me. What better gift or memories a father could give a daughter, I do not know." |
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 Through the Looking Glassby Lewis Carroll  "I have always much preferred this to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The concept of being able to go through a mirror and come out the other side to a whole other world absolutely fascinated me to no end as a child." |
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 A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare "This is an immensely enjoyable play with magic and fantasy running amok. There is great humor and beautiful speeches. I once spent an evening reading this aloud using different voices for each character. It was one of the best and most fun evenings I’ve ever had." |
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 Of Human Bondageby W. Somerset Maugham "All the way through, my heart ached for the main character, Philip Carey. He seemed so real that I wanted to grab him and shake him for his behavior." |
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 Six Playsby Lillian Hellman "Incredible plays, especially ‘The Little Foxes.’ Regina is one of the most evil women ever fashioned out of paper and ink." |
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 The Big Sleepby Raymond Chandler "I’d forgotten just how well Raymond Chandler writes. If you haven’t read him before, The Big Sleep is the place to start. I can’t tell if it’s by accident or not, but his main character, Phillip Marlowe, sounds exactly like Humphrey Bogart." |
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 Judi Dench: With a Crack in Her Voiceby John Miller "A remarkable career and an equally remarkable woman. This book gives you insight into the day-to-day life of an actor, both on stage and on screen. I did not want to put this book down when I finished it; I felt as if I was losing a friend." |
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 Lolitaby Vladimir Nabokov "That this book was written by someone other than an American still baffles me. Lolita is written from a twisted point of view and takes you on an interesting tour of the warped lead’s mind." |
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 A Long Day's Journey into Nightby Eugene O'Neill "Every moment of this play is lyrical, emotional, and surprising as it reveals a family to you. The family’s depths are unyieldingly displayed, and the bare-bulbed light of truth in your eyes will make you flnch." |
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 Look Homeward, Angelby Thomas Wolfe "Just the memory of the opening poem of this book makes me yearn to re-read it. It is a very long book. Oh, how I wish it was longer." |
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 The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgeraldby F. Scott Fitzgerald "These stories are all so beautiful, all so different, all so F. Scott Fitzgerald in a lost age. Unforgettable images and distinct characters." |
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