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A patron enjoys a table of books.
Book Shoppers Prepare
For Brandeis Sale
KIMBERLY LIFTON
Staff Writer
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Dear Mr. President or Mr. President To Be:
We are drowning in the DEEP RED SEA.
How about N.R.A./W.P.A./ and the CCU?
They all worked for Franklin D.!!!
HOW ABOUT THEE???
Arnold Wisper
Rancho Santa Fe, California
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1992
T
hey look like Olympic
athletes going for the
gold.
Yet when the bell sounds,
they are not competing for
medals. This race is for the
best books.
On Wednesday, hundreds
of book lovers are expected
to storm the Tel-12 Mall in
Southfield for the opening
night of the Brandeis Used
Book Sale. Shopping carts
beside them, they will pa-
tiently wait in line for hours
before the sound of the bell
signals the sale is on.
It will be after mall hours
— 9:30 p.m. — and the only
dollars spent will be on
books: History books.
Periodicals. Mysteries.
Thrillers. Judaica.
Philosophy. Music.
Last year, opening night
attracted an estimated 700
customers. Patrons pay a
small donation on opening
night to get a firsthand peek
at the books.
These are, after all, serious
book shoppers.
"This is something people
look forward to all year
long," says Janet Van-
Maldeghem, manager of the
Tel-12 Mall. "This is a major
attraction. People call from
all over the Midwest asking
us for directions."
Opening night attendees
are voracious readers, book
dealers, Brandeis sup-
porters, bargain seekers.
Among the book sale vet-
erans is Lissa Hurwitz, 36, of
Farmington Hills, who has
been seen scurrying for
books at the Brandeis sale
for the past eight years.
It is the only place she does
her book shopping. She buys
as many books as a shopping
cart will hold, and she usual-
ly spends between $100 and
$175.
"I run the gamut," she
says. "When the huge rush
begins, I immediately head
for the biggest fiction table I
can find. I fill up my cart un-
til I can't get another book in
it.
"I don't leave until mid-
night," Ms. Hurwitz says. "I
take everything that looks
interesting. I look like I
know what I am doing, and
nobody elbows me. I'm a se-
rious book shopper. This is
one of my favorite things to
do, and it makes me happy
for days."
In addition to cut-rate
deals on books, Ms. Hurwitz
is pleased that the money
goes to a good cause: to pur-
chase new books for the uni-
versity library. When she is
done reading, Ms. Hurwitz
donates the books to the
Brandeis depot in Oak Park.
The Brandeis sale, which
helps support the only Jew-
ish-sponsored liberal arts
college in the United States,
is Michigan's largest used
- book sale. Sponsored by the
Greater Detroit Chapter of
the Brandeis University Na-
tional Women's Committee,
the sale runs Aug. 12-19.
To Beverly Baker of West
Bloomfield, the sale is "a
happening for which people
wait all year."
After last year's opening
night, Mrs. Baker was talk-
ing to a book dealer from
Chicago. "Was it wor-
thwhile?" she asked him.
The dealer told her he had
been making deals in the
mall parking with books
from the sale. He was al-
ready turning a profit. ❑