While the other kids were listening to Nirvana, Mayer was deep into reading the Buddy Guy biography Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues and cutting out the photos when he was done.

If you love birdwatching and thought you'd have to wait a while to see something you loved, then tonight's your lucky night, because this is a quintessential book on birds written by Ted Floyd, a leader in his field. For any of you who aren't familiar with bird watching, ("birding") it's a really fun pursuit that is basically all about the science (and art) of identification. Since birds have no pockets to hold IDs, and state and federal laws do not require them to do so, we have no choice but to use our own powers of observation and deduction.