Cook books for inspiration

There are so many ways to get inspiration. One way that I like is to visit the book store. You don't have to spend huge amounts of money for the new and the most popular. Just try flipping through some of the clearance items that you see in the bins at discounted prices.
Like many people, I have a load of books on shelves and in boxes that collect dust. Yes, I am guilty of it as well, but its time to hall some of those down from off the shelves. We all have that  faverate one, or possibly even two.
Some may be writen by famous chefs, and others by some unknown cook in the smallest corner of the earth. But they all deserve to be dusted off now and a few minutes spent with them to spark something in you, that you might have lost over the cold winter. Leave me a note and tell me some of your favorite ones and ill try them myself! So go find those beautifully worn cook books and haul them off the shells and get the imagination going!