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May 17, 2012
Learning from John Steinbeck Letters
Learning from John Steinbeck Letters
Novelist Thomas Steinbeck received a mountain of letters from his father, John Steinbeck.
May 17, 2012
Ernest Hemingway and the highs and lows of Paris
Ernest Hemingway and the highs and lows of Paris
A Moveable Feast and In Our Time reveal that for the young Hemingway, Paris in the 1920s was filled with both happiness...
May 16, 2012
The 10 best historical novels
The 10 best historical novels
It's not just about the Tudors – delve into Renaissance Florence or 1950s Brooklyn.
May 16, 2012
E-Books and Future of the Industry News: American digital public library promised for 2013
E-Books and Future of the Industry News: American digital public library promised for 2013
Two million books will be available in an online digital library to rival Google's collection, according to Professor...
May 15, 2012
7 Authors Who Almost Died
7 Authors Who Almost Died
When looking at a brush with death, it’s amazing to consider how differently subsequent events would’ve played out...
May 15, 2012
Miniature books are big collector items
Miniature books are big collector items
While miniature books are by their very definition smaller than other books, they are every bit as collectible as their...
May 13, 2012
Why the budgets of Libraries and Archives and Arts Institutions must not be cut
Why the budgets of Libraries and Archives and Arts Institutions must not be cut
Richard Florida in his book Who’s Your City, suggests that there are many leaders in today’s Western world who...
May 12, 2012
Rare Hemingway found among book sale donations
Rare Hemingway found among book sale donations
Volunteers uncovered a rare and valuable find while they were sorting through the tens of thousands of books donated to...
May 11, 2012
Featured Item of the Week: An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress. The Third Edition.
Featured Item of the Week: An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress. The Third Edition.
John Lind (1737–1781) was an English barrister, political activist, and pamphleteer who opposed the American...
May 11, 2012
Auction Update: Holy profits, Batman! Comic collectors clean up
Auction Update: Holy profits, Batman! Comic collectors clean up
Dust off your old comic books: a collector has sold a near-mint copy of the first issue of the Batman comic book for a...
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How does your reading speed measure up with the average person? This is a cool exercise to find out. Share it with...
Posted by: Keith Wallace on 05/17/2012 01:32 PM
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Organizations such as Google and Harvard University are on the forefront when it comes to digitizing books. What is...
Posted by: Keith Wallace on 05/15/2012 01:13 PM
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A must read for artists, bookbinders, book collectors and all those curious about the lost art of fore-edge painting. ...
Posted by: Melody Krafft on 05/11/2012 11:43 AM
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An introduction from the latest addition to our blog ranks, Elizabeth Timbs!
Posted by: Elizabeth Timbs on 05/10/2012 03:18 PM
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Debbie writes about some the art related books that have had the most influence on her.
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Posted by: Debbie Higgs on 05/09/2012 09:52 AM
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