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Wordless Wednesday: Benicia, CA

Source: Ready When You Are, C.B., Dec 12 2012, 10:03am CST

The Tender Bar: Bad Title, Great Book - Do you know why I'm one of the last dozen or so people on Earth who hasn't read J.R. Moehringer delightful memoir, The Tender Bar? Simple: Its title. Yes,... Lunch Is On Me - Found twenty ...

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Truths Universally Acknowledged

Source: The New Republic  |   May 22 2013, 11:29pm CDT

One of the great small pleasures of used books is the occasional marginalia of a previous owner. You learn a tiny bit about that anonymous soul by seeing the passages she underlined, or tidily double-underlined, or e ...

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What our foreign correspondents are reading

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 22 2013, 11:10am CDT

Believe it or not, summer is here. If you’re a voracious reader like some of us, you’re most likely in need of a new (or a good, old) book to read. As we did last year , we asked our foreign correspondents to recommen ...

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Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

Source: Oneworld Classics  |   May 22 2013, 11:09am CDT

A splendid night at the Royal Institute of British Architects for the annual Taittinger-lubricated celebration of fiction in translation. It was good to catch up with so many friends and take bets on the potential winner. Bill S ...

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Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading

Source: FindLaw: AP News  |   May 22 2013, 9:58am CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What separates me from someone in the streets of Kabul is such a thin line," says the Afghan-American author ...

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Suspended Boxes Transform Trees Into A Free Library

Source: PSFK  |   May 22 2013, 7:30am CDT

French design collective House Work has created The Livre Exchange, a free urban library that was presented at the International Design Biennial 2013 in Saint-Étienne. The library exists as a collection of transparent boxes suspended from trees in variou ...

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Shakespeare Uses Literary Techniques to Convey His Message of Appearance vs. Reality.

Source: OpPapers.com  |   May 21 2013, 5:34pm CDT

Shakespeare’s use of Literary Techniques Candia Ndayizigiye ENG 4U1 Mr. Daranjo Thursday May 9 2013 Bertrand Russell once stated “That in daily life, we as humans assume many things which, on closer scrutiny, are found to be so full of apparent con ...

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Mind-full: adventures of a different kind

Source: The Age  |   May 21 2013, 5:12pm CDT

Children squealing at Kipper. A vague carpet-and-paper smell. An old man whose wheezing beats a rhythm with his walking stick. And taking up most of the clean, well-lighted room: thousands of books, like vertical colour swatches decorating t ...

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A Few for Review, or Summer Reading

Source: A Work in Progress  |   May 21 2013, 4:13pm CDT

As tempting as many of the offers are, I don't often take review copies unless a book really piques my curiosity and it is likely something I would pick up or borrow from the library anyway. My own reading ...

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Hollyanne's Home for Three — Small Cool Contest

Source: Apartment Therapy  |   May 21 2013, 11:53am CDT

Name: Hollyanne Location: San Francisco, CA Square Feet: 765 Division: Little What I Love About My Small Home: We LOVE the big windows that let in lots of natural light, and the built-ins in the the kitchen a ...

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GAINED IN TRANSLATION

Source: More Intelligent Life | The Economist  |   May 21 2013, 9:28am CDT

Man Booker International Prize Finalist 2013: Lydia Davis is a writer’s writer with some distinguished fans. In 2009, she spoke to Emily Bobrow about language, precision and Proust From INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine, Aut ...

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