Category Archives: Books

Dog Days of Summer

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

July 12th to August 20th are the official “Dog Days of Summer,” the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which in astrology is connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck.Here … Continue reading →

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Feed Your Head

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Brian D. Butler
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RIP Toni Morrison

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

You think dark is just one color, but it ain’t. There’re five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly. Some just empty. Some like fingers. And it don’t stay still, it moves and changes from one kind of … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Tourism: The Wandering Bookshop

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

Jean-Jacques Megel-Nuber wanted to open a bookshop, but he also wanted to be free to travel around France. Fortunately he discovered a way to accomplish both goals. Now he visits rural towns and villages in his itinerant bookshop that also … Continue reading →

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Book It

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Read and Return

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

When I travel, I usually pack way too much reading material. However, that never stops me from buying a book (or two) from an airport bookshop or newstand. Now there’s a program for compulsive book buyers like me that allows … Continue reading →

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Visit New Byblos in the Springtime

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

I am an enormous fan of Israeli sci-fi writer Lavie Tidhar, if you haven’t read his work, it’s worth checking-out. So, I was intrigued to discover that he has teamed-up with puzzle writer Jake Olefsky to create an interactive sci-fi … Continue reading →

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A festival for us (bibliophiles)

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

Now that it’s officially August, I was checking to see when the National Book Festival was happening in Washington D.C. and I found the wonderful poster for this year’s event. If you can make it to DC, it’s always worth … Continue reading →

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Logical Unsanity at the 24 Hour Book Shed

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

Yarran Jenkins owns a successful, traditional antiquarian bookshop in Brisbane, Australia called The Book Merchant Jenkins, but he also operates a shop called the Bardon 24-hour Book Shed. For the past five years, Jenkins has stocked his “pay-what-you-want-or-can” bargain book barn with inexpensive secondhand … Continue reading →

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There and back again

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

I’m in the midst of planning a road trip around New Zealand for later this year and was exploring Lord of the Rings and Hobbit related film sites. In the process, I stumbled upon these wonderful cross section drawings of Bag End—the ancestral home … Continue reading →

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