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Not making any suggestions, but just in case…

During World War II, the U.S. government urged citizens to become everyday saboteurs when faced with Fascist regimes. In 2008, the US Central Intelligence Agency made public the handbook written for grassroots sabotage. Titled the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, the … Continue reading

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It’s That Day (again)

In keeping with tradition we at Travel Between The Pages Global HQ stop to acknowledge Public Domain Day in the good old U.S. of A.. As the kids say, there’s a shit ton of free culture coming our way. “On … Continue reading

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And to make an end is to make a beginning

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” – T. S. Eliot  

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Performative reading and other leftover accretions

If all human activity can be measured on a spectrum of authenticity and performativity, what metrics can we use to weed out the genuine from the fabricated? Will we just know? And why do we care? If our culture of … Continue reading

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“Sir, that is no way to treat a book!”

British writer and photographer Ben Schott published an essay in the New York Times Book review guaranteed to elicit a cringey response in even the most casual bibliophile. Confessions of a Book Abuser I have to admit I was flattered … Continue reading

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Peace on Earth

Since George Harrison’s passing in 2001, his family and estate have periodically released new videos of some of his older songs. The most recent video, for “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)”, is from a possibly surprising director – Stranger … Continue reading

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Tolkien Christmas

Before he was the world renowned author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the iconic British novelist, poet, philologist and academic wrote letters from Father Christmas to his four children, John, Michael, Christopher and Priscilla. Beginning in … Continue reading

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Book of Christmas

THE BOOK OF CHRISTMAS (New York: Macmillan, 1909) Introduction by Hamilton W. Mabie. Illustrations by George Wharton Edwards.    

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Christmas in America 2025

 

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You can’t survive on books alone

 

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