Category Archives: USA

What A Great Idea

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Take Your Child To A Bookstore Day

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A Prairie Home Celebration

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

This guest post and the accompanying photographs were provided by the acclaimed Minnesota photographer Valérie Jardin. For more information on Valerie’s marvelous work, visit her website and blog on our links list. St Paul, Minnesota: The Fitzgerald Theater is celebrating … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Cities

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Illustrator Vahram Muratyan’s very entertaining new blog, Paris versus New York: A tally of Two Cities, presents a humorous juxtaposition of urban icons exploring the cultural identities of two extraordinary cities. le café le surnom la peste le pain le … Continue reading →

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Only In Philadelphia

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Located across the street from the Liberty Bell, and just up the block from Independence Hall, the new National Museum of American Jewish History is the only museum soley dedicated to chronicling the American Jewish Experience. The NMAJH’s grand opening … Continue reading →

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The World According To San Francisco

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to Generic for this post.

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Is This NYC’s Quirkiest Museum?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The City Reliquary is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Through permanent display of New York City artifacts, rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events, The City Reliquary connects visitors to both the … Continue reading →

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More Better Book Titles

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

More from Better Book Titles

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The 19th Century Kindle

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Lighthouses were often time located in remote areas and as such had no access to city services such as libraries, bookshops, entertainment, etc. that most people enjoyed who lived in a town or city. As light keeping was a … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to the Dickens of Detroit

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans on October 11, 1925, so is celebrating his 85th birthday next week. In the 1950s, he wrote western novels and short stories, and finished his first crime novel, The Big Bounce, in 1969. … Continue reading →

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Out-of-Print But In Demand

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Out-of-print and in demand Every year BookFinder.com tracks the most sought-after out-of-print titles in America.  In this, the eighth edition, several books garnered enough attention for publishers to re-print them in the near future. They also find some out-of-print mainstays … Continue reading →

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