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Book Review: Above All Things by Tanis Rideout

Let’ get this out of the way first. I won’t lie. Part of the reason I picked up this book is that since we both have the same last name, I can read the praise on the outside back cover (“Rideout has that all-t...
 
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The Seattle Public Library Dominoes

The Seattle Public Library Dominoes 5.00/5 (100.00%) 1 vote
 
 
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A Room Without Books
A Room Without Books
A Room Without Books

A Room Without Books Quote

  “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” -Marcus Tullius Cicero A Room Without Books Quote 5.00/5 (100.00%) 1 vote

 
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If Birds Could Read
If Birds Could Read
If Birds Could Read

If Birds Could Read

If Birds Could Read 5.00/5 (100.00%) 1 vote
 
 
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Henry Ward Beecher Quote
Henry Ward Beecher Quote
Henry Ward Beecher Quote

Henry Ward Beecher Quote

“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?” -Henry Ward Beecher   Henry Ward Beecher Quote 5.00/5 (100.00%) 1 vote
 
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Summer Reading: Ten Children’s Titles to Steal from Your Kids

In book-crazy families, sharing summer reading material is nothing new. Parents enjoy kids’ books alongside their children during bedtime reading; high school students filch J.D. Salinger from their parents’ collections; mother...

 
 
 
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Review: Big Brother by Lionel Shriver

Spitfire American novelist Lionel Shriver isn’t known for her subtlety or political correctness. Instead she cannily skewers the major issues that are at the forefront – or that have been relegated to the collective back of the...
 
 
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Beachcombings: Seven Books for Summer Reading

There is nothing better than reading a good book on the beach! And I’ve got a great list of summer tales to make your beach reading better than ever. So slather on the Hawaiian Tropics, lay out your towel, and blast that ...
 
 
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Photo credit: Swiss Banker, via Wikimedia Commons.
Photo credit: Swiss Banker, via Wikimedia Commons.
Photo credit: Swiss Banker, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Bibliophile’s Miscellany: Books on the Financial Crisis

I don’t claim to understand very much about the economics or history of the downturn that began around 2008. What little I do know I largely attribute to the books I’ve read about it, both fiction and nonfiction. Many authors h...