Author Archives: kara

About kara

We know our letters just fine, and we know our numbers to a certain point, but books were always the realm of four-eyed poindexters with bowler hats and cravats. That’s why it pleases us so that America’s proud illiterates are finally stepping up and pushing back against the crushing tide of education that threatens to swallow us all into its gaping maw of checked facts. Champions of the Ignorantiat will not like it here.

I’ll Never Have a Kindle, but…….

Posted on April 23, 2010 by kara

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The Bookworm Turns for Comic Book Stores and Nerds

Posted on April 21, 2010 by kara

“Real book” bookstores aren’t the only bookstores in peril of being taken down by technology. If you thought that just because comic bookstores survived the Amazon purge they were therefore safe from eXtinction, you are as stupid as Robin, when … Continue reading →

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Robber Baron, A Captain of Industry or Just a Really Kick-Ass Guy?

Posted on April 20, 2010 by kara

If Iceland and Goldman Sachs have not gotten you sufficiently pissed off this week, then this is for you: Tirelessly chic and sickeningly industrious clothing designer Marc Jacobs bought beloved West Village bookstore Biography Book Shop to open his own, … Continue reading →

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Book Worm: Derogative, Hummel, Bibliophile, Ornament, Villain, Sofa, Eyeglass, Comic-Character, Costume, Silverfish, Shoe.

Posted on April 17, 2010 by kara

The Profile of a Bookworm Courtesy of Wikipedia is: The classic bibliophile is one who loves to read, admire and collect books, often amassing a large and specialised collection. Bibliophiles do not necessarily want to possess the books they love; … Continue reading →

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$40

Posted on April 16, 2010 by kara

SUN STANDARD 2 The Sun Typewriter Co. N.Y., New York 1901 Serial #18040 From The Martin Howard Collection of Antique Typewriters: This was the first keyboard typewriter to have used sheet metal in the construction of the main frame, rather … Continue reading →

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It’s National Bookmobile Day!

Posted on April 14, 2010 by kara

Finally. As a fan of libraries and their advocates, I recently wrote about pioneering Maryland Librarian Mary Titcomb – who developed the idea for the first mobile libraries back in 1905 – and provided a brief history of the bookmobile … Continue reading →

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Baron Weirwulf’s Haunted Library

Posted on April 14, 2010 by kara

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Dress For Success, Johnathan Livingston Seagull and that Dilbert Anthology Must Go.

Posted on March 29, 2010 by kara

Still collecting books for the Laredo,Texas used book, book drive.

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Maggie Tulliver, 150 Years Old.

Posted on March 29, 2010 by kara

On the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Mill on the Floss, Kathryn Hughes celebrates George Eliot’s most deeply autobiographical novel in the guardian uk,

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A Whydunnit in Q-Sharp Major….With A Message.

Posted on March 25, 2010 by kara

The shortlist for The Lost Man Booker Prize – a one-off prize to honour the books published in 1970 that were not eligible for consideration for the Booker Prize – was announced last week. The six books on the list … Continue reading →

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