Related NewsLarry McMurtry's 'Books': rambling, disorganized, dull (Austin American-Statesman)Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:48:37 GMT
In his new memoir "Books" — an account of his more than 50-year career as a "bookman" — Larry McMurtry states that "the antiquarian book trade is an anecdotal culture." To wit, I start thusly: In my 20s, I spent a summer working for an antiquarian book-seller.
More... Children?s Books (New York Times)Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:13:56 GMT
1. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder 2. ALPHABET, by Matthew Van Fleet 3. A VISITOR FOR BEAR, by Bonny Becker 4. ZEN TIES, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth 5. SMASH! CRASH!, by Jon Scieszka
More... Ripon, Green Lake among Best Small Towns (Fond du Lac Reporter)Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:29:50 GMT
Three area small towns have been named winners in a Best Small Towns poll by Wonders of Wisconsin, an organization determined to find the best of what the state has to offer. Three-thousand people voted on the Wonders Web site this year putting Princeton among the top five of Wisconsins shopping towns. Ripon was named among the best historic towns in the state and Green Lake earned distinction ...
More... Remember When: Saturday Night Love (Rushville Republican)Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:33:46 GMT
Perhaps Saturday in Rushville is of the favorite memories of my generation. (They were in late ‘30s, early ‘40s). Rush County was mostly populated with family farms and Saturday night, with week’s work laid by, it was time for the farm families to come to town for the week’s shopping.
More... ‘Two for One’ ... ‘Free Delivery’ ... Hooked Yet? (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:36:14 GMT
Shopping at sales is just one of the ways we fool ourselves when it comes to money.
More... Bikes, China's icon, thrive despite car invasion (AP via Yahoo! News)
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