Category Archives: Books

From Strange Books

Posted on June 26, 2012 by ubu507

Hello Sales, As an international book company we’ve been supplying aggregate and high quality books and special materials for over 30 years’ says Mathew Pfizer, Managing Director. ‘No-one is more aware of the impact that Books has on the environment … Continue reading →

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Drawn to Injustice, Timothy Masters with Steve Lehto, Berkley, $9.99. The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal, Plume, $16.

Posted on June 25, 2012 by ubu507

There are more pleasures to be found in true crime than simply you couldn’t make this stuff up. Because the events described actually happened, true crime has the authority to make us question our assumptions about human nature and society … Continue reading →

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While Pensive I thought on my Love

Posted on June 9, 2012 by ubu507

illustration to an unidentified publication. Block cut by George Dalziel After Frederick Richard Pickersgill 1835-1861 The British Museum WHILE pensive I thought on my love, The moon on the mountains was bright, And Philomel down in the grove, Broke sweetly … Continue reading →

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The Romance of Old Books

Posted on June 8, 2012 by ubu507
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Gabba Gabba Hey!

Posted on June 2, 2012 by ubu507

Hey, I found this in a book at the library sale — if it’s yours — tough luck! He showed me the record cover. The Ramones. They looked like four white dirtbags who should have their hands against the wall … Continue reading →

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The Romance of Old Books

Posted on May 30, 2012 by ubu507
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The Iron Cross

Posted on May 18, 2012 by ubu507

Marsden Hartley,  1915. Kemper Art Museum Over the ruins, as over all the most dangerous parts of the terrain, lay a heavy smell of death, because the fire was so intense that no one could bother with the corpses. You … Continue reading →

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Dear Book Enthusiast,

Posted on May 10, 2012 by ubu507

I beg your indulgence for the impersonal salutation. Unfortunately, due to the many changes occurring in a large number of bookstores lately, I never quite certain who’s sitting at the helm jerking the tiller at any particular store at any … Continue reading →

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People Who Eat Darkness, Richard Lloyd Parry, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.00.

Posted on April 26, 2012 by ubu507

It’s no mystery – a book, any kind of book, has to contain certain key ingredients to be good and generally the more of these ingredients it has, the better it’s going to be. Look at the case of People … Continue reading →

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Book Ephemera

Posted on March 24, 2012 by ubu507
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