Category Archives: books
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Conning, Theivery, and Goatish Retribution
Leave a commentJune 3, 2021 by libroshombre
“Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication …
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Browsing with Mimi, Trina, and Beverly
Leave a commentApril 8, 2021 by libroshombre
My daughter Mimi was eight the winter of 1997 when she received a letter from Trina Schart Hyman, the …
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Judy’s Bookshelf and the OED
Leave a commentApril 3, 2021 by libroshombre
Where the heck is Judy Woodruff’s copy of “Grant,” Ron Chernow’s excellent biography of the 18th President? I remain …
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Curious Cabinets, Pig Pianos, and Lonesome-Fret
Leave a commentMarch 18, 2021 by libroshombre
“Lonesome-Fret” is a condition described as “the feeling of restlessness or unease that comes from being on your own …
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Tsundoku, Eco, and Antilibraries
Leave a commentFebruary 25, 2021 by libroshombre
“He that revels in a well-chosen library has innumerable dishes, all of admirable flavor,” according to the Victorian writer …
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Stupid Thorns and Sassy Emoticons
Leave a commentFebruary 18, 2021 by libroshombre
Old BBC Britcoms provides excellent escape from the pandemic to carefree, less restrictive times for my cellmate and me. …
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Reading: A Pandemic Silver Lining
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2021 by libroshombre
The last time the US Capitol was ransacked, it was by the British who also destroyed the nascent national …
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Laughing at Pandemics, Kings, and Abracadabra
Leave a commentJanuary 14, 2021 by libroshombre
Merriam-Webster.com has announced that, “based upon a statistical analysis of words that are looked up in extremely high numbers …
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Harems, Parties, and Understanding
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2020 by libroshombre
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A man’s library is a sort of a harem,” and booklovers know a person’s …
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Cannibals, Spies, and Rogue Librarians
Leave a commentDecember 12, 2020 by libroshombre
In “You Only Live Twice,” the recently deceased Sean Connery portrayed his iconic James Bond spy character pretending to …
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