Category Archives: books
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Murders, Measuers, and MSG
Leave a commentMarch 31, 2020 by libroshombre
Shakespeare wrote in “Titus Andronicus” that “Sorrow concealèd, like an oven stopped,/ Doth burn the heart to cinders where it …
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Tea, Twain, and Tomes
Leave a commentMarch 30, 2020 by libroshombre
One’s personal collection of books, or lack thereof, is often interesting, hence my curiosity about other people’s libraries. Perhaps a …
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Dirt, Silence, and Bibliomania
Leave a commentAugust 28, 2019 by libroshombre
When considering the crucial role played by libraries in promoting societal well-being and the years of cuts – financial, staffing, …
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How Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, and I Are Alike
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2019 by libroshombre
LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill 479-4344 July 18, 2019 Robert Louis Stevenson claimed that, “To forget oneself is to be …
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Bibliolaters, Bibliophiles, and Booksellers
Leave a commentMay 13, 2019 by libroshombre
Here’s a story about a pricelessly unique 16th century book that’s just been rediscovered that describes 15,000 other books. Last …
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Zippy, Joyce, and Margaret
Leave a commentFebruary 21, 2019 by libroshombre
LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344 January 31, 2019 A recent Zippy the Pinhead comic strip reminded me of how …
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Pops, Pies, and Humor
Leave a commentOctober 19, 2018 by libroshombre
Reading and ice cream are delightful summer pursuits, although only the former’s good for you. Summer reading’s typically light and …
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Book Buying, Book Reading, and Book Loving
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2018 by libroshombre
Upon my arrival in Fairbanks in 1990, former State Senator Charlie Parr recommended I read “Generations: The History of America’s …
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Nero, Thi, and Horatio
Leave a commentSeptember 25, 2018 by libroshombre
It’s true that lately I go to bed nightly with a corpulent, orchid-loving genius: Nero Wolfe, the best literary …
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Bibliothecarial Ignorance and School Boards
Leave a commentJanuary 29, 2018 by libroshombre
Adolph Hitler’s better known than Dr. Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s one-man think tank, but both were involved in the …
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