Category Archives: bookstores

  1. Gilgamesh, Co-op Fees, and Comfy Libraries

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    November 19, 2019 by libroshombre

    Ancient epic literature appeals most when it reveals how people long ago lived their daily lives and how they thought. …
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  2. Bibliolaters, Bibliophiles, and Booksellers

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    May 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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    Category: book buying, books, bookstores, cartographers, librarians, libraries, libraries and librarians, library collections, library history, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

  3. Book Buying, Book Reading, and Book Loving

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    October 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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    Category: bibliophiles, book buying, books, bookstores, Uncategorized, writers | Tags: , , , ,

  4. Ignorant Economists, Amazon Bookstores, and Public Libraries

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    August 9, 2018 by libroshombre

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was spot-on when he said, “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance …
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    Category: bookstores, higher education, library services, public libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

  5. Skunks, Pack Horse Librarians, and Emergency Rooms for the Mind

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    July 4, 2017 by libroshombre

      There’s a set of values held in common by public librarians everywhere: a love of books and belief in …
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