Category Archives: lirbaries
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Guglers, Jogleurs, and Mad Charles’ Library
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2020 by libroshombre
Theodore Roosevelt said, “It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move …
Continue readingCategory: history, lirbaries, Uncategorized | Tags: Charles V, Courtly Love, Guglers, Jean Froissart, Richard the Lionheart
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Books, Books, More Books!
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2017 by libroshombre
Long ago I took up the banner of bibliophile Winston Churchill: “If you cannot read all your books, at …
Continue readingCategory: books, brain, lirbaries, reading, reading brain, reading well, Uncategorized | Tags: Apache Kid, Arthur Conan Doyle, David Petersen, Genghis Khan, Geronimo, Jane Austen, MRI, phillip kerr, Winston CHurchill
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Grammar Nazis, Word Power, and Shakespeare’s Library
Leave a commentMay 8, 2014 by libroshombre
Truly, I’m no grammar nazi. I’ve known real ones – some of my best friends are grammatical storm troopers – …
Continue readingCategory: lirbaries, parts of speech, printing, rare books, shakespeare | Tags: alvearie, bookdealers, john baret, libraries, odd words, parts of speech, printing, rare books, reading, richard field, Shakespeare, verbs, words