Are Books Really Here to Stay?
The fear that book publishing will disappear has been around for more than a century.
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Tag Archives: books
Bird Nerd Library Essentials
A little bird book told me: Quality resources for bird enthusiasts.
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Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis
Alice Kaplan’s latest book tells the stories of three exceptional women who made important contributions to American history.
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Summer Reading
What’s on your reading list?
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Book Review: Defending Jacob
William Landay’s legal thriller examines the lives of a family in crisis.
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Meet the Cartoonist (and Author): Joe Farris
Meet cartoonist, artist, author, and World War II veteran, Joe Farris.
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The Bibliomaniacs of Book Row
No discussion of late, great American bookstores would be complete without bringing up New York’s Book Row.
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Late, Great American Bookstores: Leary’s Books
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times — depending on whether you love reading or you love books.
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Exclusive Excerpt from James McCommons’ New Book
Will passenger-rails experience a rebirth in America? James McCommons spent a year riding trains in his search for an answer. He shares his insights in a new book from publisher Chelsea Green.
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Crappy Little Kitchen?
“Just because you cook in a crappy little kitchen does not justify a crappy meal!” In a new cookbook, Chef Jennifer Schaertl tackles the myths about gourmet cooking and shows home cooks how to make fun and delectable meals despite the lack of counter space and high-tech, expensive appliances.
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In the GI’s Shirt Pocket
Occasionally, in our archives or a forgotten spot in the office, we find a little treasure.
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Think Pawsitive!
For the patients on the hospice ward, Baxter, a golden retriever/chow mix, became a mobile furry emergency unit, entering in and out of damaged lives with near-flamboyant grace and mercy to provide whatever healing he could.
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Ben Franklin and the Slow Movement
The Huffington Post (no relation to The Saturday Evening Post) recently started a book club and chose In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honoré for its first title. The book encourages readers to choose the pace of our lives and balance the speed in so many of their activities with slower, more thoughtful tempos. What would Ben Franklin say?
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E-Books: A Good Read
The biggest hurdle e-readers face is the suspension of disbelief. No one, says Andrew Sivori of Sony, ever thinks an e-book reader is going to be as good as a book. Then they try one. Like a monk holding a Gutenberg Bible, they realize everything changes.
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