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Entries from October 2009

Books on Book-Loving, Recommended by Fadiman

October 5th, 2009 · Comments Off on Books on Book-Loving, Recommended by Fadiman

…Anne Fadiman is an essayist, and is, simply put, a lot of fun to read.  She wrote a book titled Ex Libris about her (and her family’s) life long love of books.  It’s a great read, and in the last essay in this volume she recommends her favorite books about books, reading, and book collecting. This is a sampling of those titles that are here in ODY:

Read on!

Tags: Books · Recommended Book

Friday Blogging, Favorite Subject Headings

October 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Friday Blogging, Favorite Subject Headings

…well perhaps things like our Encore search (and Google) do de-emphasize subject headings…but…the wonders subject headings can bring. Take gastronomy for example. A subject search on gastronomy brings back this fine…dare I say tasty…list for weekend reading:

…and that is but a smorgasbord of the thirty five titles on the list. I’m off to lunch.

Tags: Recommended Book

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