Tag: books
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A Rare Books Shop I Love, In Chicago
Richard Shay‘s mom, Florence, runs this very cool “out of print first edition collectable” book shop in Highland Park, called Titles, Inc. If you’re in Chicago, check it out. A good way to get completely lost in books for an afternoon (or a week), like Billy Corgan does… Not in Chicago? Check out Florence’s blog!
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AJ Jacobs Strikes Again: “The Guinea Pig Diaries”
First he brought us his brilliant debut THE KNOW-IT-ALL, then the genius of THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY. Now AJ Jacobs goes undercover as a woman, impersonates a movie star, outsources every part of his life to India, and more. Page after page, AJ makes me think differently about everything, every time I see him,…
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Daniel Nester Found Out That Hitler Found Out That “United Breaks Guitars”
Back in June, I posted about Dave Carroll, who by now everyone knows had his guitar broken by an initially unrepentant United Airlines. Since then, there have been too many updates to keep up to date on. Tributes, imitations, pledges of solidarity, hateful rants against United Airlines, donations, and now this, which Daniel Nester just…