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So, I Wanted to Buy a Couple of Books for My Upcoming Road Trip…
I love a good bargain book. Yesterday I went into Half Price Books thinking that I’d pick up a volume or two for my upcoming road trip. You can blame their storewide 20% off sale for my, um, enthusiastic results.
Book and Magazine Pile
Art Books
Magazines
Miscellaneous Books
DETAILS:
- Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters by Barbara Erlich White
- Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of Peter Paul Rubens by Mark Lamster
- History of Art (Second Edition) by H.W. Janson
- Vogue Australia April 2010
- Marie Claire April 2014
- Allure April 2014
- The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Keystone: The Life and Clowns of Mack Sennett by Simon Louvish
- Doctor Who: The Complete Guide by Mark Campbell
- The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst by Marion Davies
- Nero Wolfe: The Mother Hunt by Rex Stout
TOTAL: $19.09
Tell me in the comments about your most recent book bargain!
Shopping for the Bookworm: B is for Brontë, Anne
B is for Brontë, Anne
Daily Diversion #205: Afternoon Noir
With the right light and a black and white filter, almost anything can have a film noir aura. All that’s missing here is a striking set of gams and a wisp of cigarette smoke.
Fan
Bed
Book
Fan Again
[Book Nerd Links] Literary Links for a Dull Wednesday
- LEGO Undershaw [courtesy Sherlock Holmes Books]
- 20 Great Biographies of Famous Authors [courtesy Flavorwire]
- Subscribe Now, Get a Vintage Issue from 1959 [courtesy The Paris Review]
- Romanian Historian Radu Florescu Dies at 88 [courtesy Huff Post Books]
Books in Art: Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909
Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909
Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909
Daily Diversion #204: Encyclopedia of the Exquisite
A “just because” gift from my dear Momma!
Encyclopedia of the Exquisite by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins
[Book Nerd Links] British Library puts literary treasures online
British Library puts literary treasures online [courtesy philly.com]
Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians [courtesy British Library]
Mr. Darcy Cookie Cutter!
Does your Jane Austen cookie cutter need a companion? If you said yes, then today is your lucky day.
Go here!
Goodbye, Dearest Emily!
Eternally eloquent American poet Emily Dickinson died on 15 May 1886.
Emily Dickinson as a teenager.
“Beauty is not caused. It is.”-Emily Dickinson
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