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why old books smell so good.

there’s no such thing as too many zombie books.  next read.

Never before published writings of the renowned author Mark Twain will soon be revealed by the University of California Berkeley’s Bancroft Library.

The university’s book publisher is set to release a comprehensive Twain’s autobiography in November. When he died on April 21, 1910, he left strict instructions that his uncensored autobiography remain unpublished until 100 years after his death.

I got this the other day.

500daysofkissingmypillow:

Thanks to souldreamer, now my list of libraries to visit is getting longer.

Old British Reading Room looks like the El Ateneo in Argentina. And the Central Library, I have to say hello to Seattle then. Take a peek, grace your eyes.

This is next. 

Just got back from the bookstore and got this. 

“More than a legend… Sledge turned the extremes of war in the Pacific —the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and extraordinary — into terms we mortals can grasp.” - Tom Hanks

here’s what you do with your old Encyclopedia Britannicas.

by Mike Stilkey

bibliochaise.

Have you ever wanted a better way to:

• Get great book recommendations from people you know.
• Keep track of what you’ve read and what you’d like to read.
• Form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite quotes.

add me if you have an account.  if you don’t have one, you should make one.