The Shelf Life
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Love is in the Air

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Well, it's not quite February, but some of our customers are getting ready for Valentine's Day a bit early. Check out these two youn...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Updike

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Passed away today . On Charlie Rose, after his book Terrorist was published: Here's a quote from the interview I quite like. He and Cha...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Our Little Love Peddler

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Our very own Elizabeth, from the Gifts o' Love Department, has been busily constructing a virtual Ziggurat of romance: mountains of Sea...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A Big Ol' Box o' Lincoln

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While this hardly mitigates the dustjacket design, seeing The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now , in...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Their Lincoln (and Ours)

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Eric Foner is exactly the kind of history professor from whom I wish I could take a class; erudite, serious and excited by his subject.  Re...
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A Room of Their Own

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If you've ever wondered about the rooms where writers go to work, check out this feature at The Guardian's website. The latest show...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Holzer & Company

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In an earlier post , I already expressed my deep displeasure at just how awful the design of the dustjacket is.  But, as I suspected I woul...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Further Thoughts on Stacey's Bookstore and the Passing of the Independents

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Since my first posting on the sad news that Stacey's Bookstore in San Francisco had announced it will be closing in March after 85 yea...
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