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Category Archives: bookstore
For Valentine’s Day, a Bit of Bookstore Romance
Over at the Huffington Post, they’re featuring love scenes set in bookstores, libraries, and other locations overflowing with books. Guess who else got the question popped to her in a bookstore? It’s true: The Boyfriend is now officially The Fiance. Aw … Continue reading
Posted in author news, book news, bookstore, feminism, for love and money, girl scout books, rare books, trivia
Tagged bookstores, boston, boston bookstores, boyfriends, brattle books, cambridge, cambridge bookstores, engagement, engagement rings, family, family heirlooms, fiance, fiancee, girl scout handbooks, girl scouts, heteronormative marriage, margaret sanger, olive schreiner, rare books, raven used books, romance, used books, valentine's day, weddings
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Books Meme
I’m under the weather at the moment. Normally I live in a spaceship somewhere just above the stratopause. As I may or may not have mentioned before, I have fibromyalgia – among other exciting chronic pain conditions – and one … Continue reading
Posted in banned books, book collecting, bookstore, children's books, editorials, for love and money
Tagged books, books meme, meme
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Collecting Girl Scout Handbooks, Part II: 1950-1977
(Part I is here.) Last time in “Collecting Girl Scout Handbooks,” I covered the books published from the origins of Girl Scouting in the U.S. until 1947 – a period of only 35 years. This post will cover the years … Continue reading
Posted in book collecting, books for cheap, bookstore, children's books, girl scout books, history, rare books
Tagged americana, brownies, cadettes, collecting girl scout handbooks, daisy girl scouts, girl scout handbooks, girl scout history, girl scout memorabilia, girl scouting, girl scouts, juniors, mariner scouts, seniors, wing scouts
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