books

I sometimes encounter at book fairs, trade shows and the like, book collectors who complain that "there's nothing new to collect."  This often is after these collectors have come away
Time was when readers kept commonplace books.
We all collect according to our interests and circumstances.
It may be hard to believe, but there once was a time, not that long ago, when diligent students looked forwarded to receiving (wait for it...) a book in recognition of the
Why are so many cookbooks devoted to the humble potato?
If one were to survey a very large and random group of book collectors, I strongly suspect that not a single one of them would fess up to collecting
Libraries and bookshops have always been great places for people watching.  
Have you actually read all the books in your personal library?  90% of them?  50%? Have you read any of them?
Another WW II veteran, John Pistone, is doing something I'm not quite sure I could bring myself to do in his circumstances: He is returning to