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Necessary Acts of Devotion: Sorry For the Inconvenience
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Friday, September 4, 2009. Sorry For the Inconvenience. After sending a private message to the Administrators of Critique Circle in response to them shutting down a thread and attacking me publicly, the website returned this message:. This user account has been closed. If you have any questions please contact support@critiquecircle.com. The sky was sluiced wit...
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Necessary Acts of Devotion: March 2011
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Saturday, March 12, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Necessary Acts of Devotion? Morley wondered why people only go into a bookshop when they need a particular book. "Do they never drop in for a little innocent carouse and refreshment? That set the mind moving on lovely journeys of its own, and mark off visits to a bookshop not as casual errands of reason, bu...
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Necessary Acts of Devotion: February 2008
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Friday, February 29, 2008. Disposables, or Throwing It All Away. Perhaps a book on flying machines has not been checked out from the local library for over ten years. At the same time the library's patrons are demanding more copies of Tuesdays With Morrie. This may seem an extreme example, but it occurs all over the world. John Warnock, the father of Adobe...
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Necessary Acts of Devotion: January 2008
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Interview From the Reading Room. Litlove is a lecturer in French literature whose blog, Tales From the Reading Room. Explores the strange and beautiful links between life and art. Now she has taken a bold step outside the insular room with the publication of her first book, The Best of Tales From the Reading Room. You write about two...
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Necessary Acts of Devotion: January 2009
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Elizabeth Alexander is the American poet who was chosen to solemnize the Presidential Inauguration. A spokesman for President Obama called her "incredibly gifted." Before an estimated crowd of 2 million people, she delivered her poem, composed for the event, entitled Praise Song For The Day. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Christopher Mo...
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Necessary Acts of Devotion: February 2009
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Sunday, February 1, 2009. Bad Traffic, by Simon Lewis. The illuminated signs outside the bus window all said the same thing - 'You do not understand.'. This is the essence of the experience of Inspector Ma Jian, a Chinese policeman searching for his troubled daughter in England, in the new thriller Bad Traffic. Is an ancient Chinese double-edged straight sword...
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Necessary Acts of Devotion: July 2009
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Thursday, July 30, 2009. Not of "Ice Road Truckers". Of the sun! While some local children played at fishing from the rocks, our wife stripped her aching feet and let the waves wash up her legs. We were content to dip our fingers in the chilly water, to rinse off a pretty shell. Below we see what a parking lot in Sitka, Alaska looks like:. The tagline on the c...
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Necessary Acts of Devotion: November 2008
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Saturday, November 22, 2008. An Open Letter to Nancy Pelosi. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Necessary Acts of Devotion? Morley wondered why people only go into a bookshop when they need a particular book. "Do they never drop in for a little innocent carouse and refreshment? He asks. It would be good to remember that, though you may not be in need of any books...
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Necessary Acts of Devotion: Fanning the Flames
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Necessary Acts of Devotion. Adventures of a Book-Fancier. There is nothing that begins so easily and takes us so far as the collecting of books.". Thursday, September 3, 2009. We are an active member of the writing website Critique Circle. We posted the following quote from a film in the public forums on Critique Circle:. There were those who understood what was happening, who knew it was wrong but who kept silent. And in the vacuum of that silence, order was imposed. They claim CC is supposed to be more...