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Westport News
March 15, 2018
WESTPORT — Book-lovers flocked to the Westport Library for its annual Spring Book Sale. This year's sale, which ran Saturday through Tuesday, featured a large selection of children's books from infants to teen, hardcovers, trade paperbacks, fiction and mysteries, nonfiction titles covering topics likeÃâà...
Boing Boing
February 23, 2018
Candles that smell like a bookstore, old books, or a musty old cellar? Pal, you sure like books! My home is filled with books, and pets. Guess which one lends more to the olfactory nature of my domicile? Frequently, especially after running the carpet deep-cleaner, I'll want to light a candle... or burn a sageÃâà...
ILAB
December 31, 1999
New EU Anti-Terror Import Regulations Will Target Bibliophiles. If proposed new EU regulations are approved, European book collectors and dealers may be in for an annoying surprise when they make their first imported purchases in 2019. By. Jim Hinck. Published on 12 Mar. 2018. ViaLibri EU. Starting next year they mayÃâà...
9Travel
December 31, 1999
MARCH 13, 2018 - Wandering bibliophiles, rejoice! Hotels that cater just for you are popping up all over, complete with books galore to snuggle up with. This is Gladstone's Library in North Wales, a library specially built to house four-time British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone's books as a legacy to the public.
Atlas Obscura
December 31, 1999
It can't be too big—not a city, but a genuine town, usually in a rural setting. It has to have bookshops—not one or two, but a real concentration, where a bibliophile might spend hours, even days, browsing. Usually a book town begins with a couple of secondhand bookstores and later grows to offer newÃâà...
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