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Saturday, April 21, 2007

Tid-bits

Don Quioxote and The Narrative Self A very interesting article - about the influence of story-telling in our lives.

booksprice.com asked me to post a comment about their site and even offered a free copy of Water for Elephants, although they said the offer was not contingent on my comment. I ran a few books through to see comparative prices, and Amazon was in the running for all of the books I checked. It might be very useful in searching for out of print books and receiving comparative prices in one place. I checked on Jubilee Trail, a book my mother received from a book club in the 1950's and was surprised that it was not out of print. Best price - Amazon - $6.50. Ordered it... because remembering how much I loved that book made me want a copy.

7 comments:

  1. Thanks for the link to the Don Quixote article; I'm going to add it to the Don Quixote blog.

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  2. I really like the name of your blog. Isn't it from a traditional saying of some sort?

    Also enjoyed the Philosophy Now article.

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  3. I printed the DQ article. Thank you for that link and the Booksprice one too. Good stuff :)

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  4. If that is Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow, you have made my day. I read all of Bristow's books when I was in high school and loved them, but I have never ran into anyone else who read them. Very neat.

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  5. Dorothy - It really is an interesting article...and fits perfectly with your current reading.

    Dewey - "A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." Chinese proverb. Glad you liked the article!

    iliana - You are welcome. You're reading Don Quioxote, too, aren't you?

    lisa jean - The very same! I loved Garnet and Florinda. Can't wait for it to arrive. I read some of her other books and enjoyed them, but Jubilee Trail was my favorite.

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  6. This is the second time in as many days that I've run across the title Jubilee Trail. Florence King put it on her list of Best Books That Are Neglected. Sounds like it's got a following. Glad to hear it's not really pricey, even though it's out of print.

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  7. bybee - I thought it would be out of print, but evidently it isn't. I'll have to check that list--sounds interesting!

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