This year marks the quadricentennial [400th!] celebration of Samuel de Champlain’s “founding” and naming of the Lake that bears his name. 2009 will see many festivities and exhibits about Lake Champlain at area art galleries, theaters, museums, and libraries ~ indeed they started on New Year’s Eve at the First Night in Burlington Vermont! ~ for more [...]
Archive for January 13th, 2009
The Lake Champlain Quadricentennial
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Round-up ~ All Things Books…
Posted in Book Collecting Resources, News, tagged Book Collecting, Books, Gone with the Wind, Winnie the Pooh on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few random tidbits for this week, all things books….
*article at Publisher’s Weekly summarizes the child safety act provisions regarding books, to include used books…
*Milne’s Pooh to have a sequel 80 years later. See this article at BBC News
*A thoughtful essay on the value of books at the Bookshop Blog, i.e the value beyond the [...]
