The blog at ABEbooks.com recently featured an article about things found in used books. Among the discoveries were money, a Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card, and a tooth.I can attest to the range of items folks leave behind when they sell old books. I once found about a dozen marijuana leaves pressed in the pages … Continue reading What’s Left Behind
Funny Pages at the U
David Hadju, author of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America will be speaking at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L Anderson Library at 7:30pm on Tuesday, July 8. Details on the U's event are here. Reservations are recommended; call 612/624-9339 or email the library.Hadju's book details the furor that … Continue reading Funny Pages at the U
Don’t Miss The Boat
A full house of book lovers crowded into the store last night to hear Nam Le read from his debut collection of short stories, The Boat. If you missed it, signed copies of the book are still available in our store.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 