Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Louise Jones

Was it book love or lust � John Gilkey�s obsession with owning rare books he couldn�t afford? Freshly out of prison, he confided in Bartlett about his thieving ways; she also interviewed the equally obsessive dealer who tracked Gilkey down. A delight for book lovers.

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Michael Schiavo

A perfect book for writer, reader, student, or teacher. Richardson -- author of the superb biography Emerson: The Mind On Fire -- culls the best advice on reading and writing (the latter flows from the former) from the Sage of Concord, who, like all writers, struggled every day to find something worthwhile to say. For example, while reading, Emerson exhorts, "you are the book's book." Richardson tak... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Cheryl Cornwell

33,000 pages, 44 million words, one man just crazy and driven enough to read them all. From "a-ak" defined as, "see gagaku" to "zywiec", A.J.Jacobs chronicles his quest to read every volume in the encycolpedia Britannica. Driven by a need to be accepted by Mensa and a desire to become the smartest man in the world, Jacobs relentlessly chronicles his journey through the lives, loves, and secrets of people t... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Holiday Edge 02

A longtime classic returns in a new and updated edition. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, edited by Justin Kaplan, now contains more than 20,000 quotes from 2,500 people, including 90 newcomers. Among the names recently added to this hallowed list are J.K Rowling, Mary Oliver, Tony Kushner, Jerry Seinfeld, Emma Goldman, Tammy Wynette, and Maya Angelou. Take Winston Churchill's advice: "It's a good th... read more>>>