No, I wasn’t traveling the pastoral countryside searching for forgotten treasures in someone’s old barn; I went out to MY barn on a warm day to see how the book storage was doing versus the mice. I peeked inside a few of the boxes and did a happy feet dance because, first of all, … Continue reading
Sorry about the eye glare. This is Monty about to go in for his surgery yesterday, February 11, 7 a.m.. I felt the way he looks. I was jittery and sleep-deprived. I wasn’t sleeping well the night before. Around 1 a.m. I was jolted awake by my other cat, Milo, who had been sleeping … Continue reading
Monty, the lovable bookstore cat, is scheduled for surgery on February 11th for an extraction of a premolar tooth. The estimate is around $800 and comes at a very bad time for me. I am hoping to help pay for it by offering a Valentine’s “sweet deal” discount on some of the books in the … Continue reading
Locally-owned independent bookstores have always been an important facet of any community. Foremost, they are advocates for literacy and challenging thought. Their shelves are stocked with thousands of books, each representing a unique point of view. Minds on a shelf, so to speak. Almost universally, bookstores are supporters of human diversity. Books themselves teach us … Continue reading
I don’t think this is restricted information anymore. Here are two manuals from 1942: Service and Instruction Manual Armament B-24D Airplane and Service and Training Manual Hydraulics B-24D $50 each
The Eclectic Reader 