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Bookish Linkage After a December police raid on the organization that helped with much of the research, a Russian publisher has backed out of publishing The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia, one of my favorite books of 2007. Even though it got rid of its standalone book section, the LA Times continues its annual […] Random Rant I don’t wish ill on people. But I may consider an exception for spammers. For grins and giggles, I kept track of how many e-mails sent me last week were caught by the spam filter at work — more than 1,600. Of those, four — .002 percent — were legit e-mails inadvertently caught […] Aside from wishing everyone a happy Hockey Day in Canada, this edition consists entirely of Bookish Linkage: Sure, another book I had to buy: Tranquility, by Hungarian author Attila Bartis, won the first ever Best Translated Book Award. I’m guessing there’s a reason (or several) why Philip K. Dick’s widow couldn’t find a publisher. […] An abbreviated edition this three-day weekend, so I’m kicking it off with a: Valentine’s Day Pitch Although perhaps out of the ordinary, here’s one of the things I did for Valentine’s Day: made a contribution in memory of my dad, a World War II infantry lieutenant, to Honor Flight South Dakota. It’s a new organization […] Random Observations I did it again. Even though I watched the halftime performance Sunday night, I forgot Springsteen tickets went on sale Monday morning. Making it worse, it didn’t sink in until the middle of the night Monday. Of course, perhaps that should be expected from someone who turned the Super Bowl off at the […] |
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