August 2012
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Live music, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Join us tonight for music by Jay Hill and Travis Vandal!
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“Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“It may be better for [children] to read some things, especially fairy-stories,...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories
(via thefoxwood)
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“No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence...”
– E.B. White
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“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good...”
– C.S. Lewis
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“I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own...”
– Mae West
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the...”
– James Baldwin
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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the...”
– Gustave Flaubert
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Book Signing: A History of the West Virginia...
Don’t forget about our book signing tomorrow with Jim Wallace, author of A History of the West Virginia Capitol: The House of State. Be there or be less informed about the history of this amazing building: Saturday August 25th, 11 am - 1 pm.
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“In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
– C.S. Lewis
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“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he...”
– François Mauriac
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“If you’re a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A...”
– Mickey Spillane
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Book Signing: A History of the West Virginia...
Join us for a book signing with Jim Wallace for his book A History of the West Virginia Capitol: The House of State, on Saturday, August 25th, from 11 - 1 pm. “Even though the West Virginia Capitol deviated from the design of legendary architect Cass Gilbert, the iconic building is still considered a masterpiece. The full story of the Capitol is filled with twists and turns, from the...
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“It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I...”
– Robert Benchley
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“While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader...”
– Terry Pratchett
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GoodReads Giveaway: Hello Goodbye Hello by Craig... →
simonbooks:
WHAT YOU GET: A copy of Hello, Goodbye, Hello by Craig Brown
HOW TO ENTER: Go to Goodreads and enter
The giveaway is only until August 24th!
About Hello, Goodbye, Hello:
HELLO GOODBYE HELLO is the fascinating, supremely inventive but utterly factual story of some of the most unlikely encounters between two people over the last century and a half. All are true, and they...
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“Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man’s life, must place him in...”
– Leo Tolstoy
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4 Books to Sink Your Teeth Into: A Shark Week... →
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“A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”
– Oscar Wilde
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“An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and...”
– Gustave Flaubert
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“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The...”
– Ursula K. Le Guin
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“The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.”
– Socrates
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“Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were...”
– Fahrenheit 451 (via livs4life)
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The Procrastinator’s Summer Reading List 2012: 13...
randomhouse:
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Leopard by Jo Nesbo
Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
The Third Gate by Lincoln Child
Criminal by Karin Slaughter
The Litigators by John Grisham
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Let the Devil Sleep by John Verdon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael...
