In addition I picked up The Monopoly of Violence: Why Europeans Hate Going to War (I'll need some convincing to buy the subtitle
Hilarious!...might have to look for that one particularly! Since I assume the blurb was not meant ironically, I"m intrigued by any arguments supporting this the author would propose... You got an armload...that's always fun...i've been more immersed in online texts lately, as gutenberg's rarities continue to fascinate and as you know, one thing leads to another...although I have Powell's bookstore stacks to peruse and that's disneyland for booklovers.
Does anyone else dream longingly of visiting Larry McMurtry's bookstore? ("While at Stanford he became a rare-book scout, and during his years in Houston managed a book store there called the Bookman. In 1969 he moved to the Washington, D.C. area, and in 1970 with two partners started a bookshop in Georgetown which he named Booked Up. In 1988 he opened another Booked Up in Archer City, which is one of the largest single used bookstores in the United States, carrying somewhere between 400,000 and 450,000 titles. Citing economic pressures from Internet bookselling, McMurtry came close to shutting down the Archer City store in 2005, but chose to keep it open after an outpouring of public support.")
Just afraid I might never leave and be found dessicated and lifeless among the stacks...lured on and on by one title after another...
In fact, did anyone read his memoirs??
2008: Books: A Memoir
2009: Literary Life: A Second Memoir
2011: Hollywood: A Third Memoir
I read the first two and found them interesting and share his gluttony and passion for books, if not his artistry and resourcefulness. Fascinating that he grew up in a household without books for one...it's also nice to find someone else has loved passionately an obscure favorite of mine, and to discover
those beloved by others...
