Remember last year when I posted all about what books I read, when, and what I thought of them? That was really great, wasn’t it? I started 2011 fully intending on doing another series like that, but, well, it didn’t happen. As you know too well by now, Jen and I moved to Arkansas, and [...]
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
December 14, 2011
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Dickson Street Bookshop
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Personal, ReadingIt’s a little hard to believe that Jen and I have lived in northwest Arkansas for just under a year. It has been quite a year indeed for us, but more about that in another post. For now, let me share with you one of the places in Fayetteville that we loved, and still love [...]
Tags: Bookstore, Dickson Street Bookshop, Fayetteville, Used Books
August 31, 2011
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In the Shadow of Lincoln
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Reading, WritingI’ve always had things that I read or discover in passing that pique my interest and push me into reading extensively about a subject. Among my more recent interests in this vein has been Abraham Lincoln. My interest first came when I read the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin shortly after it [...]
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Dispatch from Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant April 7 1865, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Quakers
August 24, 2011
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Preservation and Access
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Librarianship, Library, ReadingDespite what you might think, or learn in library school, librarianship is a profession of paradoxes and challenges. Many times librarians and other individuals outside the profession talk at length about new technologies and trends that present librarians with challenges externally. However, there are challenges inherent in the job we do as librarians, and one [...]
Tags: Access, Alberto Manguel, Boston Athenaeum, Librarianship, Nicholas A. Basbanes, Preservation
July 13, 2011
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Authors, Recent and Favorite
By Jason W. Dean in Books, ReadingEvery night, Jen and I usually retire to the bedroom about 8:30 or 9. Now, before you make inappropriate jokes about this little phrase, we go get in bed, prop our pillows up, and tuck into whatever book we are reading at the time. This has grown to be not only something we look forward [...]
