Hitler’s Bookmark. No seriously – Hitler’s Bookmark

from MSNBC Federal agents recover ‘Hitler’ bookmark Romanian man arrested trying to sell item to undercover officers  updated 3:45 p.m. MT, Wed., Nov. 26, 2008 SEATTLE – Authorities have recovered a stolen 18-carat gold bookmark that reportedly was...

Unclaimed By Next of Kin

from Shelf-Awareness Library of Dust photographed by David Maisel (Chronicle Books, $80, 9780811863339/0811863336, September 2008) This is definitely a big gift book, measuring almost 18″ x 14″, which is a display challenge, but worth it. In 1913, Oregon...

When Burroughs And Kerouac Killed

from the New York Times When a Real-Life Killing Sent Two Future Beats in Search of Their Voices Courtesy of the Allen Ginsberg Trust William S. Burroughs, left, and Jack Kerouac in 1953. By MICHIKO KAKUTANI The best thing about this collaboration between Jack...

Rare Leather

from MSNBC In the book world, the rarest of the rare Would you pay $25 million for a Bible?  By Philipp Harper   Every passion has its Holy Grail, and rare-book collecting is no exception. Ask a group of bibliophiles to identify the rarest of all rare books,  and a...

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

from National Public Radio The Making Of A Posthumous Best-Seller by Martha Woodroof NPR.org, November 11, 2008 ·The Girl with the Dragon Tattoois an unlikely best-seller — it’s the first book in a trilogy of thrillers written by Stieg Larsson, a previously...