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To Read: Let's Get Political

inbetweener79 wrote 2 months ago: DC is politics, politics are DC. Here is a bit of honesty, I don’t get politics. I know we have part … more →

Tags: DC, Politics, Book Review, History, npr, Sarah Vowell, Lincoln, McKinley, Garfield

His Name was Mudd3 comments

cliosparade wrote 6 months ago: Today is the opening day of “Lincoln.” As Robin said, I would have to do this post becau … more →

Tags: Reviews, History, Lincoln Film, Sarah Vowell, John Wilkes Booth, Henry Rathbone

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normadermtravel wrote 8 months ago: Top Selling Assassination Vacation Supermarket a Variety of Assassination Vacation on cheap price at … more →

Tags: Shopping, assassination, @ vacation

DEWEY and Storytelling

bookarista wrote 8 months ago: Grand Central Publishing 2008 There is something wonderful about a great audio book. While I read De … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Libraries, DEWEY, Vicki Myron, small towns, Cats, Sarah Vowell, audio books

Nonfiction Addiction: Bill Bryson and Other People You Should Read

Grace wrote 10 months ago: Read/Watched/Consumed This Week In a Suburned Country – Bill Bryson (continuing) The Complete … more →

Tags: Books & Comics, Australia, Stan Brakhage, Bill Bryson, In a Suburned Country, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Walk in the Woods, Sarah Vowell

Sara Habein's #CBR4 Review #36: Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell1 comment

Sara Habein wrote 10 months ago: My review of Sarah Vowell’s Assassination Vacation is now up at Persephone Magazine. This was … more →

Tags: 5 stars - a favorite, Non-Fiction, Sara Habein, Sarah Vowell

2012 Roundup: an Eleven Book Journey Involving Presidents, Self-Improvement, and Of Course, Baseball1 comment

Dave Barclay wrote 11 months ago: Booktunnel!! Hello! Since I last made an entry five months ago, I’ve read nine ten eleven book … more →

Tags: Announcement, Review, McSweeney's, Omnibus, grantland, Leisureguy's Guide to Gourmet Shaving, Michael Ham, The Extra 2%, Jonah Keri

From Sinless Sex to Silverware1 comment

Nathan wrote 11 months ago: Perhaps you are aware that Oneida, makers of fine flatware, started out as a sex cult. I knew myself … more →

Tags: Religion, Christianity, Cults, Sarah Vowell, President James Garfield, Charles Guiteau, Oneida, John Humphrey Noyes, complex marriage

Pain in the Assassin3 comments

Nathan wrote 11 months ago: Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell – In this book, Vowell recounts her travels to places … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, History 2, Abraham Lincoln, Sarah Vowell, John Wilkes Booth, Dr. Samuel Mudd, President James Garfield, Charles Guiteau, President William McKinley

Washington D.C.

jennavandenberg wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been pondering what to do with my Washington D.C. pictures because I don’t really have anything … more →

Tags: Good Books, Washington D C, Sarah Vowell

Daily Show Correspondent and Author Speaks at UF

chrisbaldwn wrote 1 year ago: GAINESVILLE – She spoke with her signature nasal voice like a more inflective, female Ben Stein—but … more →

Tags: local/state news (Alachua County, fla, University of Florida, Sarah Vowell, Daily Show, History, Humor, The Wordy Shipmates, pixar

Gods & Undergrads Update!

lipstickisses wrote 1 year ago:   Plaques will forever make me think of Sarah Vowell and her love for them … and since I … more →

Tags: Comics, Gods & Undergrads, Comics, greek mythology, Update, College, slice of life., Plaques

12 Days of Boredom 2011 - Non-Fiction Books2 comments

Melissa @ Swamp of Boredom wrote 1 year ago: Cover of Only Yesterday When I read non-fiction, I stick to books that focus on historical events in … more →

Tags: Books, 12 Days of Boredom, Non-Fiction, Frederick Lewis Allen, Timothy Egan, Sarah Vowell, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Surv

Brevity Classic Book Review: Sarah Vowell’s Assassination Vacation

Dinty W. Moore wrote 1 year ago: A Brevity review of a classic nonfiction book from 2005: Assassination Vacation Simon & Schuster … more →

Tags: Teaching Resources, Nonfiction Books, John Wilkes Booth, Sarah Vowell

Summer Assignment: The Urchin's Reading List3 comments

The Urchins wrote 1 year ago: Ah, summer. Time for cervezas on the beach and a good round of volleyball (or if you’re an Urc … more →

Tags: Literature, Environment, politics. global issues, collaborative, Michael Pollan, Rainer Maria Rilke, Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetayeva, letters summer 1926

Book Review: Unfamiliar Fishes1 comment

Les Chappell wrote 2 years ago: Unfamiliar Fishes By Sarah Vowell Published March 22, 2011 Riverhead Books 256 pp. ISBN 1-594-48787- … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Book Review, The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell, Riverhead Books, Unfamiliar Fishes, Hawaii, statehood of Hawaii, Kamehameha

ambern's CBR III Review #12: Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

anpeter wrote 2 years ago: So Sarah Vowell is a bit morbid, and it is highly entertaining.  In this book, Vowell goes all over … more →

Tags: ambern, Sarah Vowell, History

Conversational Mount St. Helens

NotATameLion wrote 2 years ago: But when I’m around strangers, I turn into a conversational Mount St. Helens. I’m dormant, dormant, … more →

Tags: Quotes, Sarah Vowell

Assassination Vacation

Gwendy wrote 2 years ago: Like history? NPR nerd? (HEY! How did Blacklight get control of the blog? heeheehee). March right to … more →

Tags: Buy or Check It Out, Book Review, Sarah Vowell, NPR nerd, History buff


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