Special Collections
Poetry is Wanted Here!
We can’t let National Poetry Month go by without a taste of some of the poetry goodness that lives within the confines of the Digital Public Library of America. From the postcard above featuring an excerpt from a… Continue reading
George R.R. Martin donates first edition of ‘The Hobbit’ to Texas University
George R.R. Martin, whose “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series is the basis for the hit HBO show Game of Thrones, has donated a rare first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (1937)… Continue reading
VHS Tapes = Cultural Artifacts: Yale acquires collection of 2700 VHS tapes
From the late 1970s through much of the 1980s VHS, which stands for Video Home System, tapes were all the rage.
They were the dominant form of home video entertainment and in many ways revolutionized the movie industry. It… Continue reading
Of Interest
New, Used, Rare – Our latest book recommendations and other items from the book universe that strike our fancy