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Martians, Specters & Eccentrics: Marc Hartzman’s Odd and Unusual Books

October feels like the right time to feature the books of author, publisher, and book collector Marc Hartzman, who first caught my attention back in 2015 with his novel, The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell. Hartzman, aka the Weird Historian, enjoys the odd

Paperbacks from Hell

New

Jane Austen, Cover to Cover

To be an Austen completist

Happy Birthday, Jane Austen

Dawn of the Dreadfuls (& Contest)

As devoted readers of FB&C will know, I've been following Quirk Classics from its very quirky beginning. Last year, Quirk Books of Philadelphia published a "mash-up" of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which became a New York Times bestseller. I

9 for 2009

This is the time of year for best-of lists -- The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009, The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009, The New Yorker's

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