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What is the best way to catalogue a personal book collection?

I suspect that most of us have vices that we occasionally rue.  Mine is the so-called political novel.

How familiar are you with the literature of Christmas?

Two hundred years ago today, on 30 October 1811, the London publisher Thomas Egerton released to the public a

Sometimes, battling sexism in the normal way just won't do. Sometimes, you must don a gorilla mask, adopt the name of a dead female artist and send estrogen pills to the White House.

In 1821, Charles Knight -- who one day would attain a modest measure of fame as publisher of works like

Printing came late to my adopted state. 

If past ceremonies are any guide, there are going to be a lot of unhappy people at the conclusion of this evening's broadcast of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.

I have always thought that if I had more time, money and bookshelves (a not uncommon complaint among book collectors!), it would be both fun and enlightening to try and collect as many titles as I cou

I love a well-illustrated book.

Judging from the prices that well-illustrated books often fetch at auction, I am not alone.