Category Archives: Books with Ties to Tenants Harbor

AHA! IRISH IN EARLY ICELAND. AND NEWFOUNDLAND, TOO?

Posted on November 18, 2015 by colleen

I have always known the Irish beat the Vikings to North America, but convincing the doubters has been tricky. My most reputable evidence is that Tim Severin had a replica of a Medieval leather boat built and sailed it across … Continue reading →

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SO MUCH GOOD NEWS

Posted on July 14, 2009 by colleen

This is a glorious day. The harbor is alive with Sailing School kids wiggling about in daysailers, kayakers gliding inches above the water, dinghies bobbing in place for lobsterboats, a yacht and a powerboat looking for their rental moorings, and … Continue reading →

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FIRST THINGS FIRST, PART 3

Posted on June 22, 2009 by colleen

Finally, the last of the order lists.  To make it more intriguing, look for fat biographies, detailed memoirs, journals, logs, or diaries of adventurers in places doing things we know too little about, at least four works with (sometimes remote) … Continue reading →

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Posted on May 11, 2009 by colleen

“Are illegal immigrants counted in unemployment statistics?  And if you don’t know, how would you find out?” a friend emailed.  Well, I don’t know.  I assume the unemployment number is a government figure derived from papers otherwise filed by employers … Continue reading →

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Bleak? No, Austere.

Posted on November 25, 2008 by colleen

These are great days, cold in Minnesota, but great. (Yes we can, President Obama, oh yes, we can.) So now is the time to sneak in mention of Arnaldur Indridason’s new paperback, Voices. (NYTimes Book Review,11-2-08) “Not the Icelandic guy … Continue reading →

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LOOKING LOCAL

Posted on October 22, 2008 by colleen

I love libraries. For a professional lifetime, I’ve been plotting ways to make them ever better. I didn’t think much about how they looked as I passed by; they were mostly non-wood monuments with pillars, steps, and/or lions (and more … Continue reading →

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MORE BOOKS ADDED

Posted on August 24, 2008 by colleen

This is the 5th batch of treasures added this summer! Some of these are reorders due to popular demand. (My only other copy sold.) Julia Spencer-Fleming’s series with the Vicar and the Police Chief is the best example. Some are … Continue reading →

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READERS HAVING FUN

Posted on August 18, 2008 by colleen

It’s been a great week of old (well, long-time) and new (two visits or second visit this summer) regulars refinding Roseledge Books. As always, we talked about important matters in and out of books. Fig. #35. Lurking behind the unruly … Continue reading →

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MORE BOOKS ADDED #3

Posted on August 7, 2008 by colleen

Quite exciting news is that Roseledge Books has a second bestseller — which means three coipies have been sold. Walter Isaacson’s Einstein is now added to Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map, and together they document how nifty are the readers … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER’S LIFE

Posted on July 30, 2008 by colleen

Biographies are good fat-summer-reads. They last several afternoons under the umbrella or inside someplace, out of the fog. My late next-door neighbor Harry preferred biographies, one per summer, preferably about Jacqueline Onassis or Katherine Hepburn. Another customer said she chose … Continue reading →

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