THE BOOK GUYS

Week of June 26- Which immortal wit said: “No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.” (Samuel Johnson)

Week of July 3- What do these novels have in common: Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Lewis's Out of the Silent Planet, and Williams's All Hallows' Eve?

Week of July 10- Recently new evidence was discovered leading to some doubt about the originality of the story of the Resurrection. What famous manuscript contained this information?

Week of July 17- In 1969 the NY Times reports on a secret bombing of Cambodia. Henry Kissinger is said to have shouted: ““We must do something! We must crush those people! We must destroy them!” Whom was he shouting about?

Week of July 24- Who described the 9-11 attacks as “19 kids lured into airplanes to come here to murder our citizens?”

Prizes to be won each week. Winner gets his or her choice of the following:

By Nick Basbanes

A Gentle Madness
Patience and Fortitude
Among the Gently Mad
A Splendor of Letters
Every Book Its Reader
Editions and Impressions- (NEW)

Allen and Pat Ahearn- Collected Books- The Guide to Values –2002
Allen and Pat Ahearns- Book Collecting 2000

Lee Baumgarten- Price Guide and Bibliographic Check List for Children’s and Illustrated Books 1880-1970

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