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The meaning of everything : the story of the Oxford English dictionary by Simon. Winchester

The adventures of Mark Twain by Jerry Allen

The Gospel According to Mary by Miriam Therese Winter

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CollectionsG. K. Chesterton (28), Henri J. M. Nouwen (37), Edgar A. Guest (52), Twain /Twainiana (283), Your library (1,012), Currently reading (2), All collections (1,013)

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TagsMark Twain (283), Catholicism (228), biography (152), spirituality (117), poetry (70), history (57), Edgar A. Guest (52), theology (42), Nouwen (37), 19th Century (35) — see all tags

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GroupsBiographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Catholic Historians, Catholic Tradition, Early Reviewers, Mark Twain

Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Thomas Cahill, Bruce Catton, G. K. Chesterton, Catherine de Hueck Doherty, John Dunning, Andrew M. Greeley, Edgar A. Guest, Edward M. Hays, Ronald Knox, Thomas Merton, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Mark Twain (Shared favorites)

About meI've been working in the publishing industry (religious) for more than twenty years. Book collecting is a sort of "busman's holiday" for me. I enjoy browsing used and rare bookshops when I get the chance, especially when travelling for business. The internet is fine, but nothing beats the experience of a real bookshop.

About my libraryMy library is larger than it should be, but not nearly as large as it could be. My main foci are Mark Twain, Roman Catholicism (esp. 19th Century), Edgar A. Guest, G. K. Chesterton, Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward, Ronald Knox, Henri J.M. Nouwen, John Dunning, and anything related enough to these authors and subjects to be enticing. I find it difficult to part with a good book, and entirely too easy to give orphaned volumes a good home.

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