Author: Logan Smalley
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982140585
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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For fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere: a quirky and entertaining interactive guide to reading, featuring voicemails, literary Easter eggs, checklists, and more, from the creators of the popular multimedia project. The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is an interactive illustrated homage to the beautiful ways in which books bring meaning to our lives and how our lives bring meaning to books. Carefully crafted in the style of a retro telephone directory, this guide offers you a variety of unique ways to connect with readers, writers, bookshops, and life-changing stories. In it, you’ll discover... -Heartfelt, anonymous voicemail messages and transcripts from real-life readers sharing unforgettable stories about their most beloved books. You’ll hear how a mother and daughter formed a bond over their love for Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, or how a reader finally felt represented after reading Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese, or how two friends performed Mary Oliver’s Thirst to a grove of trees, or how Anne Frank inspired a young writer to continue journaling. -Hidden references inside fictional literary adverts like Ahab’s Whale Tours and Miss Ophelia’s Psychic Readings, and real-life literary landmarks like Maya Angelou City Park and the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum. -Lists of bookstores across the USA, state by state, plus interviews with the book lovers who run them. -Various invitations to become a part of this book by calling and leaving a bookish voicemail of your own. -And more! Quirky, nostalgic, and full of heart, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is a love letter to the stories that change us, connect us, and make us human.

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Category : Harare (Zimbabwe)
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Author: United States. Department of Defense
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Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Each issue includes a classified section on the organization of the Dept.

Author: Bureau of Publications
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ISBN: 9780818203923
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Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Telephone Directory for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 1196

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Author: United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
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Category : Telephone
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Author: United States. Department of Energy
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Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Author: Ammon Shea
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101444118
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Read Ammon Shea's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. A surprising, lively, and rich history of that ubiquitous doorstop that most of us take for granted. Ammon Shea is not your typical thirtysomething book enthusiast. After reading the Oxford English Dictionary from cover to cover (and living to write about it in Reading the OED), what classic, familiar, but little-read book would he turn to next? Yes, the phone book. With his signature combination of humor, curiosity, and passion for combing the dustbins of history, Shea offers readers a guided tour into the surprising, strange, and often hilarious history of the humble phone book. From the first printed version in 1878 (it had fifty listings and no numbers) to the phone book's role in presidential elections, Supreme Court rulings, Senate filibusters, abstract art, subversive poetry, circus sideshows, criminal investigations, mental-health diagnoses, and much more, this surprising volume reveals a rich and colorful story that has never been told-until now.

Author: United States. Department of Justice
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Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: United States. Department of Energy. Directorate of Administration
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Languages : en
Pages : 92

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