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Wine for Dummies, and Other News
By
Sadie Stein
July 23, 2013
On the Shelf
Wine for Dummies
(yes, like the books) is a real thing, and will shortly be presented to any host who invites me to dinner.
In case you were wondering, this summer,
Bill Gates will be reading
, among other things,
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
and
Japan’s Dietary Transition and Its Impacts
.
Scrapbooks compiled by
Ernest Hemingway’s mother
throughout his childhood have been made available by the JFK Library.
Someone has returned
The Real Book About Snakes
to Champaign County Library
forty-one years late
, with a fine in cash. Writes the conscientious borrower, “Sorry I’ve kept this book so long but I’m a really slow reader! I’ve enclosed my fine of $299.30 (41 years—2 cents a day). Once again, my apologies!!”
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