Martin Sorensen

Two books Cold War games The secret lore of London

Two excellent finds for my library. This is why there is nothing better than a good independent bookstore.
I’ve been fascinated by Soviet history since visiting the USSR in 1985. And my interest in London goes back to reading Sherlock Holmes as a child

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Well, that’s a ways down the road, but congratulations

A used copy of Midnight Doorways by @usmantm.bsky.social came across the buy counter today.. I immediately grabbed it. If this book was available in the US, not only would it be in the section, it would be faced out with a shelf talker. Great stories. Highly recommended

The door to the old bridewell at Moxham village. The gaol has remained locked since 1934 due to the high levels of haunting experienced by villagers walking passed it. Many put this down to the witch spirit of Old Mother Twilling, others to the high number of drunks who died in it across the years.

I love that quote

David Bowie from Into the Night

<satisifed sigh/>
Oh yeah, that's the stuff.

Loved this. Thank you.

It’s now on my tbr list

The Gales of November by John U Bacon is not only one of the best books of Maritime history that I’ve ever read, it is one of the most moving. Five stars-highest possible recommendation.

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yes

If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino is one of my favorite books of all time. I’m hoping that this scratches the same itch.

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A two-wheeled cart called a tumbrel or tumbril, used in abridgements

Posting a picture of a tumbrel aka tumbril for no particular reason.

On pedantry by Arnoud S Q Visser

We have such a great book buyer at the store. This comes out this week

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Nonesuch by Francis Spufford

Francis Spufford seems to get better with each book he writes. Or at least I think so. Third of the way through his new book.

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Hasan: The great irony is of course that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant. The grandson of an immigrant and married to an immigrant. In fact two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do.

I do arrest thee, traitor, of high treason

Let me speak proudly: tell the constable
We are but warriors for the working-day...

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

I was “coincidentally” laid off from Antifa when I tried to unionize my chapter so, you know, take their rhetoric with a grain of salt

In a similar vein, last night’s movie of choice was The Third Man. One of my favorite villains of all time.

Not my book, written by Jen Calonita.

I’ve written a lot of shelf talkers over the years, mostly in history and science fiction. This is my first kids book shelf talker

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If you lose to the Vikings in the UK you should be forced to change your team name to The Benedictines

WJAZ y shirt

The fire agent by David Baerwald

I’m currently reading The Fire Agent by David Baerwald. Yes, that David Baerwald. And it is simply incredible. Comes out next year, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. One of those books I want to rush through to find out what happens next, yet at the same time savor.

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A friend of mine often quotes what he says is a Korean proverb:

The traitor
has the best
patriot costume

A biography of Mangas Coloradas and a new science fiction title, American rapture by CJ Leede

Working in a store that sells new and used books, I come home with some interesting combinations

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