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How has everyone constructed their personal library. What type of shelving do you use? Is there a best wood for the job (untreated? hard? soft?) Do you have a room specifically for your library, or do you use a common area? How do you maintain it: dust, wear, tear, etc.? Should books be...

Is any graduate students or former graduate students of Literature in the house? If so, let us in on the secrets. What is grad school really l ike? What type of literature did you work on? Where did you go to school? Who do you think has the best literature/english grad program? Any advice...

I am looking for reading suggestions for this summer. Some of my favorites are Anne Rice's Mayfair Witch trilogy, Kostova's Historian, and Pearl's Dante Club. Any suggestions for books similar to these? I think that the link here is books based or dealing with history or literature...

I'm looking for a literary agent to send my manuscript to and was hoping for some suggestions. Who would be a good agent for a fiction novel about interacial relationships? There are so many choices, and every agency seems to be advertising the same services? How does one chose? Anyone...

Can anyone suggest some authors who write books similar to Anne Rice. Not the vampire series (which I didn't really like), but the Mayfair Witches series, the Mummy, Violin... that type of novel. This isn't my usually genre, so I don't know what other books to pick up. What do you guys think...

Does anyone collect old books? I mean books from 1800 back? Manuscripts? Anything like that? I was just wondering how you take care of something like that. How do you protect it I want to start a collection by buying this set of Johnson's dictionaries, but I'm afraid I'll ruin them just...

Are there book parties like there are Tupperware parties or Mary Kay parties? My sister just had a purse party. If you could sell purses in the home, why not books? Have you guys ever heard of anyone doing this? One of the big book chains should do this. I would definately have one of these...

I'm working on an article, and I need a little history background. The only problem is that I can't find the information that I'm looking for anywhere. I tried searching for it, but found nothing. Okay, what I need is this: 18th century women's education. I basically need to know...

Hi everyone, I have a few questions for you. Has anyone here ever gotten a grant for writing a novel? Where can a person find a grant to write? What if the novel never gets published? What is the grant to be used for? What do you have to give back (hardly anything is free, right)? I've...

hi everyone. I'm new here and I find it comforting to know that I am not the only one who has trouble letting books go. It's hard for me to even lend my favorite books to my friends and family. I'll direct them to the library, or buy it for them.