Author Archives: Alison

Book of the Week: Sure beats liner notes

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Now that I’ve gone all techno and traded in my CDs for iTunes, I have to admit it: I miss those liner notes. Without them, I’m at serious risk of publicly flubbing lyrics to some great song, developing crushes on musicians I’ve never even seen, and committing such heinous music-geek crimes as insisting the Sex Pistols’ [...]

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Weekly podcast: A trans-Atlantic survival tale

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Imagine crossing across an ocean patrolled by Nazi submarines all alone at age 13, fleeing the Bombing of Britain during World War II. If you survive, you plan to start a new life as a Canadian cowboy – only without the usual ten-gallon hat, and with little more than a one-pound note and a letter in your [...]

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Book of the Week struts its stuff

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Like anyone who lived through the ’80s, I often wish my fashion crimes of yesteryear had been left unrecorded, or captured on some now-obsolete microfilm technology – just when I think all evidence has been destroyed, my sister dredges up another photograph of me in proto-punk spiderweb facepaint. So for boldly daring to face the [...]

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Books for weddings, professionals, and wedding professionals

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As usual, you Blurbarians are way ahead of the curve. It’s only been about week since we started showing off books for professionals and wedding books  on our website, and already our Bookstore is packed with some intriguing books in these categories.  Blurbarians are making  Modern Bride look totally tame. A browse through the Bookstore [...]

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