false 791098 4 What a delightful book about books and people who love books! As a second generation bibliophile, a possible bibliomane who had several people move out of my house a year ago because they erroneously believed that my books were taking over the household, and a devout employee of "Earth's Biggest Bookstore," I can vouch that Basbanes accurately describes the glorious role of book collectors as archivists of human knowledge, and -- in continual counterpoint -- sometimes pathologically obsessed book junkies. 777083 15 3 1995 A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books total:220|5:90|4:81|3:35|2:10|1:4| 220 903 576 38 5 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jul 11 13:58:36 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 14:13:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 24 16:07:08 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 16:07:08 -0700 2008 I'm not sure that i actually fall into the category of bibliophile or bibliomaniac, although i've often called myself one. I do have a collection of over 3,000 books (there are still so many in boxes that i haven't catalogued them all) but many of them i just bought because i wanted to read th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Dec 16 10:21:15 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 10:22:00 -0800 2007 ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 14 20:10:55 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 20:18:44 -0800 2008 5 2 false false Sun Jan 13 04:35:40 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 14:59:16 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 09:50:40 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 10:02:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Feb 13 07:18:20 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 07:19:46 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 04:10:15 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 20:00:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 00:38:45 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 02:15:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:13:37 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:13:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 10:04:01 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 10:05:44 -0700 2009 0 0 true false Tue Aug 25 05:45:30 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 05:46:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Dec 17 09:15:08 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 09:17:04 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 12:14:10 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 06:28:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 17:21:38 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 17:56:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Jul 10 23:07:06 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 23:11:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:19:39 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:20:18 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Tue Feb 03 10:38:25 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:39:19 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Sep 25 17:10:06 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 13:42:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 20 08:53:50 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 09:09:42 -0800 2008 more...]]>