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Friday Giveaway: Paolini and Snicket: contest closed

This week's giveaway includes volumes 1-13 of the Lemony Snicket series as well as Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini.

Contest closed, back with a winner in a moment.

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Friday Giveaway: Paolini and Snicket

This week's giveaway includes volumes 1-13 of the Lemony Snicket series as well as Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini.

To enter, leave a comment here on the site. You can also enter on Facebook or Twitter .

I'll take all the entries and select a random winner tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM EST.

Good luck!

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Young Man

Film negative.

Found in "The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje. Published by Vintage Books, 1992.

Here are the photographs from this strip:






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By The Time I Get To Farmingdale

Bus ticket from Newburgh NY to Farmingdale NY, dated May 5th, 1991.

Found in "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Published by Signet.
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Let The Waves Roll

Postcard featuring the Lido Club Hotel, Lido Beach, Long Island NY. The date is unknown, I can't quite make out the postmark.

Hi Joyce and Johnny,

Did you have a nice vacation at your grandma? Tell Johnny I miss him very much Joyce too (?)

How is your mother and father? Down here you can go swimming in the ocean or just sit and let the waves roll over top of you.

Love,
Marge (?)

Found in "Chinese Art" by Judith and Arthur Hart Burling. Published by Bonanza Books, 1953.

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Connections

Note, dated May, 2006:

Dear Janet,

I hope you enjoy reading this book and will think about our friendship, too bad we didn't connect sooner - we would have had a great time together in our youth!

Love you,
Loni (maybe Lori)

Found in "Seven Weeks to Better Sex" by Domeena Renshaw, MD. Published by Random House, 1995.



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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Stefanie Rae, who entered over on Facebook.See you all next week.

Friday Giveaway: Celebrating Women's History Month - contest closed

This week's giveaway includes these fifteen books, all by female authors.

Contest closed, back with a winner in a moment.

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Friday Giveaway: Celebrating Women's History Month

This week's giveaway includes these fifteen books, all by female authors.

To enter, leave a comment here on the site. You can also enter on Facebook or Twitter .

I'll collect entries from all three and pick a random winner tomorrow at 10:00 AM EST.

Good luck!

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White Wedding

Wedding photo.

On reverse:

Printed: GLOSSY

Written: Miss White - 394

Found in "In Old Oneonta: Volume 2" by Edwin Moore. Published by Upper Susquehanna Historical Society, 1963.


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