Taj Mahal for Disciples of E. F. Schumacher

Phuket Vegetarian Festivalgoer, Whole Foods Shopper, and Liberal

Fascist Says He Really Likes Jonah Goldberg's New Book

Cover Photo from Oliver Sacks' Latest Book,

The Woman Who Mistook Her Giraffe for a Hat

Cover Photo of New York Times Bestseller,

Accupuncture for Dummies

You lose all sense of time when you get lost

in the Tunnel of Books.

"If you can read this, thank a 50-foot teacher."

"Sorry, gentlemen, but all of our copies of Harry

Potter and the Deathly Hallows are checked out."

"Let me put this bluntly," says Richard Schickel, "in language even

a busy blogger can understand: Criticism — and its humble cousin,

reviewing — is not a democratic activity. It is, or should be, an elite

enterprise, ideally undertaken by individuals who bring something

to the party beyond their hasty, instinctive opinions of a book (or

any other cultural object). So to all you dirty, stinkin' apes out

there in Bloggerland: STAY THE HELL OFF MY PROPERTY!"

George Gets Curiouser and Curiouser