Here’s an introduction to Jellybean Highfive, courtesy of the Rabbitroom. Jellybean Highfive’s unofficial detective business was booming – if booms are what explosions make. Oh, the devastation, he thought. It had blown up in his face, his third case – The Case of the Bulimic Fatty. He had found the truth at the bottom of …

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In Australia, the parent company of book retailers Borders and Angus & Robertson went into receivership today. Borders in the USA went into receivership days ago. From the US, a timely opinion piece from Albert Mohler (who owns and reads more books than the average bookstore holds as floor-stock) about the future of book stores …

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Courtesy of Abraham Piper at 22 Words, (and the folk at Mental Floss), here’s a list of 200 (then) contemporary synonyms for drunkenness compiled by Benjamin Franklin. These may be of some sort of use for those inclined to overindulge in seasonal festivities. (And, in answer to my enquiring children, I have probably personally experienced …

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