Ideas on Books and Readers

"But I'm retired," Scott Montgomery often says as he pushes off on his bicycle. Maybe he's already biked ...

The Scent of New Books Many people stop in and ask if we can take their old books. ...

Everything that Rises Must Converge, 2020 View 1 Sometimes all one has to go on is the painting ...

Brooks' Five and Flick Ford August 17, 2021, Charlestown, Rhode Island. The summer weather in South/Washington County has ...

(c) Roy Arenella. Used here without permission Owning a bookstore right now has its challenges. Pricing may be ...

As Easter approaches and the sun promises spring, I want to hold onto my happy expectation as long ...

T.S. Eliot for VDay I'm not exactly sure why without fail Elvis Costello's "My Comic Valentine" pops into ...

Kingston, Rhode Island Train Station: A Good Place for Embarking   Somewhere along the line I stopped writing ...

This Advent   This is my second December as a retailer and it can not be more different ...

Forcing Gratitude never quite works as well as a state of natural grace.  Thanksgiving also requires honesty regarding ...

Arthur Rackham's illustrations arguably best interpret Irving's work, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. A copy of my treasured ...

Map found in Captain Taber's home;  a Civil War officer for the Union Army. Town Dock Road, Charlestown, ...

Note: This past summer BoP auctioned early American furniture and decorative objects belonging to Charlestown's early family, the ...

We need your knowledge! Dear Reader, Because we are new to this subject, and not unlike amateur sleuths ...

Does anyone know the name of this pink blossom plant located in the flower bed in front of ...

BoP's AUGUST READING The Second World War ended seventy-five years ago, the anniversary year of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Present Day On August 28, a dozen of Charlestown residents gathered at BoP to brave the elements, namely ...

I get your drift, Joe. I have lived with your drift for years. I am saddled with your ...

1. Gospel John 20: 1-18 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over ...

"The Seder nights... tie me with the centuries before me." Ludwig Frank Passover begins this Wednesday, April 8 ...

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know ...

"I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself…" – Edward Steichen In early December ...

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in ...