cumentary The Booksellers captures the world of rare books, from hip-hop magazine collectors to private librarians, and a trade opened up and apart by the internet
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'It cuts across time': a peek into the world of antiquarian books
A tour of the recent annual installment of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.
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'It cuts across time': a peek into the world of antiquarian books
A tour of the recent annual installment of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.
How a Small-Time Irish Soccer Team Draws a Crowd: With Its Activism
The Dublin club Bohemians has made support for social causes a crucial part of its identity. The approach has attracted fans around the world.
A Francophile (or Gallophile) is an individual who has a strong positive predisposition or interest toward the government, culture,history, or people of France. This could include France itself or its history, the French language, French cuisine, literature, etc. The opposite of a Francophile is a Francophobe (or Gallophobe) – someone who dislikes all that is French.
As Berger's protagonist ventures back and forth between the Plains Indians and the whites, he finds himself at home in neither culture. Similarly, as Jack's roles vary over the course of his wanderings, from Cheyenne warrior to Army scout to small-time huckster, etc., so does the style of the narrative, as Berger draws on the great variety of themes found in the Western genre.[3]
(nĭk'əl-ən-dīm') Informal.
adj.
To spend very little money.
v.tr.
informal
noun
adjective
Derivatives
huckster
A person who sells small items door-to-door or from a stall:a door-to-door huckster
As Berger's protagonist ventures back and forth between the Plains Indians and the whites, he finds himself at home in neither culture. Similarly, as Jack's roles vary over the course of his wanderings, from Cheyenne warrior to Army scout to small-time huckster, etc., so does the style of the narrative, as Berger draws on the great variety of themes found in the Western genre.[3]
Quotation of the Day: "We see a lot of these vehicles that are carjacked ending up on Craigslist. If the price is too good to be true, it probably is." — Terri Miller, executive director of an anti-car theft group, on the Internet’s role as a marketplace for small-time thieves: http://nyti.ms/1io56Rm
This oddly retentive attitude, which sees publication as the end of a relationship rather than the beginning, is perfectly appropriate when applied to a journal.
Each new entry amounts to a revision of the whole and there is no set day for cutting the umbilical cord. Here Fowles can fully express his conflicting impulses, his subsidiary selves as hyper-English Francophile, antiquarian, ecologist, gardener, lover of spiders, small-time smuggler of orchids, misanthrope despite himself, without betraying any of them by the effort to resolve contradictions.. 20 Reasons to Hate the Airlines
A brief history of the industry's 30-year campaign to nickel-and-dime us nearly to death
nickel-and-dime
adj.
- Involving or paying only a small amount of money: a nickel-and-dime job.
- Minor; small-time: "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single borrowed room" (New York).
To spend very little money.
v.tr.
- To drain or destroy bit by bit, especially financially: nickel-and-dimed the project to death.
- To accumulate in small amounts: "nickel-and-diming a substantial bankroll together" (Newsweek).
small-time
adjectiveDerivatives
small-timer
noun
noun
misanthrope
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪz(ə)nθrəʊp, mɪs-/
(also misanthropist /mɪˈzanθrəpɪst, mɪˈsan-/)
noun
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Greek misanthrōpos, from misein 'to hate' + anthrōpos 'man'antiquarian
Pronunciation: /ˌantɪˈkwɛːrɪən/
Translate antiquarian | into Italian adjective
noun
Derivatives
antiquarianism
noun
noun
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin antiquarius (see antiquary)huckster
A person who sells small items door-to-door or from a stall:a door-to-door huckster
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When should you nickel and dime your customers?
When should companies bundle charges, and when should they list them separately? Common sense dictates that customers should be just as willing to purchase a carpet at $500 plus $100 delivery as they are to purchase a carpet at $600 with free delivery. But recent research suggests dividing a total price into components affects customers' willingness to purchase.
Using a decision tree framework, the authors provide managers with a path to determine when to separate charges and when to roll everything into one price. Read more »
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