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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1m

One of the books we have in stock is American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1740-1804.
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American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804, by Alan Taylor

The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the nation its democratic framework. Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner...

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One of the books we have in stock is American Passage: The History of Ellis Island. carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/ame...

American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, by Vincent Cannato

For most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's foun...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 6m

@rollwithheather.bsky.social thanks for the repost

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

One of the books we have in stock is American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill.
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American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill, by An

A frank account of the tempestuous life of the American mother of Britain’s most important twentieth-century politician. Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into the British aristocracy in 1874, after...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

One of the used books we have in stock is American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist.
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American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Crisis, by Kat C

A trailblazing activist’s passionate and incisive look at why she started a movement to ensure that 26 million Americans have access to the IDs they need to escape poverty and live healthy and product...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

One of the used books we have in stock is A Radical Suffragist in DC.
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A Radical Suffragist in DC, by Shirley Marshall

In September 1918 Elizabeth Kalb boarded a train to Washington, DC to fight for voting rights for women. For over two years, Elizabeth lived and worked at the National Woman's Party headquarters a blo...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

@wyrdlittleguy.bsky.social thanks for the repost

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

One of the used books we have in stock is A Jane Austen Education.
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A Jane Austen Education, by William Deresiewicz

Before Jane Austen, William Deresiewicz was a very different young man. A sullen and arrogant graduate student, he never thought Austen would have anything to offer him. Then he read Emma—and everythi...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

One of the used books we have in stock is A History of Reading. It's $12.99.
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A History of Reading, by Alberto Manguel

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole univer...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

One of the used books we have in stock is A History of France. It's $10.99 and history.
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A History of France, by John Julius Norwich

John Julius Norwich--called a "true master of narrative history" by Simon Sebag Montefiore--returns with the book he has spent his distinguished career wanting to write, A History of France a portrait...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

One of the used books we have in stock is 1915: The Death of Innocence. It's $8.99 and about WW1.
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1915: The Death of Innocence, by Lyn MacDonald

By the end of 1914, the battered British forces were bogged down, yet hopeful that promised reinforcements and spring weather would soon lead to a victorious breakthrough. A year later, after appallin...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1h

We're running a sale on the website. Get 50% off the used books with promo code Bookstore cat at checkout. Pictured is Stan Lee, our sweet shop cat who died last year.
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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

One of the books we have in stock is Elementari Rising. It's new, $17, and fantasy featuring elemental spirits.
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Elementari Rising, by Nancy Hightower

Winter moves like a predator, taking villages one at a time, leaving the people either dead or half mad. For thousands of years, the Elementari — spirits of the elements — have slept peacefully under ...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

@nightingveil.bsky.social @rooklafetra.bsky.social thanks for the reposts

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

One of the books we have in stock is The Birthday Problem. It's new, $18 and set in 2060 amidst a plague. The bots used to fight colds and other things have begun to malfunction, and the book follows four survivors.
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The Birthday Problem, by Caren Gussoff

In the year 2060, the next plague has arrived. MaGo bots, the nanotechnology used for everything from fighting the common cold to radical life extension, have begun to malfunction, latching onto the b...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

One of the books we have in stock is Continental Breakfast. It's new, $15, and explores the effect of mass commercialization on love, identity, and the American landscape.
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Continental Breakfast, by Danny Caine

Continental Breakfast, an often-humorous book, explores the effect of mass commercialism on identity, love, religion, and the American landscape. From Kanye West at Waffle House to dead malls to Passo...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

One of the books we have in stock is People With Holes. It's new, $14.95, and a collection of short stories.
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People With Holes, by Heather Fowler

Hailed as "magic realism at its finest," Fowler's stories reveal the small but essential truths that motivate sex, love, and tragedy in relationships. Previously compared to Franz Kafka, Shirley Jacks...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

One of the books we have in stock is Spec Script. It's new, $12, and a short story collection based on television shows.
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Spec Script, by Michael Tager

A compilation of short stories based on television shows. New.

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

One of the books we have in stock is Evergreen. It's new, $18.99, and a collection of short stories.
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Evergreen, by Bruce Golden

A heretic priest launches an expedition into the unexplored regions of the frontier forest world of Evergreen, in search of the fabled City of God. A young man seeks his mother's killer amidst a rough...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

One of the books we have in stock is Discouraging at Best. It's new, $14.95, and a collection of 5 interlocked stories.
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Discouraging at Best, by John Edward Lawson

Already known for his works of speculative fiction, author John Edward Lawson uses Discouraging at Best to take a look at the "real" world. On the pages within are five interlinked tales that, when pi...

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 1d

We're hoping to reopen the bookstore in a brick and mortar format, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. Pictured is one of the buildings we're looking at for the shop.
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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 2d

Him and Justin Jones are awesome.

Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 3d

@rollwithheather.bsky.social thanks for the repost

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 3d

We're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. (We'd like to reopen in a brick and mortar format, then adopt a shop cat, hence the sale.) Pictured is Stan Lee, our retired shop cat who died last year.
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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 3d

One of the books we have in stock is Dreamcatcher. It's new, $13.99, and YA fiction.