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Tom Robbins aka Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025)
Why compose a dedication, when his outer space, imaginative, laugh-aloud prose does the job? Here’s two nuggets about how he described his place in this world:
“What I do is twine ideas and images into big subversive pretzels of life, death and goofiness on the chance that they might keep the world lively and give it the flexibility to endure.”
“There’s a level on which life might be perceived as a joke, on which it literally is a joke, and this bothers a lot of people. The trickster’s function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.”
You can also find a few 1st Editions of Mr. Robbins’ works at our “online bookstores”. One of them is signed:
Biblio: https://bit.ly/4idh5Ci
AbeBooks: https://bit.ly/41cukvX
Alibris: https://bit.ly/41q5ppY
Need some inspiration as a writer or reader? Here’s Gary Lippman’s interview from 2021: https://bit.ly/41rEfz5
Plus a thanks to Harrison Smith for his spot-on Washington Post Obituary: https://bit.ly/3Xdmi4I
And a final kudos to the Quotes Pages on Goodreads: https://bit.ly/41pEISq
#TomRobbins #EvenCowgirlsGetTheBlues #JitterbugPerfume #WildDucksFlyingBackward #SkinnyLegsAndAll #HalfAsleepInFrogPajamas #BrenDashBooksDotCom
Tom Robbins aka Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025)
Why compose a dedication, when his outer space, imaginative, laugh-aloud prose does the job? Here’s two nuggets about how he described his place in this world:
“What I do is twine ideas and images into big subversive pretzels of life, death and goofiness on the chance that they might keep the world lively and give it the flexibility to endure.”
“There’s a level on which life might be perceived as a joke, on which it literally is a joke, and this bothers a lot of people. The trickster’s function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.”
You can also find a few 1st Editions of Mr. Robbins’ works at our “online bookstores”. One of them is signed:
Biblio: https://bit.ly/4idh5Ci
AbeBooks: https://bit.ly/41cukvX
Alibris: https://bit.ly/41q5ppY
Need some inspiration as a writer or reader? Here’s Gary Lippman’s interview from 2021: https://bit.ly/41rEfz5
Plus a thanks to Harrison Smith for his spot-on Washington Post Obituary: https://bit.ly/3Xdmi4I
And a final kudos to the Quotes Pages on Goodreads: https://bit.ly/41pEISq
#TomRobbins #EvenCowgirlsGetTheBlues #JitterbugPerfume #WildDucksFlyingBackward #SkinnyLegsAndAll #HalfAsleepInFrogPajamas #BrenDashBooksDotCom
President’s Day 2025
"I`m defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly.
It`s not only taking a big political risk
but it`s also the risk that in the hindsight of history,
people think it`s wise."
—Michael Beschloss, from “Presidential Courage” (2007)
Click on, or copy & paste one of these links to find these Presidential books and more:
Biblio: https://bit.ly/4hFfapW
AbeBooks: https://bit.ly/4ihMt2z
Alibris: https://bit.ly/4hZnS29
#PresidentsDay #Presidents #Presidential #SignedBooks
#FirstEditions #BrenDashBooksDotCom
President’s Day 2025
"I`m defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly.
It`s not only taking a big political risk
but it`s also the risk that in the hindsight of history,
people think it`s wise."
—Michael Beschloss, from “Presidential Courage” (2007)
Click on, or copy & paste one of these links to find these Presidential books and more:
Biblio: https://bit.ly/4hFfapW
AbeBooks: https://bit.ly/4ihMt2z
Alibris: https://bit.ly/4hZnS29
#PresidentsDay #Presidents #Presidential #SignedBooks
#FirstEditions #BrenDashBooksDotCom
“It’s Not A Hoax”
The Newly Appointed POTUS Department of Education is Spouting This Big Lie
What’s Step One in Fighting Anti-Constitutional Censorship? Read up about this anti-democratic disgrace and what to do about it
Shelf Awareness` report on the denial of the existence of book bans by the US Department of Education:
https://bit.ly/3Edi8mW
PEN America tracks book bans and fights censorship in public schools and libraries across the country:
https://pen.org/book-bans/
Authors Against Book Bans “stand(s) united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read”:
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
#BookBans #ItsNotAHoax #1stAmendment #FreeSpeech #TheConstitution #Censorship #TheBigLie #PENAmerica #AuthorsAgainstBookBans #ShelfAwareness #BrenDashBooksDotCom
“It’s Not A Hoax”
The Newly Appointed POTUS Department of Education is Spouting This Big Lie
What’s Step One in Fighting Anti-Constitutional Censorship? Read up about this anti-democratic disgrace and what to do about it
Shelf Awareness` report on the denial of the existence of book bans by the US Department of Education:
https://bit.ly/3Edi8mW
PEN America tracks book bans and fights censorship in public schools and libraries across the country:
https://pen.org/book-bans/
Authors Against Book Bans “stand(s) united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read”:
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
#BookBans #ItsNotAHoax #1stAmendment #FreeSpeech #TheConstitution #Censorship #TheBigLie #PENAmerica #AuthorsAgainstBookBans #ShelfAwareness #BrenDashBooksDotCom
In Memoriam: Jules Feiffer (1929 - 2026).
The Incomparable Cartoonist, Playwright, Screenwriter.
You can find his books, as well as our entire catalogue,
At 15% off until the end of January.
Many of them signed
BIBLIO: https://bit.ly/2QFDMpC Through Thursday January 30
ABEBOOKS: https://bit.ly/2TFG1b0 Through Friday January 31
#JulesFeiffer #AbeBooks #Biblio #Fiction #Non-Fiction #BooksIntoFilm #BooksIntoTV #SignedBooks #BrenDashBooksDotCom
In Memoriam: Jules Feiffer (1929 - 2026).
The Incomparable Cartoonist, Playwright, Screenwriter.
You can find his books, as well as our entire catalogue,
At 15% off until the end of January.
Many of them signed
BIBLIO: https://bit.ly/2QFDMpC Through Thursday January 30
ABEBOOKS: https://bit.ly/2TFG1b0 Through Friday January 31
#JulesFeiffer #AbeBooks #Biblio #Fiction #Non-Fiction #BooksIntoFilm #BooksIntoTV #SignedBooks #BrenDashBooksDotCom
Two weeks have sped by in our 15% OFF January Sale.
Just go to one of our online “Bookstores”:
BIBLIO: https://bit.ly/2QFDMpC Through Thursday January 30
ABEBOOKS: https://bit.ly/2TFG1b0 Through Friday January 31
Today’s Public Domain Music is an excerpt from the Winter movement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297), performed by The Modena Chamber Orchestra, thanks to MusOpen
Photos: Winters in Phillip Island, Summerlands, Australia and Montgomery County, Maryland (Peter Cohen)
#AbeBooks #Biblio #Fiction #Non-Fiction #BooksIntoFilm #BooksIntoTV #SignedBooks #BrenDashBooksDotCom
Two weeks have sped by in our 15% OFF January Sale.
Just go to one of our online “Bookstores”:
BIBLIO: https://bit.ly/2QFDMpC Through Thursday January 30
ABEBOOKS: https://bit.ly/2TFG1b0 Through Friday January 31
Today’s Public Domain Music is an excerpt from the Winter movement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297), performed by The Modena Chamber Orchestra, thanks to MusOpen
Photos: Winters in Phillip Island, Summerlands, Australia and Montgomery County, Maryland (Peter Cohen)
#AbeBooks #Biblio #Fiction #Non-Fiction #BooksIntoFilm #BooksIntoTV #SignedBooks #BrenDashBooksDotCom
It’s Bren-Books.com 15% OFF On All Books During January 2025
—>ABEBOOKS Sale: From Friday January 3 Through Thursday January 30
—>BIBLIO Sale: From Tuesday January 1 Through Friday January 31
Purchase the book you’ve wanted to own or to give to someone you care about. Many of them SIGNED!!!
Fiction: Novels, Mysteries, Books into Film and TV, Bestsellers, Classics, Children’s Books
Non-Fiction: Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Sports, Humor, Entertainment, Politics, Presidents and MORE
Just Click on One of our Online “Bookstores”:
BIBLIO: https://bit.ly/2QFDMpC
ABEBOOKS: https://bit.ly/2TFG1b0
Music: Mozart : Divertimento for string orchestra K. 136 performed by The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
#bookstagram #AbeBooks #Biblio #Fiction #Non-Fiction #BooksIntoFilm #BooksIntoTV #SignedBooks #BrenDashBooksDotCom
It’s Bren-Books.com 15% OFF On All Books During January 2025
—>ABEBOOKS Sale: From Friday January 3 Through Thursday January 30
—>BIBLIO Sale: From Tuesday January 1 Through Friday January 31
Purchase the book you’ve wanted to own or to give to someone you care about. Many of them SIGNED!!!
Fiction: Novels, Mysteries, Books into Film and TV, Bestsellers, Classics, Children’s Books
Non-Fiction: Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Sports, Humor, Entertainment, Politics, Presidents and MORE
Just Click on One of our Online “Bookstores”:
BIBLIO: https://bit.ly/2QFDMpC
ABEBOOKS: https://bit.ly/2TFG1b0
Music: Mozart : Divertimento for string orchestra K. 136 performed by The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
#bookstagram #AbeBooks #Biblio #Fiction #Non-Fiction #BooksIntoFilm #BooksIntoTV #SignedBooks #BrenDashBooksDotCom
Honoring James Earl Carter, Jr. (1924-2024)
- Husband of First Lady Rosalynn Smith Carter (1927-2023)
- 39th President of the United States
- 76th Governor of Georgia
- Lieutenant of the United States Navy
- Graduate of the United States Naval Academy
- Favorite son of Plains, Georgia
- Humanitarian
Our condolences go out to his family, friends, and the Nation
You can find some of the President and First Lady’s Signed Books at one of the three online bookstores below:
President Jimmy Carter
Biblio.com: https://bit.ly/40c7zJl
AbeBooks.com: https://bit.ly/3Pj6Gsi
Alibris.com: https://bit.ly/3PkpmYB
First Lady Rosalynn Carter
Biblio.com: https://bit.ly/40ep1wH
AbeBooks.com: https://bit.ly/4gyTs6p
Alibris.com: https://bit.ly/41Pfdup
Photo Credit: Rick Diamond
#JimmyCarter #RosalynnCarter #Presidential #FirstLady #NonFiction #Memoirs #Autobiography #HabitatForHumanity #BrenDashBooksDotCom #Bookstagram
Honoring James Earl Carter, Jr. (1924-2024)
- Husband of First Lady Rosalynn Smith Carter (1927-2023)
- 39th President of the United States
- 76th Governor of Georgia
- Lieutenant of the United States Navy
- Graduate of the United States Naval Academy
- Favorite son of Plains, Georgia
- Humanitarian
Our condolences go out to his family, friends, and the Nation
You can find some of the President and First Lady’s Signed Books at one of the three online bookstores below:
President Jimmy Carter
Biblio.com: https://bit.ly/40c7zJl
AbeBooks.com: https://bit.ly/3Pj6Gsi
Alibris.com: https://bit.ly/3PkpmYB
First Lady Rosalynn Carter
Biblio.com: https://bit.ly/40ep1wH
AbeBooks.com: https://bit.ly/4gyTs6p
Alibris.com: https://bit.ly/41Pfdup
Photo Credit: Rick Diamond
#JimmyCarter #RosalynnCarter #Presidential #FirstLady #NonFiction #Memoirs #Autobiography #HabitatForHumanity #BrenDashBooksDotCom #Bookstagram
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FIND A BOOK. With a little practice, it’s easier than casting a Hogwarts spell. Even a muggle can do it!
TOUGHER (= LESS THAN EASY, BUT A BREEZE FOR AN OK COMPUTER KID)
- Click on an Instagram post above. It will automatically takes you to our Instagram page.
- Check out the book photo(s). You like what we’re selling? Then, please read our comments below the Instagram picture.
- In the comments, you’ll find web addresses for each of the three sites where we sell the book: BIBLIO, ALIBRIS, or ABEBOOKS. You’ll also find more info and photos of the book of your interest. (If we don’t have a photo, contact us and we’ll send you them ASAP and then put them on-line.)
- In the Instagram comments, we’ve put the web addresses that’ll take you directly to the book. We’ve shortened the address down, so it either starts with https://bit.ly/ or https://tinyurl.com/.
- Sorry, the problem is, you can’t simply click on the address to take you directly to the book. It’s a pain, but you have to “copy and paste.” In other words, A. highlight and copy the address. B. paste it into the browser address bar above, and C. Press “return” or “enter.”
- If this option is a pain, feel no guilt or shame. Try the Sort-of-Easy approach.
SORT-OF-EASY
- Once know the book you want look over, go to one of our bookselling “sites”
- Just CLICK one of these blue links. They’re our “bookstore” vendors. BIBLIO ABEBOOKS ALIBRIS
- You will be directed to a Bren-Books.com WeIcome Page where you can search through our inventory for your book.
- Simply type in the name of the book or the author and…bingo… you’re in!
EASIEST
Contact us directly. Scroll to the top of this page and click on words CONTACT US. You can then Call, Email or Write to us on the page. We’ll get right back to you. We’ll help you find the best way to send your book, make it cost-efficient, and so on. We can even send you a confidential link confidentially to one of our vendors via text or email. But if you’d prefer to chat a bit about books, please do.
Here’s a sample of what the Instagram page and the menu looks like.
