What would drive you to steal? Hunger? Greed? For John Charles Gilkey, it’s a sort of love that led him to his crimes. Gilkey is obsessed with books and stole them to satisfy his lust. The journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett has just published a book about Gilkey, and about Utah’s own self-described "bibliodick" Ken Sanders, who hunted the thief plaguing his trade. Bartlett joins Doug to talk about the romance of books and the lengths some will go to possess them.
NPR Books: June 19: Guillermo del Toro
This is the NPR Books podcast, a weekly which collects book-related stories from the previous week… the first segment of this one is an interview with Guillermo del Toro, who is talking about his new vampire novel called The Strain - he also talks about his "second house", a place full of books!
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Radiowest: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
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"One selfish person was not caring about the rest of us."
Dr Kristian Jensen, head of collections at the British Library, on the academic who stole pages from historic books.
From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2008/nov/21/british-library-books-damage
The full story is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/21/british-library-sues-iranian-academic
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NPR On Point: The Best Books of 2009
It’s the gift season. And the gift of a book is not just of a satisfying heft in a nice wrapping. It’s the hope and encouragement to slow down, get lost, step back and see another way. So, what to give? Or hope for? We’re looking at the best books of 2009 today, and the range is wide. From lost cities to an illustrated Old Testament. From "Love in Infant Monkeys," to "Wolf Hall" and "Little Bee." Michael Sandel makes my guests cut. So do Lorrie Moore, Jonathan Lethem, A.S. Byatt, Tania James. What about yours? This hour, On Point: for the holidays, the best books of ‘09.