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GUESS THE BESTSELLER Can anyone guess this bestseller? The cover image shows a Norfolk & Western Railway's train, taken on a rainy day in 1958, leaving Williamson, West Virginia. This particular book was published four decades after the picture was taken. #bestseller #booksofinstagram #booknerds #librariesofinstagram #bookaholic #books #bookshops #bookshelves #bookcollection #williamson #williamsonwestvirginia #trains #trainspotting #booksandhistory #booklife #trainspotting #booksandtrains #bookandtrain (at Williamson, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ6sKT4oDcZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Banned Books Does it help to ban books? I think it only helps to promote them. Agatha Christie was banned from reading at a young age. Maybe that motivated her, maybe more parents should do the same, maybe we should all buy a copy of Maus unless mouse nudity upsets you of course. Does it? Happy Groundhog Day everyone, I've finally made it to the last chapter of my first banned book Ulysses. #maus #ulysses100 #groundhogdaychallenge #bannedbooks #booksandhistory #jamesjoyce #thegroundhogdaychallenge #ulyssesproject #ulysses100project #ulyssescentenary #joyce #artspiegelman #artmaus #holocaust #mausbanned #mausbannedbook (at Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZdaUlzoDia/?utm_medium=tumblr

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ULTIMATE SHELFIE I just finished a blog on Marilyn Monroe's bookshelves and for this picture I've added all the 390 book titles that she was known to have into this ultimate Shelfie of Norma Jean Baker and her beloved books. https://www.groundhogdaychallenge.com/post/monroes-many-books #marilynmonroe #monroe #jamesjoyce #normanjeanbaker #normanjean #joyce #ulysses #ulyssesunleashed #books #ulysses100 #ulyssesproject #ulises #ulises100 #ultimateshelfie #bookaddict #ultimsteshelfies #shelfies #bookshelves #booksandhistory #bookaholic #booksofinstagram #booksofmarilynmonroe #monroesbookshelves #marilynsbooks #marilynsbookshelf https://www.instagram.com/thegroundhogdaychallenge/p/CYZq__kIcmc/?utm_medium=tumblr

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CLOSING ONE CHAPTER Last night at end of the Spanish Irish Business Network AGM, the outgoing chairperson @elizabeth_aston closed the meeting and one chapter of her life but brought along her copy of #ulysses for #thegroundhogdaychallenge She brought along a beautiful book that must have weighted a ton to carry around and I will post some pictures over the next few days. #booksandhistory #bannedbooks #flickingthroughbooks #ulyssesunleashed #irishinspain #irishinmadrid #irishliterature #irishliteratureandculture #irishculture🇮🇪🍀 (at Paseo De La Castellana, Madrid, España-) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWrRThmIp2W/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Shouldn't every good park have a free library? #buenretiro does #freelibrary #freelibraries #freebookshelf #freebooks #librariesofinstagram #librarians #librarianstyle #libros #liberia #libraries #books #bookshelves #booksandhistory #groundhogdaychallenge #ulyssesunleashed #thegroundhogdaychallenge #ulysses100 (at El Retiro - Jardines del Buen Retiro de Madrid) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWl1ghKIRoD/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Two beautiful #shelfies shared with me via Twitter and thanks to Glenn Johnson. Two separate shelfies, one is a collection of #ulysses and the other books about Ulysses. Think of the fun you could have taking pictures for #thegroundhogdaychallenge with such an impressive collection. #jamesjoyce #ulyssesunleashed #ulysses100 #ulises #irishliterature #irishwriters #joyce #irishliteratureandculture #bookshelves #booksandhistory #bloomsdaysociety #books #bookstagram #bookstagramespaña #bannedbooks #bookaholic #bookaddict https://www.instagram.com/p/CWdNvTpoi14/?utm_medium=tumblr

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You have to love the classic image of Marilyn Monroe reading #ulysses and I wonder what she made of it all. I wonder how much this particular copy sold for and what it is worth today. There were 430 books in her library and I'd love to make a wordart image with all those titles. Some mock that she ever read the book and whether she ever finished it or not, she spent a lot of time reading it in parks and when she had time. I hope she enjoyed it and that it brought some happiness into her short life. #bookshelves #booksandhistory #bookaddict #marilynmonroe #jamesjoyce #ulysses100 #groundhogdaychallenge #joyce #ulysses https://www.instagram.com/p/CWQBmRVIgwC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Which #wordart image is your favourite? Each one has had the text of #telemachus mixed with a different image and each one has its own appeal because of the way the writing is presented in the picture. #apictureisworthathousandwords #groundhogdaychallenge #movember #billmurray #ulysses #joyce #jamesjoyce #irishliterature #irishliteratureandculture #bloomsdaysociety #booksandhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CV8Ati-o8Ue/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Taking the text of #telemachus I have created a series #wordart images starting with this one of #jamesjoyce #apictureisworthathousandwords #ulysses #ulises #ulysses100 #groundhogdaychallenge #bloomsdaysociety #booksandhistory #books #bookaddict #bookstagramespaña #joyce #bookaholic #irishliterature #irishblogger #bookstagram #shakespeareandcompany (at James Joyce Tower and Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV5jg6nItU-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Enda Kenneally from El Arpa Media has a very simple message #joinjoyce #irishliteratureandculture #irishblogger #bloomsdaysociety #booksandhistory #joyce #groundhogdaychallenge #jamesjoyce #sibn #elbariodelasletras #elarpa #irishinspain #irishinmadrid #thegroundhogdaychallenge (at Crazy Mary Librería) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV3kDf3oxc3/?utm_medium=tumblr