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Captain's Log: Antiquarian Bibles
The 14-month process of selling eight antiquarian Bibles. Determining when to buy and sell and a vintage book. Solving Mystery.


Captain's Log: History on the Cedar River - the Trilogy
WWII Remembered 2023: Midwest reenactors browse Captain's Book Shoppe military history.


Captain's Log: A Few Books and the Mystery of the Hidden Room
By Jeffrey A. Rothermel August 25, 2022 Secret rooms were things I read about in Hardy Boy novels as a kid. I spent my youthful summers...


Captain's Log: History on the Cedar River
Cedar Rapids, Iowa August 20, 2022 History on the Cedar River Split-based Operations August 20, 2022: Second World War U.S. Army...


Selling Books Along the Cedar River
Captain's Log: August 24, 2021 How we remember our past and what we learn from it are interesting topics. How humankind portrays and...

Captain's Log: The Story of the Bookseller
Dealing in recycled thought, occasionally the rare - original thought.

Bots vs the Cyborg (Published January 12, 2020)
Captain's Log: Stardate 2020: It was bound to happen. The first salvos between the bots and cyborgs... The cyber-sales-cops, (robot...


Determining the Current Value of the Catcher in the Rye (SEP 26, 2018)
Using "Catcher in the Rye" we examine: What gives a book value? How and why do books gain or lose value over time?