Cranky
says, "If you're ready for a break, here are some
other book related Web sites and some interesting things to do and see in my favorite
city, Memphis, Tennessee."
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Books and bookbinding links:
http://www.aph.org
American Printing House for the Blind producer of braille, audio, and other publishing products for the sight-impaired. Founded 1858 in Louisville, Kentucky, APH employs a significant number of sight-impaired persons in their production plant and
maintains the Louis Database of accessible materials and file repositories.
http://www.abebooks.com/
American Book Exchange catalogs more than 40 million used books available from booksellers around
the world. ABE adds a small commission to each sale, but the majority of out-of-print and hard-to-find books are still great bargains!
http://www.powells.com/rareandcollectible.html
Visit the Rare and Collectible "book room" on Powell's Web site. Powell's began as a used book dealer in 1970.
The inventory grew so large, the store was moved to Portland, Oregon into a former automobile dealership.
Powell's now sells both new and used books.
http://www.alibris.com/
alibris carries new, used, rare, and out-of-print books. It is one of the better sites for finding
books for children and has many specialty topic areas.
http://www.bookfinder.com
Bookfinder is a search engine indexing the inventories of 40,000 individual and commercial book sellers around the world. Started by two University of California students as a class project, Bookfinder now searches in multiple languages and
recently celebrated its fifth anniversary.
http://www.rarebooks.org
The International Book Collectors Association site is a treasure chest of useful information for all book lovers, even though the information is aimed chiefly toward collectors. A step-by-step method for doing your own informal
appraisal of an antique book is one of their most popular features.
http://collectbooks.about.com
The Mining Company's "about" pages contain lots of useful information for book collectors, an appraisal FAQ, and tips for buying and selling used books.
Memphis Information:
http://www.memphistravel.com
Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau
http://memphisinmay.org
Annual Memphis in May International Festival
http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us
Memphis Public Library and Information Center
http://www.cityofmemphis.org
Official site of the Memphis city government
http://www.gomemphis.com
Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper
http://www.memphisguide.com
Memphis visitors guide
http://www.mpcug.org
Memphis PC Users Group computer organization
Memphis
Attractions:
http://www.elvis.com
Elvis Presley's Graceland
http://www.memphismuseums.org
Memphis Pink Palace museum, planetarium, IMAX theater,
Lichterman Nature Center, and Victorian Village
http://www.memphis.edu/chucalissa
Chucalissa American Indian archeological site, museum,
and reconstructed village
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt
University of Memphis Institute on Egyptian Art
and Archeology
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org
The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis
http://www.memphiszoo.org
Memphis Zoological Gardens
http://www.memphisbelle.com
The celebrated WWII B-17 Flying Fortress
http://www2.gibson.com/Gibson/Gibson-Tours.aspx
Tours of the Gibson Guitar Factory on historic Beale Street
http://www.cmom.com
Memphis Children's Museum
http://www.brooksmuseum.org
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
http://www.firemuseum.com
Fire Engine House #1 reconstructed and now home to the
Memphis Fire Museum
http://www.memphisbotanicgarden.com
Memphis Botanic Gardens and
Goldsmith Civic Garden Center
http://www.libertyland.com
Memphis Libertyland Theme Park
Memphis Sports:
http://www.memphisredbirds.com
Memphis Auto Zone Park and Redbirds Triple-A affiliate
of St. Louis Cardinals Baseball
http://www.nba.com/grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies NBA Basketball
http://www.riverkings.com
Memphis RiverKings ice hockey
http://www.fedex.com/sports/stjude
FedEx St. Jude Classic golf tournament
http://www.memphismotorsports.com
Memphis Motorsports Park
http://gotigersgo.ocsn.com
University of Memphis Tigers sports
http://www.libertybowl.org
AXA Liberty Bowl college football classic
http://www.pyramidarena.com
Memphis Pyramid sports arena
Other Great Places and
Services:
http://delcorepair.com
Precision Radio repairs in San Antonio. Ask for John.
He fixed my truck radio quickly and reasonably.
It is still working right and sounds great!
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