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Curious Book Shop is a used and rare book store located in downtown East Lansing. Originally started in a basement in 1969, the store has since expanded to three floors of over 50,000 well-organized books, magazines, and other paper items.
We take great pride in supplying books to the community—everything from recent paperbacks to scarce antiquarian titles—and our staff members are knowledgeable and dedicated to good customer service. Shop specialties are science fiction, mystery, children's books, Michigan history, sports memorabilia, and old magazines of every variety. We invite you to stop by and browse.
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John Sedgwick, a well-loved general of the Union army, died on May 9, 1864, at the beginning of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. While his soldiers dove for cover under the fire of the Confederate troops, General Sedgwick stood tall. "I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way," he said to hearten his men. "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distan-" He was promptly shot just below his left eye and died...
2/28/10 The FBI is at the forefront in two recent crime novels that have varying degrees of success. One is a thriller that's almost impossible to put down, while the other is a bizarre tale that stretches the imagination to the limit.
The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd (William Morrow, $24.99) is a compelling page-turner that showcases the debut of Steve Vail, who served in the FBI's Detroit office as a Special Agent for the Fugitive Squad...
Read more at our online journal, Curiosities!