Fiercely independent bookstore in the heart of Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood. We’ve been serving the community since Ed Devereux opened the doors in 1980. We love books and it shows. Stop by today.Tumblr (3.0; @unabridgedbookstore)http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d7259cd0d6741e648d78de5a0380ffc/tumblr_mikrudiwdz1qcb58yo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/40fa475a11bb0eea75c6123572b88381/tumblr_mikrudiwdz1qcb58yo2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>Raise your hands, please.</p>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50836868733http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50836868733Sun, 19 May 2013 13:14:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2c63d21a029835bf3c0e8e47c2e8aae/tumblr_mmzvqtLPv31qzupj0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d06a5a1fdc69331632730213a4ef127f/tumblr_mmzvqtLPv31qzupj0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bookshelfporn.com/post/50798187302/librairie-ptyx-bruxelles">bookshelfporn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.librairie-ptyx.be">Librairie Ptyx - Bruxelles</a></p> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50823420442http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50823420442Sun, 19 May 2013 10:09:13 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhisD9Qc1qb05aco1_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhisD9Qc1qb05aco2_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhisD9Qc1qb05aco7_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhisD9Qc1qb05aco8_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhisD9Qc1qb05aco9_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhisD9Qc1qb05aco10_r2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhisD9Qc1qb05aco12_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhisD9Qc1qb05aco13_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50739591840http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50739591840Sat, 18 May 2013 11:57:41 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed98992b13d8d75c8023caa6cb0416a5/tumblr_mf1ezhh0LM1qzhokmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://teachingliteracy.tumblr.com/post/40171494087/library-by-andryn2006">teachingliteracy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Library (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andryn2006/8273318896/">andryn2006</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50731935572http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50731935572Sat, 18 May 2013 10:04:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f742ba5bf3c9f1deaf97adf68b33fc7/tumblr_mge5b1OymH1qgu5b6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bookporn.tumblr.com/post/40149316549/back-to-basics-by-boy-wonder-on-flickr">bookporn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joel_r/8360209032/" title="Back To Basics">Back To Basics</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joel_r/">Boy_Wonder</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50731643908http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50731643908Sat, 18 May 2013 09:59:59 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30e72f5c9efaffc8008c0e409be08323/tumblr_mmyc2bsd7g1r79v1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://calumet412.com/post/50659941009/untitled-1978-chicago-vivian-maier" class="tumblr_blog">calumet412</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Untitled, 1978, Chicago. Vivian Maier</p></blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50662835780http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50662835780Fri, 17 May 2013 12:44:22 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c0dc0dfe37afcca45c26d1c48462515/tumblr_mmf7exbswN1qlc9xgo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thatgirlinpajamas.tumblr.com/post/49844290004/the-reason-why-reading-books-always-gave-us-such">thatgirlinpajamas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The reason why reading books always gave us such great feeling is because just for a short moment, you get to forget the harsh truth and reality. You get stuck up in a small world where the character you are reading lives. You feel what they feel, you see what they see. It’s all pure imagination but it gives you a feeling of satisfaction. You get hurt when they  get hurt. You cry when they cry. A feeling that no one except for those like you understands.</p> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50662828374http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50662828374Fri, 17 May 2013 12:44:13 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b1fad559b29f15ab4cb78baf680b6d3f/tumblr_mmjgwpK6fk1qzix81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://centuriespast.tumblr.com/post/50622385408/emile-zola-1840-1902-nana-autograph-manuscript" class="tumblr_blog">centuriespast</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Emile Zola</strong><span> (1840–1902)</span><br/><em>Nana</em><br/><span>Autograph manuscript signed, 1880</span></p> <p><span>The Morgan Library</span></p></blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50631822884http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50631822884Thu, 16 May 2013 23:22:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a2166bc21aca3660c8ce17dce33b56aa/tumblr_mmwy0jKLwh1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5cac722654bf29810434c94a960dcf0/tumblr_mmwy0jKLwh1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/902b19fec0ede6b5d621de059fcae386/tumblr_mmwy0jKLwh1qzamioo3_500.png"/><br/> Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3303d2a8db85343d90e6fdd441fd009e/tumblr_mmwy0jKLwh1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cabf733a56255acf84b239e63990f22c/tumblr_mmwy0jKLwh1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9236ba5a71ccf43e042bca37611f931e/tumblr_mmwy0jKLwh1qzamioo6_500.png"/><br/> Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e2c5787f13897c4f2ff7d8a77933bffd/tumblr_mmwy0jKLwh1qzamioo7_500.jpg"/><br/> Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c72d66ff656266b4d12b50b0d554ad83/tumblr_mmwy0jKLwh1qzamioo8_500.jpg"/><br/> Derailing My Train of Thought by Thomas Wightman / posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ianbrooks.me/post/50607565134/derailing-my-train-of-thought-by-thomas-wightman">ianbrooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>Derailing My Train of Thought</strong></em> by Thomas Wightman</p> <p>Says Thomas about this project: <em>“The final book sculpture of my major project series. Like the previous two sculptures it uses a visual metaphor to convey the emotions of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and embodies my research by visualising an expression used by a sufferer of OCD. The expression was ‘derailing my train of thought’, because the person felt that the rituals they had to perform were disrupting their day. Where the compulsions and worry would side track them from doing everyday activities.</em></p> <p><em> <span>To convey this metaphor the sculpture shows a train travelling on a journey that has become disrupted, leading it to derail from its set path. Typography was used on the tracks for the title of the piece, also type was used for the coal. In the scene it shows the coal cart tipping over where the type has become mixed up to symbolise the mixed emotions during anxiety and panic”.</span></em></p> <blockquote> <p><em>Artist: <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Book-Sculpture-Derailing-my-train-of-thought/8742365">Behance</a> / <a href="http://tjwight.blogspot.co.uk/">Website</a> / <a href="http://ianbrooks.me/tagged/thomas+wightman">Previously!</a></em></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50631779560http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50631779560Thu, 16 May 2013 23:21:49 -0500“So much that can neither be written nor kept inside!”<br/><br/> - <em>Tomas Tranströmer’s cry into the Nordic night <a href="http://mythologyofblue.tumblr.com/search/Tomas+Transtr%C3%B6mer">+</a> (via <a href="http://mythologyofblue.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">mythologyofblue</a>)</em>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50631600062http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50631600062Thu, 16 May 2013 23:18:45 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lswrr23ErK1qkqci1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://waltzingmatilda.me/post/11318220539/book-humor">waltzingmatildablog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Book humor :)</p> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50616034806http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50616034806Thu, 16 May 2013 19:47:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/579fd08294a867194e4a65184cfdd03c/tumblr_mmwov15w8q1qzvpq6o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gapers.tumblr.com/post/50593972578/tinyclicks-morning-strobe-nice-morning-view">gapers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tinyclicks.tumblr.com/post/50593609368/morning-strobe">tinyclicks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Morning Strobe</p> </blockquote> <p>Nice morning view.</p> </blockquote> <p><3 Chicago.</p>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50599334912http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50599334912Thu, 16 May 2013 15:54:59 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8bd2b2645beb7b1df920a2ea45e8034e/tumblr_mmsiopThpN1r2j1gfo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e31c503debd716081629a38c2e8835c3/tumblr_mmsiopThpN1r2j1gfo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bdc4cbc34f160dcfb2b2a5eb0e33dfc9/tumblr_mmsiopThpN1r2j1gfo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c9cac8219f0f6b87cb9002225417bcc6/tumblr_mmsiopThpN1r2j1gfo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bookriot.tumblr.com/post/50434939523/set-your-dials-to-jaw-dropping-for-the-library-of">bookriot</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Set your dials to jaw-dropping for <a href="http://bookriot.com/2013/05/14/cool-bookish-places-the-library-of-parliament-canada/">The Library of Parliament in Canada.</a></p> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50590621805http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50590621805Thu, 16 May 2013 13:41:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/28ebef86d2319c220bbeab9bb764fd23/tumblr_mmc478trO71rypjj9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d682e61ff2f955bdc87198013c4bc8d6/tumblr_mmc478trO71rypjj9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f16ebe39898107f873ec8dbf43707bf7/tumblr_mmc478trO71rypjj9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da0b584c5fa4ddc44ab9cf79eeb5648e/tumblr_mmc478trO71rypjj9o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578691765http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578691765Thu, 16 May 2013 09:50:02 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/74841630254501711bf7c71266a59475/tumblr_mmw56d5gzN1qa63oyo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jennirl.tumblr.com/post/50572740050/cant">jennirl</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>#can’t</p> </blockquote> <p>MUST GET TO LOCAL BOOKSTORE TO PURCHASE NEW BAT-BOOK</p>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578663849http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578663849Thu, 16 May 2013 09:49:29 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7ddc98d08e13b2a4c4b98ab5d9dde0ba/tumblr_mlq85qtsi61rsrpz7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578595517http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578595517Thu, 16 May 2013 09:47:56 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://darienlibrary.tumblr.com/post/50575899584/a-workout-for-book-nerds">darienlibrary</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://harpercollins.tumblr.com/post/50575245577/a-workout-for-book-nerds">harpercollins</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://epicreads.tumblr.com/post/50523760111/a-workout-for-book-nerds">epicreads</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>All you need for this workout is a stack of hardcovers and some yarn or rope to tie them together!</p> <p><strong>Workout #1: The Book Curl</strong></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/12f319a59d403c71e587ce2c1c437d50/tumblr_inline_mmuzekxMuU1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p><strong>Workout #2: The Book Up</strong></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/ce469fa949e5f03a0972b1a340809a2f/tumblr_inline_mmuzf6rFS31qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p><strong>Workout #3: The Brunch (Book Crunch) - </strong><em>Just like brunch this can be done alone or with a friend!</em></p> <p><em><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/3086aad2d045616f939dd9db519ceb4c/tumblr_inline_mmv014vhcO1qz4rgp.gif"/></em></p> <p><strong>Cool Down</strong></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/7838bac10472cc67874ca91d229d3459/tumblr_inline_mmv0l1rrof1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> </blockquote> <p><em>The Epic Reads team rules massively…</em></p> </blockquote> <p>This seems so much more enjoyable than going to the gym.</p> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578509414http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578509414Thu, 16 May 2013 09:46:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bdc442159cb3837e2a867890f8844441/tumblr_mmwbafQcyH1qaa30lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lavinrac.tumblr.com/post/50578130878/biding-my-time-at-buckingham-foutainland">lavinrac</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Biding my time. (at buckingham foutainland)</p> </blockquote>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578445450http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50578445450Thu, 16 May 2013 09:44:33 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t6sK1jBDRHs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Keep reading. Specifically, read my books, ideally in hardcover.”—- John Green’s commencement speech at Butler 2013. </p>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50538902214http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50538902214Wed, 15 May 2013 19:40:42 -0500john greenbutlerlit<a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/8-signs-youre-a-book-person/">8 Signs You’re A Book Person </a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://malapropsbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50528044047/8-signs-youre-a-book-person">malapropsbookstore</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blairpublisher.tumblr.com/post/50512080949/8-signs-youre-a-book-person">blairpublisher</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>6. You are the friend or family member who gives books as gifts, even to people you know are not fond of reading: “But it’s about that thing/place/person you like! Just try it!”</p> <p><strong>And to all of my family members who have stacks of unread books I have given them, you’re welcome.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>I am this person.  </p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/0cc18f948dac7408cb120eefff10821e/tumblr_inline_mmv31nI3Nu1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> </blockquote> <p>Yes. This. All of us. We will never stop. </p>http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50537842539http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/post/50537842539Wed, 15 May 2013 19:26:59 -0500