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Emma Willard’s Maps of Time By Susan Schulten In the 21st-century, infographics are everywhere. In the classroom, in the newspaper, in government reports, these concise
“Once upon a time, a university student called Chris Browne decided to take up book collecting. It was 1970, and he bought a first edition
#1: The book is where Singapore got its knowledge about Sang Nila Utama and the Singapore stone from. #2: It’s extremely rare – and probably worth thousands of
Atlas Obscura readers wrote in about the classic tales that taught them one thing—unease. The stories and books we consume as children can stick with
Medieval scribes protected their work by threatening death, or worse. In the Middle Ages, creating a book could take years. A scribe would bend over
Buying a best-selling thriller for an escapist read is one thing. Assembling an array of books for a library that is tailor-made to one’s own
Rare Audubon bird book displayed at Liverpool library – One of the world’s rarest books by the 19th Century US artist and ornithologist John James
All kinds of magical artifacts from the British Library, from the New-York Historical Society’s own collections, and from other institutions, all of which illustrated the
David Sedaris’ reading of the “Santaland Diaries” is an NPR tradition. Twenty-six years ago, he first shared his tale of being Crumpet, one of Santa’s
Bibliophiles, now this is a Holiday tradition I could get used to! In Iceland, the most popular Christmas gifts aren’t the latest iProducts or kitchen
freckles-and-books: Trying my hardest not to pack more books than I’ll need for my trip to California this week. Must whittle this pile down!
diverse-reads: Christmas List 1. Books 2. More books 3. Even more books
