The Monkey's Paw is billed as "Toronto's most idiosyncratic secondhand bookshop" and they live up to the name with their latest addition, the Biblio-Mat.Faced with the seemingly perpetual bookseller challenge of what to do with all the excess inventory that has become almost impossible to sell the folks at The Monkey's Paw came up with their own ingenious solution. They built their own vending machine.The Biblio-Mat will spew old and unusual books for $2 a piece and boasts that "Every book is a Surprise" with "No Two Alike."And who can blame the proprietor as they try and entice you to "collect all...
the best selling SCI-FI BOOKS of All Time: An infographic
viaAddenda:A tweet from a prominent source was sent alluding to this post as a 'book patrol infographic'This infographic was not created by book patrol.The via link above will reflect my source but I was unable to track down the original source in my research, usually that would be enough it keep out of circulation but in this case I felt the visual rendering of the information worthy of the post.Apparently the factual nature of many of the entries are in doubt. The blog Making Light exposes some of them in their post: Obvious nonsense about SF sales history. There is also an active comment...
China Cool: The Dalian Public Library
From the facade pictured above to the image below it's not much of a leap to say this library is one of the coolest looking ones out there.It was the winning design in the Dalian Library Design Competition and it comes courtesy of 10 Design who say of the project:The library is intended to be a transformative environment that pulls visitors into a unique landscape. The building weaves into the ground creating a series of courtyards and topographic undulations- rooting itself, and then sweeping up into the air forming a bold urban landmark. The shifting of the mass creates spaces ranging from the intimate...
Featuring: Rune Guneriussen | Library as Incubator Project
Featuring: Rune Guneriussen | Library as Incubator Project: "Guneriussen"'via Blog this'
Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll: Collecting the Counterculture
It is considered one of the greatest collections of sex, drugs and rock and roll ever assembled.It was put together by Colombian businessman Julio Mario Santo Domingo Jr. who passed away in 2009. The music part of the collection went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the sex and drugs have arrived at the Houghton Library at Harvard University.Comprised of 700 boxes containing almost 30,000 books and 25,000 posters, photographs, and other ephemera; the collection is a veritable gold mine. “It’s Christmas every day...You never know what you’ll find when you open up a box.” says Harvard archivist Alison Harris.The...