The Conde Duque hotel in downtown Madrid has added a new library to its mix of guest services. The library consists exclusively of books left behind by hotel guests.The library currently houses 250 books in a variety of languages.According to the story "one of the titles that attracts the most attention of visitors to this unusual library is a Spanish translation of Book of Mormon"Other books include "a cookbook with traditional Roman recipes, a title about Michael Jackson's dance steps, the memoirs of Spanish bullfighter Jose Ortega Cano and handbooks of natural remedies."There are also plenty of travel related books...
Gertrude, Alice and Basket
Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas and their poodle Basket. France, 1944.Photograph by Carl Mydans.Stein and Toklas were serious poodle people. Over the years they had three; Basket, Basket I and Basket II.#4 in Book Patrol's new series Life of Google, featuring images from the vast archives of Life magazine that now appear on Google.
Haven’t Books Always Made Great Gifts?
The book as gift mantra is loud and clear this holiday season.BooksAreGreatGifts.com is a new website put together by the American Association of Publishers to encourage books as the ultimate holiday gift. The site features video spots by tons of best-selling and award-winning authors and celebrities from all the leading publishers.The campaign is "An industry-wide effort... established in response to the economic downturn and changing climate in retail-driven markets as a way of stimulating traffic to retail and online booksellers."Here are some of the reasons to give books as gifts that the site offers:"They have shelf life longer than a...
The Rise of the Collectible Book
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"Welcome to our city – to our world – of books. This is where we live"
As the year winds down there is no shortage of Top Ten and Best Of lists to be had for books but what I haven't seen yet is a list of the top book related videos of the year.Well, here is my vote for the best book related video of the year.This Is Where We Live is an animated film produced by Apt Studios and Asylum Films in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the UK publisher 4th Estate.This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.Absolutely fantastic.Thanks to Classical Bookworm for the lead