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Book Art from a Bookseller
It was Christmas season 2010 and senior bookseller Justin Rowe was in the process of trying to figure out what to do for a holiday window display at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop when his wife whipped out an old food magazine that had a recipe with a papercut background.The seed was planted and Rowe got to work. He created 3 book sculptures for the window display.The result was "pretty amazing" says Rowe. "Suddenly I’d look out of the window and there'd be eight people crowded round it. That was quite odd. Then I did it again last year, and...
A Natural Selection
This complete set of 108 British natural history books sold recently at Bonhams for over $8200. The New Naturalist, containing topics relevant to the British Isles, is arguably one of the most influential natural history series ever published and has been in continual publication by Collins since 1945.It was first published just after WWII ended and signaled a renewal for the beleaguered Brits at that time. In the editors' words, it was intended to "recapture the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists" and to foster "the natural pride of the British public in their native fauna and flora". The first two titles sold more than 30,000 copies each in their...
E-readers: "Our ticket back to widespread smarts?"
While I am not so sure that e-readers are "our ticket back" to a more literate-leaning society it does seem that the small percentage of Americans (28%) that own one seem to be reading more.Created by: www.OnlineTeachingDegree.comand while we are on the topic - check out this bus that was created by the ad agency TDA Boulder for Colorado's non-profit ACE Scholarships.Should we be providing free e-readers to all high-school students?
Inside the Library with Christoph Seelbach
Abbey Library in AustriaLuckily, one of the places German architectural photographer Christoph Seelbach likes to take pictures is at the library.Seelbach traverses his home country and other biblio hot-spots in Europe to capture the internal grandeur of the library. Abbey Library in Austria From the classic Abbey Library in Austria to the more contemporary City Library in Malmo, Sweden Seelbach invites us on a journey through these shrines to the printed word. former Jesuit College library in Amberg,University and State Library Halle, Germany Saxony State and University Library, Dresden City Library. Malmo, Sweden Seelbach seems to be following in the footsteps of fellow...