click to enlargeThis the list as it appeared in the May 1930 issue of The Golden Book Magazine
Bookbarn Apocalypse
This is the scene inside a warehouse in Bristol, UK. The warehouse used to be the home of Bookbarn, Amazon.UK's largest supplier of secondhand books. Now it's a biblio-wasteland.After their lease was up Bookbarn moved out leaving millions of books behind. The landlord then decided to invite the public in to take whatever they wanted. Ashley Nicholson, the director of the property, said 'We thought it was a sensible idea to give people the opportunity to come along and choose themselves a book or two and help us clear the warehouse." The thought of free books had people coming from...
The Other Jonas Brothers
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Bookmark Gone Wild
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Sleep at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Richard Brathwaite. Ar’t asleepe husband? London, 1640. ©Folger Shakespeare LibraryWhatever your relationship to sleep is the latest exhibit at the Folger Shakespeare Library, To Sleep, Perchance to Dream, is worth staying awake for.The "exhibition explores the ethereal realm of sleeping and dreaming in Renaissance England, from the beliefs, rituals, and habits of sleepers to the role of dream interpreters and interpretations in public and private life."In addition to a sampling of Shakespeare and Milton and books like Thomas Tryon’s A treatise of cleanness in meats and drinks, of the preparation of food, the excellency of good airs, and the benefits...