Tag: books

April 20, 2016 at 5:08 pm

Between the Words: Exploring Punctuation in Literary Classics

Between the Words: Exploring Punctuation in Literary Classics

Nicholas Rougeux removes all of the letters, numbers, spaces and line breaks from the famous texts, displaying just the punctuation in a continuous line of symbols starting at the top center and spiralling inwards.

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April 7, 2016 at 12:25 pm

Guy Goes on Subway With Ridiculous Fake Book Covers and Records People’s Reactions

Guy Goes on Subway With Ridiculous Fake Book Covers and Records People's Reactions

Some of the book covers could be considered not safe for work (nsfw)

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March 9, 2016 at 4:53 pm

New Program Lets Kids Practice Reading While Shy Shelter Dogs Learn to Socialize

New Program Lets Kids Practice Reading While Shy Shelter Dogs Learn to Socialize

The innovative program increases the pets’ chances for adoption

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February 17, 2016 at 7:19 pm

Picture of the Day: The Long Room, Trinity College Library, Dublin

Picture of the Day: The Long Room, Trinity College Library, Dublin

At nearly 65 meters in length (213 ft), it is filled with over 200,000 of the library’s oldest books

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December 8, 2015 at 3:38 pm

This Book is a Camera

This Book is a Camera

Artist and designer Kelli Anderson has created a pop-up book that turns into a working 4×5 pinhole camera.

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November 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm

These are the Original Stuffed Animals That Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

These are the Original Stuffed Animals That Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

Long before Disney, Christopher Robin Milne, a little boy living in England, received a small stuffed bear on his first birthday.

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November 27, 2015 at 3:38 pm

The Secret Paintings Hidden on the Edges of Books

The Secret Paintings Hidden on the Edges of Books

This is so cool.

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July 21, 2015 at 10:08 am

Floating Bookshelves Held Up By a Magnetic Superhero

Floating Bookshelves Held Up By a Magnetic Superhero

What’s his superpower? Magnets.

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May 13, 2015 at 1:59 pm

23 Thought-Provoking Quotes by History’s Favorite Writers

23 Thought-Provoking Quotes by History's Favorite Writers

Throughout history writers have put our thoughts, fears and insights into words we can cherish, remember and live by. Below is a collection of thought-provoking quotes by some of the most celebrated and revered writers in history. If you enjoy these quote compilations, be sure to check out our previous posts here. …

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April 23, 2015 at 12:05 pm

This Book from 1908 is Dedicated to Blackboard Art and it’s Amazing

This Book from 1908 is Dedicated to Blackboard Art and it's Amazing

In 1908, Frederick Whitney, an artist and teacher in Salem, Massachusetts published Blackboard Sketching, a book dedicated to the art of blackboard chalk drawings. As the book’s forward states: Ability to draw easily and well on the blackboard is a power which every teacher of children covets. Such drawing is a language which never…

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