10 Crazy and Unusual Book Designs

True, we mostly think all books are little objets d’art, but these go above and beyond the normal standards, each one an innovative and interesting piece of design as well as a functioning book. More »

The 12 coolest libraries in the world

Two recent studies have confirmed what we all knew anyway: Reading is good for you. Surely there's no better place to read a book than at one of these 12 coolest libraries in the world. More »

Oh, My Hand: Complaints Medieval Monks Scribbled in the Margins of Illuminated Manuscripts

The history of bookmaking hasn’t been without its challenges, but never was its craft as painstaking as during the era of illuminated manuscripts. Joining the ranks of history’s most appalling and amusing complaints ... is an absolute treat for lovers of marginalia — a collection of complaints monks scribbled in the pages of illuminated manuscripts. More »

Chair made from old books

Alvaro Tamarit has collected and re-purposed an array of old books in order to create the “Banco del Pensamiento” (“The Bench of Thought”). More »

50 "Bitchin'" Bookcases

I think I may be straying from the point here, apologies for the little rant. This article is about bookcases, and here are 50 amazing bookcases, both big and small, and it’s comforting and amazing to see that in this day and age people still love their books so much to give them a real prominent place in their home. These book cases really put my Ikea bookcase to shame. More »

June 2012

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Seventeenth-Century Verse and Prose, Volume 1: 1600–1660, Ed. Helen C. White, Ruth C Wallerstein, Ricardo Quintana. ISBN N/A (1951, The MacMillan Company, 2nd printing (1957)). 2012.06.07
2. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Jr., Ed. James Morley (English Men of Letters series). ISBN N/A (1879, Harper and Brothers, Publishers. 2012.06.07
3. The Journal Book, Ed. Toby Fulwiler. ISBN 0-86709-175-4. 2012.06.08
4. Ararat, D.M. Thomas. ISBN 0-88619-007-X. 2012.06.08

BOOKS READ

1. Spirited Away (BFI Modern Classics / BFI Film Classics), Andrew Osmond. ISBN 978-1-84457-230-4. 2012.06.11
2. Chinese Ghost Stories: Curious Tales of the Supernatural, Lafcadio Hearn. ISBN 978-0-8048-4137-5. 2012.06.22