Literature

What Makes This Rare 16th Century Book So Special Is Something Everyone Should See

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This 16th century book is more than meets the eye. Housed at the National Library of Sweden, this small old book is a marvelous example of sixfold dos-à-dos binding, in which six books are conjoined into a single publication, which you can also read individually with the help of six perfectly placed clasps. Let’s take … Read more

Vintage Photos of Legendary Writers in History (29 photos)

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Jack London Friedrich Nietzsche Hans Christian Andersen Albert Camus Agatha Christie [wp_ad_camp_1] Aldous Huxley and D. H. Lawrence Bowie & Burroughs Ezra Pound by E.O. Hoppé, 1918 Françoise Sagan in the 1950s with her Smith-Corona portable typewriter Erich Maria Remarque J.D. Salinger spotted at a nudist getaway Tennessee Williams Marcel Proust playing air guitar on … Read more

Artist Converts A 1979 Ford Falcon Into Weapons of Mass Instruction

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In celebration of World Book Day, popular soft drink brand 7 Up, teamed up with Argentinian artist Raul Lemesoff to construct one of his famous book tanks. Lemesoff picked a stripped down 1979 Ford Falcon then converted it into a roving library on wheels. The artist calls his “militaristic bibliothecas,” Weapons of Mass Instruction. You … Read more