Category Archives: books

Nurse Books

Posted on August 17, 2006 by

Nurse Books: Career romances for young moderns… That is a great collection of book covers about nurses with 264 unique volumes. The titles aren’t so funny as the usual pulp books, however the synopsis, like the one above for Strange … Continue reading →

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1000 Nudes

Posted on August 17, 2006 by

Two weeks ago I was a naughty girl and bought a lovely book called 1000 Nudes – A History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939. It was love at first sight: I look at “him” and I knew that we belong … Continue reading →

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Jules Verne

Posted on August 16, 2006 by

Before Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and even before H. G. Wells there was Jules Verne. The French writer was a pioneer of the science-fiction genre. Verne was noted for writing about cosmic, atmospheric, and underwater travel … Continue reading →

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Expressionist Films’ Party

Posted on July 9, 2006 by

Now you can make your own German Expressionist Film party with the videos in public domain available at Archive, thanks to K-otic (be careful with the shoutbox pop-up). The last addition was Faust, the F. W. Murnau‘s masterpiece based on … Continue reading →

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Arthur Rackham

Posted on June 17, 2006 by

I have no idea of how many versions, by different artists, I saw to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Lots of great works, but I didn’t remember of the almost dark and fantastic illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Rackham is often considered … Continue reading →

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Happy Bloomsday!

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Bibi

Happy Bloomsday Everybody! From the beginning. If you have no idea of what it is, fix it reading this article. Ok, now follow some of my suggestions to Bloomsday of last year. If you never read Ulysses and you are … Continue reading →

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Books for Cooks

Posted on June 14, 2006 by

Are you searching for new recipes? Try Books for Cooks! Book images, information, history and, of course, recipes, from the Medieval food until the 1900s food. This unique collection of cookery books will transport you back in time. It will … Continue reading →

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Gallery of images from historic children’s books

Posted on June 14, 2006 by

Gallery of images from historic children’s books: from the 1760′s book A little pretty pocket-book intended for the instruction and amusement of little Master Tommy… to the 1881′s book Clever cats. The gallery could it be bigger and it could … Continue reading →

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The Pulp Canon: Lurid new covers for classic books

Posted on May 31, 2006 by

The Slate asked to a handful of designers to create lurid new book jackets for classics from The Iliad to Animal Farm. Check the results here. Yes, you got me, I can’t resist to pulp book covers. As Slate says, … Continue reading →

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Turning the pages

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Bibi

The The British Library is doing an excellent work in a project called Turning the Pages™. Turning the Pages is the award-winning interactive program that allows museums and libraries to give members of the public access to precious books while … Continue reading →

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