Category Archives: books

Hand Shadows to Be Thrown upon the Wall

Posted on May 29, 2006 by

Who did never play of making shadows in the wall? I used to do that, but I never had a book with images as reference, like Hand Shadows to Be Thrown upon the Wall by Henry Bursill. Originally published by … Continue reading →

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Bed Books

Posted on May 19, 2006 by

I love books, but not all. For example I don’t think that Bed Books are a so brilliant idea. The revolutionary way Bed Books are printed will enable you to lie in any comfortable position and hold the book at … Continue reading →

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Book Covers

Posted on May 19, 2006 by

Book Covers is dedicated to the appreciation of book cover design. It’s a blog with the cover of the day (I think) and the information about name of the book, designer, author, year and publisher. Ok, now lie to me … Continue reading →

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Bibliochaise

Posted on April 19, 2006 by

The Italian company Nobody & Co designed the Bibliochaise, an armchairlibrary for who likes to be immersed in deep reading. It contains 5 linear metres of books and thanks to a special fitting structure is easily disassembled. It doesn’t look … Continue reading →

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Matej Krén

Posted on April 19, 2006 by

The Czech artist Matej Krén makes fantastic sculptures- installations using the books published in the place where them are being build. In 1994 he made an tower of books entitled Idiom for the XXII Bienal of São Paulo using books, … Continue reading →

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Viva Las Vegas

Posted on February 25, 2006 by

I made a bet with another blogger that I could find an interesting link about Las Vegas. Since I don’t like to lose bets, I decided to post some Las Vegas links that I liked to make sure I win. … Continue reading →

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Illustrated Book of Sexual Records

Posted on February 6, 2006 by

Illustrated Book of Sexual Records: Sexual Superlatives from all around the World. Over 450 entries of human physiology, sexual techniques and performance, arts, culture, sexology, prudery, superstition and more. Full of odd and weird information. My favourite is the arts … Continue reading →

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Maps of London

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Bibi

Charles Booth Online Archive contains the original records from Booth’s survey into life and labour in London, dating from 1886-1903 and Booth family papers from 1799 to 1967. One of the most well-known achievements of Charles Booth’s Inquiry into the … Continue reading →

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Flipbooks

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Bibi

The superb site Flipbook.info has an impressive collection with more than 3000 flipbooks since 1882. The site contains the history, the otehr tools created with flipbooks, the influence at other areas, videos of some flipbooks in action and searchable database, … Continue reading →

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Charles Dickens

Posted on December 26, 2005 by

Well, since I talked about “A Christmas Carol“, now let’s talk about Charles Dickens now. And here are my selection of links about him and his works. Charles Dickens works, life and family, Dickens´s London and links. Charles Dickens: The … Continue reading →

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