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A 320-Page Book Explores the Immense Potential of a Single Sheet of Paper | Colossal

February 9, 2022 Craft Grace Ebert All images courtesy of Storey Publishing We’re continually fascinated by the infinite possibilities of a single sheet of paper, from these dueling origami knights and stately architectural ruins to exquisitely cut depictions of flora … Continue reading

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A New Book Branches Out Across 3,500 Years to Explore Our Enchantment with Trees | Colossal

AUGUST 26, 2024KATE MOTHES Beth Moon, “Heart of the Dragon” (2010), archival pigment inks on cotton paper, 32 × 48 inches. Image © Beth Moon, courtesy of the artist Spanning 3,500 years of art, science, culture, and history, Tree: Exploring … Continue reading

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This Book Will Put You To Sleep

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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries

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The Original Secret History

To receive my first catalogue, ‘Secret Histories’ join my mailing list here: https://www.tomwayling.co.uk/register This is the story of Procopius’s Secret History Of Justinian – originally written around 550, but not published until 1623. In this video we look at how … Continue reading

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The Blue Hour: Lyrical Illustrations Catalog a Menagerie of Specimens in Earth’s Rarest Pigment

JANUARY 21, 2021 GRACE EBERT French illustrator and author Isabelle Simler deftly renders the liminal time surrounding dusk through a poetic exploration of Earth’s rarest color. The Blue Hour winds through the natural world on a journey to spot the pigment, … Continue reading

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Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom, A Short Story by Ted Chiang | Kottke

From Ted Chiang’s collection of stories, Exhalation, comes Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom, published online for the first time. In the story, devices called “prisms” allow people to talk to their alternate reality selves, but only for a limited time. … Continue reading

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r/booknooks – Dictionary room

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Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies by Sara Lewis

For centuries, the beauty of fireflies has evoked wonder and delight. Yet for most of us, fireflies remain shrouded in mystery: How do fireflies make their light? What are they saying with their flashing? And what do fireflies look for … Continue reading

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Manchester Literature Festival 2017 — manclibraries blog

Manchester is a city of stories and storytellers. It’s also a city of activism, protest, pioneers and radicals. This year’s Manchester Literature Festival welcomes over a hundred of our most talented writers, thinkers and activists to share their work and … Continue reading

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