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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Beautiful Scotland
Last year photographer John Duncan spent eight months crisscrossing Scotland to create this stunning homage to a beautiful country. Covering iconic locations from Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye and Ben Nevis to The Kelpies, Duncan used a Phantom 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Film, Photography, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Edinburgh, GoPro, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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What makes San Francisco San Francisco
I love quirky hand drawn maps and I’m a big fan of London-based illustrator and cartographer Jenni Sparks, whose funky maps capture the spirit of great cities. Sparks has created a dizzyingly detailed map of San Francisco that’s just jam-packed with … Continue reading
America’s Favorite Family
You’ve loved the Simpsons for years, but how well do you really know America’s favorite family ? Now their creator Matt Groening’s new book The Simpson Family (Abrams) reveals a quarter of a century of Simpson facts in a fun … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, History, USA
Tagged Matt Groening, Simpsons, Television in the United States
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Welcome to Wigtown
Located in beautiful Dumfries and Galloway, Wigtown is Scotland’s National Book Town. Often overshadowed by Hay-on-Wye, south-west Scotland’s own has always tried harder. Now, Wigtown has come up with the “Open Book” project, which will offer bibliophiles and other creative types … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Book Towns, Bookshops, Scotland, Wigtown
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Which Banned Book Are You
Banned Books Week runs through September 27th. To help us celebrate the freedom to read, Columbus State Library has created a neat quiz to help discover “Which Banned Book Are You ?”. It appears that I’m Henry Miller’s Tropic of … Continue reading
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Words Count
Posted in Books, ebooks, Europe, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Dickens, George R. R. Martin, J.K. Rowling, Tolstoy, Victor Hugo
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Eye Know
Filmmaker Hiroshi Kondo turned a conventional time-lapse journey through Tokyo at night into a mind-bending psychedelic trip. The vivid soundtrack is by Ayako Taniguchi.
Travel Between The Pages 