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Category Archives: Libraries
Literature vs Traffic
Regular visitors to TBTP are likely aware of my enormous regard for the brilliant installations from the Madrid-based street art collective Luzinterruptus. Somehow I missed their most project titled Literature vs Traffic that they created in one of my favorite cities, Utrecht, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, Libraries, Tourism
Tagged Madrid, Netherlands, Street Art, Utrecht
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The Master of Mysteries
In the newest addition to the Library of Congress Crime Classics series, Gelett Burgess’ Astro the Seer proves that he is “The Master of Mysteries.” This collection of short stories, originally published in 1912, features victims of crimes who bring their … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Crime Classics, Library of Congress, mysteries, Publishing
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A Library Is A Spaceship
I have been a fan of the wildly imaginative writing of Isaac Asimov since I was a child. Recently I ran across a charming story about the iconic sci-fi author and a letter that he wrote in 1971. He sent … Continue reading
Mystery of the Big Book
Over the years, the photograph above has appeared on numerous blogs and websites, usually captioned as “man with large book at Prague Castle, 1940s” or “c. 1940s: Man with books.” However, bibliophiles and antiquarians have long questioned the image’s description … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Klementinum, Prague, Praha
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Breaking the Dickens Code
An international campaign to decipher the complex code that Charles Dickens used to write his notes has won a Times Higher Education Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in UK Higher Education. The University of Leicester, in collaboration with … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Charles Dickens, code breaking, English Literature
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Keep Books Alive In Ukraine
A group of writers and booksellers (Carolyn Forche, Mitchell Kaplan, Christopher Merrill, Askold Melnyczuk, and Jane Unrue) have partnered with the Coral Gables Foundation to raise funds for direct support to booksellers, editors, printers, warehouse workers, libraries and librarians, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Libraries, Museums, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Russia, Ukraine
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Is Santa from Oz
The Life and Adventures Of Santa Claus by author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, with its elaborations and much added detail went a long way to popularizing the legend of Santa Claus in North America. However, in the cover … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged L.Frank Baum, Oz, Santa Claus, The Wizard of Oz
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A Ghost Story of Christmas
I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Christmas
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Library of Mistakes
The new Library of Mistakes opened in Edinburgh, Scotland in April of this year, moving to larger and more felicitous premises from its previous location. Like many barely financially literate folks, I would value access to a library that could potentially … Continue reading