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Category Archives: USA
it had been overrun by religious stupefiers, mountebanks, charlatans, obfuscators, and other dedicated misleaders,
“When young and full of fellow feeling, Professor Joseph Skizzen had been tormented by the thought that the human race (which he naïvely believed was made up of great composers, a few harmlessly lecherous painters, maybe a mathematician or a … Continue reading
Oh, horror upon horror!
Few writers have the ability to evoke a sense of horror and dread more effectively than Edgar Allan Poe, born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe’s parents were actors. Their bright but unstable son grew up to be … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, horror, Mystery
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The Disappointed Tourist
The Disappointed Tourist is a brilliant, on-going project in which artist Ellen Harvey is making paintings of places suggested by members of the public in response to the question: “Is there some place that you would like to visit or … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Middle East, Tourism, USA
Tagged automat, France, New York City, tourist attractions
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From-To
The new website From-To promises to ‘make new places familiar’. It does this by comparing districts in the city you wish to travel to with a city you know well. For example if you are traveling to New York from … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Europe, Maps, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Berlin, New York City, Paris, Philadelphia
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“The universe (which others call the library)”
Books, by Erica Jong
Public Domain Hijinks
By now you have probably seen dozens of news stories and blog posts (including mine) about the intellectual property that entered the Public Domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. Every article invariably highlighted the freeing of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Film, History, movies, USA
Tagged Cartoons, Mickey Mouse, Public Domain, Walt Disney
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“The book itself is a curious artifact”
Regular visitors to Travel Between the Pages will have noted that I am a life-long fan of the late, great American author Ursala K. Le Guin. Although she is best remembered for her groundbreaking speculative fiction, Le Guin was a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged book publishing, Reading, Ursala K. Le Guin
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Diabolical Maps
Along with some hilarious cartoons, former NASA scientist Randall Munroe creates some very vexing maps for his website xkcd.com. I’m hoping that he turns his acerbic mapping talents towards Euope next.
Judging a Book by Its Cover
One of New York City’s best tourist attractions for book lovers The Grolier Club starts 2024 off with an impressive exhibition detailing the history and aesthetics of fine bookbindings. Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of The Grolier Club, 1470s-2020 which … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Book Arts, Book Binding, Grolier Club, New York City
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