Where Does The Smell of Old Books Come From? Old books have a distinctive smell that can make any book lover’s heart melt. Matija Strlic of University College London described it to The Telegraph as “a combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness, this unmistakable smell is as much a part of the book as its contents.” The secret to the scent is within the hundreds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that make up the book’s paper pages, ink, and adhesive. Over time, the VOCs break down, releasing the chemicals into the air that are picked up by our noses. New books also have a trademark aroma, but it isn’t quite as developed as their older counterparts. Additionally, different materials used in manufacturing the book will alter the VOC profile.
Compound Chemistry reports that hints of almond are created by benzaldehyde, while vanillin emits notes of vanilla. [Header image by Ryan Franklin via flickr, CC BY 2.0] 32 Books That Will Actually Change Your Life. Βιβλίο | 7 βιβλία που πρέπει να διαβάσετε πριν γίνουν ταινίες. Το 2014 προμηνύεται εξαιρετική χρονιά όσον αφορά τη… σύσφιγξη των σχέσεων λογοτεχνίας και κινηματογράφου. Περισσότερες από δεκαπέντε ταινίες βασισμένες σε βιβλία αναμένουμε στις σκοτεινές αίθουσες. Από αυτές, συγκεντρώσαμε επτά που πρέπει να… διαβάσετε πριν δείτε, όχι μόνο για να έχετε τον απαραίτητο στόμφο και βγαίνοντας από την αίθουσα να αποφανθείτε ότι «το βιβλίο είναι καλύτερο» αλλά και γιατί –πέρα από την πλάκα– πρόκειται όντως για επτά πολύ ενδιαφέροντα βιβλία, τα οποία κυκλοφορούν ήδη και στα ελληνικά. Μνημείων Άνδρες των Robert M.
Edsel and Bret WitterΕκδόσεις Λιβάνη Βρισκόμαστε στον Β’ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο. Μια ομάδα ιστορικών τέχνης και επιμελητών μουσείων, σχηματίζουν την ομάδα “Μνημείων Άνδρες” και ρισκάρουν τη ζωή τους για να σώσουν σημαντικά για την ανθρωπότητα έργα τέχνης από τις καταστροφικές διαθέσεις των Ναζί. Η Κάθοδος των Τεσσάρων του Nick Hornby Εκδόσεις Πατάκη Απόκλιση της Veronica Roth Εκδόσεις Πλατύπους Το Λάθος Αστέρι του John Green Εκδόσεις Λιβάνη. 17 People On The One Book You Should Definitely Read This Summer. With Memorial Day right around the corner, Summer Reading season is approaching Faster Than The Speed Of Love. And since such a major part of summer reading season is obnoxiously forcing recommendations on everyone you encounter, I figured I’d ask some young #tastemakers to share their suggestions with the world.
The list below is rather diverse in style — from comedy, to business, to self-help, to fantasy, to classic literature-y books that you could smartly reference at “functions,” there might just be something for everyone. Two homies even recommended the same exact book, so I guess you should probably read that one if you haven’t already. Feel free to add your own recommendations in the ‘mments. Happy reading, and don’t forget to put on that sunscreen — you may not think it matters now, but think about how annoying 54 year-old you will be if you spend every hot day warning your nephews about how much you regret not lathering yourself with that SPF 15. - Andy Moore Who Owns the Future? Books of the Year in colour 2012. Prisoners Of Childhood-reissue - Alice Miller - Google Books. Prepare to be aMAZEd. What can possibly be cooler than a maze? Oh that's right, a maze made of books! The Book Depository proudly supports aMAZEme; part of the London 2012 Festival, aMAZEme is a gigantic maze up to 2.5 meters high, built from over 200,000 books!
You might even find some from the Book Depository in there... Created by Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo, the aMAZEme Project consists of a series of ideas that mix concepts, languages, techniques and multimedia. The audience will unexpectedly come into contact with the installation, helping to stimulate their curiosity, knowledge and creativity. aMAZEme is an art project that unites literature, performance, installation, live cinema, images and the Internet, based on three main concepts: Art/Literature + Entertainment + Generosity So if you're in London any time from now until August 26, have a stroll by Southbank and discover the maze at The Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall. Harrison Bergeron.
French Translation from Avice Robitaille. Hindi Translation by Ashwin.Urdu Translation by RealMSRussian translation THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.
What Dey Dos reads... - Personal & Career Development. How To Win Friends and Influence People (9781439167342): Dale Carnegie. Jose Silva's Ultramind ESP System: Think Your Way to Success (9781564144515): Ed Bernd Jr. The Silva Mind Control Method (9780671739898): Jose Silva. Περί βιβλιοθηκών , Ουμπέρτο Έκο; Βάλτερ Μπένγιαμιν; Ντόροθι Σέγιερς; Χόρχε Λουίς Μπόρχες; Ζωρζ Περέκ; Ανδρέας Εμπειρίκος; Εμμανουήλ Ροϊδης; Ιούλιος Βερν ,.. Το «Περί βιβλιοθηκών» είναι μία βιβλιοφιλική και παιγνιώδης ανθολογία κειμένων για βιβλιοθήκες - δημόσιες ή ιδιωτικές. Αρχίζοντας με τη βιβλιοθήκη του "Ναυτίλου" του πλοιάρχου Νέμο στον Ιούλιο Βερν και τη βιβλιοθήκε του "Μεγάλου Ανατολικού" στον Ανδρέα Εμπειρίκο, προχωράμε στην ατέρμονη βιβλιοθήκη, μεταφορά του σύμπαντος, του Borges. O Umberto Eco σχολιάζει την ιδανική σύγχρονη βιβλιοθήκη. Ο Perec παίζει με την ταξινόμηση των βιβλίων κι ο Jacques Roubaud με τις στρατηγικές που αναπτύσσει η βιβλιοθήκη για να μην παραδώσει τα ποθητά βιβλία στους αναγνώστες.
Στην Dorothy Sayers η βιβλιοθήκη γίνεται τόπος οργάνωσης φόνου. Η βιβλιοθήκη ενός βιβλιόφιλου, του Walter Benjamin, ξαναστήνεται όταν βγαίνουν τα βιβλία από τις κούτες μετά από δυο χρόνια. Στη μελλοντική κοινωνία του Ray Bradbury, όπου απαγορεύονται τα βιβλία, οι άνθρωποι αποστηθίζουν τα κείμενα και γίνονται οι ίδιοι βιβλία και η κοινότητα ολόκληρη μια βιβλιοθήκη. Ο τόμος περιέχει κατά σειρά τα ακόλουθα κείμενα: The Site for Books & Readers - Shelfari.
Judy Astley: acclaimed British Novelist. Hippies from the seventies, Mac and Lottie made a ton of money in the days of their progressive soft-rock band Charisma. But they've got little left apart from the large, grand but somewhat dilapidated house where they raised their family. Mac and Lottie now decide, on a whim, to sell up. They plan to travel the world in style - as flash-packers, not back-packers - and blow the lot. However, their two elder children, now adults and far more sensible than their parents, see the house as their inheritance. Son Ilex fears they will come home to face a pension-deficient old age. Daughter Clover has plans of her own that involve a bijou second home in France, and the youngest, seventeen-year-old Sorrel, is looking forward to her gap year and would prefer to have a home to return to. I hardly know anyone with a proper job, complete with full-scale pension and appropriate provision for old age.
What Technology Wants. We are not the same folks who marched out of Africa. Our genes have co-evolved with our inventions. In the past 10,000 years alone, in fact, our genes have evolved 100 times faster than the average rate for the previous 6 million years. This should not be a surprise. As we domesticated the dog (in all its breeds) from wolves and bred cows and corn and more from their unrecognizable ancestors, we, too, have been domesticated. We have domesticated ourselves. Our teeth continue to shrink (because of cooking, our external stomach), our muscles thin out, our hair disappears. We have domesticated our humanity as much as we have domesticated our horses.
. * As we refined this stuff through generations of technological evolution, it lost much of its hardness. A Thousand Years of Helmet Evolution. I make the case in this chapter that the course of biological evolution is not a random drift in the cosmos, which is the claim of current text- book orthodoxy. Let the Great World Spin: A Novel (9781400063734): Colum McCann. The Unnamed (9780316034012): Joshua Ferris. ANTICANCER: ΕΝΑΣ ΝΕΟΣ ΤΡΟΠΟΣ ΖΩΗΣ - ΝΤΑΒΙΝΤ ΣΕΡΒΑΝ-ΣΡΕΜΠΕΡ. Philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/siddhartha.pdf. Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill (9780316057837): Matthieu Ricard.