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12 Books That End Mid-Sentence. Way back before The Sopranos made people angry/confused for cutting to black out of nowhere, books were messing with the heads of readers by daring to not use a period as the last typeset keystroke on the very last page. Here are 12 books that have no need for the standard last punctuation mark. Please help add to this list in the comments section–the lack of books by female authors is because I could not find any, not one, in hours and hours of searching.

Spoilers begin now. The Castle by Franz Kafka (1926) The Ending: She held out her trembling hand to K. and had him sit down beside her, she spoke with great difficulty, it was difficult to understand her, but what she said Why: Kafka died. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (1842) The Ending: Nothing will be successful until each one of us feels that, just as in the epoch when people took arms and rose up against the enemy, so he must rise up against falsity.

Why: It’s a big cliffhanger. The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace (1987) UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004: Browse. Www.granby.k12.ct.us/uploaded/GMHS_Media_Center/Documents/100_Books_That_Will_Make_You_More_Interesting.pdf. 32 Awesome Bookshelves Every Book Lover Needs To Have. Book lovers, where do you keep your books? If you have a private library, congrats; but if you don’t, probably you’re keeping them on the bookshelves. Here are 32 really cool bookshelves which you’d love to have for organizing your reading materials. 1. The “Has Been Read” & “Will Be Read” Bookshelf 2. The Two-And-Half Dimension Bookshelf 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Finding a nice place to read? Ziggy Stardust's Reading Habits. Andrew Testa for The New York TimesPhotographs of David Bowie in a recent exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Plenty of music fans could have guessed that David Bowie was a fan of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” since Mr. Bowie once aspired to produce a musical based on the novel. Now we have 99 other book recommendations from the Thin White Duke. Mr. There’s some poetry on the list, a bit of Russian and German history, and a collection of Paris Review interviews. Given Mr. Elsewhere, there’s Dante’s “Inferno,” Homer’s “Iliad” and “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind” by Julian Jaynes. 20 Most Magnificent Places To Read Books. Where do you usually read? On your bed, in the backyard or in a coffee shop? “In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” - Mark Twain If you too agree with what Mark Twain said, just imagine how you’d feel reading your book in one of these most magnificent reading places… 1.

Stuttgart Library, Germany 2. Jose Vasconcelos Library, Mexico City, Mexico 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Images speak louder than words: 18 Images Shown Where Children Sleep Around the World. 25 Jokes Only Book Nerds Will Understand. 15 of Your Must-Read Books. Last week, we asked you to share the books you just couldn’t put down this summer, and we were flooded with submissions. If you’re looking to round out your fall reading list, here’s where to start. From some fantastic fiction to the more serious non-fiction reads, you guys can’t seem to get enough of the following 15 books.

We’ve read most of these and can attest that you chose some superb picks here! Check them out and start turning pages if you missed any of these gems. PS: You might also remember we were giving away a Kindle Paperwhite to one lucky reader. If you shared a recommendation via our submission form, check your e-mail. The winner has been notified today! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Have another recommended title? 50 Works of Fiction in Translation That Every English Speaker Should Read. There’s an entire world of literature out there if you just look beyond what was written in your native tongue. Major works in other languages are being translated into English all the time, meaning that there’s no time like the present for you to enjoy books from places like Russia, Egypt, Mexico, and other nations around the globe. If you’re looking to get your literary passport stamped, here are 50 destinations to start you off — but, by all means, don’t let these be the only translated books you read.

There are plenty of other titles that could have gone on this list, whose main purpose is to help get you excited for literature originally written in different languages. Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes (Edith Grossman, translator) Cervantes’ classic is one of the only books that can truly be considered required reading around the world, so you can’t lose with the great Grossman’s translation of the classic Spanish tale of Don Quixote’s original quixotic quest. 20 Books Everyone Should Read Before Age 40.

Books are wonderful things. Information, entertainment, wisdom and imagination all wrapped up in a nice little bundle of pages… or an electronic file as the case may be. But there are so many. Millions actually, so the question becomes, “What are the must reads?” , especially in the first half of your life when you’re trying to do so much and seeking all that life has to offer so diligently. I’ll start by saying that there are so many books that could have made my list, but I suspect that you, like me, read many of those throughout your educational years. Still, it might be worth another read through of some of the classics.

(In no particular order, some classic, and some modern) The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank- I hope I don’t need to explain why this book is so important. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou – Poverty. Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Everyday of Your Life by M.J. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People By Stephen R. The Most Beautiful Book of 2013 is 'The Graphic Canon, Volume 3' The Graphic Canon, Volume 3, selected as one of the best books of the summer by PW, is 500 pages of classic 20th-century literature reimagined graphically by 70+ artists. It's the most beautiful book of the year. Still need proof? Check out 15 of the book's images below, explained by editor Russ Kick. My hands were quivering as I recently opened the package containing my advance copy of The Graphic Canon, Volume 3. The project was complete. Over the course of three huge volumes, more than 120 illustrators and comics artists had given their visual take on 181 classic works of literature, from ancient days to the end of the twentieth century.

The Graphic Canon was conceived as an art project and as a celebration of literature. All three volumes were created simultaneously, as a single project. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Another work from early in the book is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. "Araby" by James Joyce Crash by J.G. 5 Recent Graphic Novels You Don’t Want to Miss. 10 of the Coolest Librarians Alive. Glyn's Books. Little Free Library  - Home. The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien. Randy Schaub fiction The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien By no means recently published, Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman will, nevertheless, be perpetually new. The literary equivalent of a Tesla invention, The Third Policeman is an astonishingly great book that is so intricate, so improbably effective, that one cannot tell, merely by looking, what makes it tick.

The story is a strange dream-journey that at times is so substantial that the reader will find himself double-checking the thickness of the book itself, amazed that the whole thing fits in so slim a volume. In The Third Policeman, our hero and narrator, a nameless young man with a wooden leg, assists in a money-motivated killing, and, after trying to retrieve the stashed goods some time later, passes into a strange otherness -- a place that superficially resembles the Irish countryside, but which casually disobeys the normal laws of How Things Work. “What he states to have seen through his glass is astonishing. Complex-brown: osram-akoma: zora neale. The Book Scrappage Scheme. Book Igloo. Home is a recent sculptural installation by Colombian artist Miler Lagos.

The piece was constructed at MagnanMetz Gallery late last year using carefully stacked books to create a compact dome that is entirely self-supporting. (via chris moore, thanks megan) The Wonder that is Papercrete. Recently, one of the bloggers I read decided it would be her last post on her website. All of her readers were told not to worry, as she had created a new site that would encompass more things and more information. Her new site (Mike and Mollys house) has a lot of great stuff, but one thing that really caught my eye was this article on papercrete. I had never heard of this before, immediately decided to do more research on the stuff.

What I’ve found has been really interesting, and I’d like to let you all know more as well. Papercrete is basically ground up old pieces of paper, water, portland cement and some dirt. Not only is the material strong, it has an “R” value (insulation rating in the building industry) of 2-3 per inch, much better than concrete which is .9!

Papercrete is perfect for a weekend project. Once you’ve gotten your ingredients mixed up and poured into forms, you can play the waiting game. Most of the information was gleaned from Living in Paper. The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World. [Editor’s note: In celebration of the holidays, we’re counting down the top 12 Flavorwire features of 2012. This post, at #1, was originally published January 31.] With Amazon slowly taking over the publishing world and bookstores closing left and right, things can sometimes seem a little grim for the brick and mortar booksellers of the world. After all, why would anyone leave the comfort of their couch to buy a book when with just a click of a button, they could have it delivered to their door?

Well, here’s why: bookstores so beautiful they’re worth getting out of the house (or the country) to visit whether you need a new hardcover or not. A gorgeous converted Dominican church gives the power of reading its due diligence. BOOK RIOT | Always books. Never boring.