BOOK RIOT10 Drool-Worthy Secret Passage Bookshelves. Your idea of the perfect house includes a secret passage bookshelf.
Don’t tell me it doesn’t, you’d be a dirty liar. We compiled a round-up of 10 particularly kick-ass secret passage bookshelves at the beginning of November, and now we’re back with 10 more. So file these away for that day you become independently wealthy and can build the home of your (and my) dreams. Peekabo. (via Book Line and Sinker) The fact that this reminds me of a Tardis doesn’t hurt. For when you have to hide your turret. Because no one likes looking at the bathroom (via BHG) Books hiding more books: you’re doing’ it right. Feels like this one should be in a sauna. For your quick getaway. Small but functional (hold the that’s what she saids, pleaseandthankyou) (via NYT) Fancy shmancy. For when Harry Potter’s aunt and uncle win the lottery and upgrade their house. Bookshelf Porn. 17 Books That Should Be On Your Summer Reading List.
14 Books To Read Before They Hit The Big Screen. 17 Books That Should Be On Your Summer Reading List. Read Easily - Ebooks Online Library. 74 Books to Read if You Love the Hunger Games. If you haven't read the Hunger Games you really should!
They're pretty awesome. Underlined Book Quotes Become Clever Illustrations. Bookworm or not, you can't help but enjoy these black and white illustrations of literary quotes by Evan Robertson.
The New York-based graphic designer has taken some of the cleverest lines written by famous authors such as William Faulkner and Oscar Wilde and turned them into wonderful posters. These literature-inspired fine art illustrations are currently being sold on Etsy under the name Obvious State. m0uttyF0JT1r0moflo1_500.jpg (420×546) 15 unusual words that make writers swoon. In a previous post, I wrote about the value of using simple words in place of complex words.
Readers are not impressed by the use of complex words; they're frustrated by them. Though I strive to use simple, clear terms in my own writing, there are some words that I am just dying to use. Archaic, unusual words that I have stumbled upon in fiction. Words that have drawn me in. I like the ways these words sound. If I could only find a way to work them into my next article on surgical checklists. Vex. Example: You take delight in vexing me by deliberately using bad grammar. Portmanteau. Example: That portmanteau will not fit in the overhead bin and must be checked. Naught.
Example: Her behavior tends to set propriety at naught. Foible. Example: She loved him in spite of his foibles. Parvenu. Example: He was treated like a parvenu at the country club dinner. Sentinel. Example: Bennett heard a strange noise and asked the sentinel to stay close. Moribund. Beslobber. Nonplussed. Take The Golden Compass Daemon Test. Books. The Site for Books & Readers - Shelfari. What Should I Read Next? Book recommendations from readers like you. A new way of choosing what book to read next.
623 of the Best Books ever Written. 30 Very Funny Books. It's a dreary day, so I thought I'd indulge myself and come up with a list of my favorite comedies.
A Brilliant List of Science Books for People Who Want Their Minds Blown. 25 Awesome DIY Ideas For Bookshelves. Community gathers at the Last Bookstore. The staircase is narrow and creaky, with a bookshelf made from a 100-year-old harp case teetering on the precipice of collapse at the top of the landing.
Overflowing with open books, pages wildly askew and dangling from uneven shelves, the bookcase looks as if it's escaped from a vintage cartoon. Rolls of yellowed, turn-of-the-century sheet music waft through the air, unfurling from a manual typewriter suspended from the ceiling. A black-clad young woman, with a prominent pierced dimple and a philosophy book under her arm, slips by on her way up. She has found the way into the Labyrinth at the Last Bookstore. PHOTOS: Labyrinth at the Last Bookstore Flying in the face of conventional wisdom that says bookstores are dying, the Last Bookstore made headlines in mid-2011 when it opened in a cavernous, 10,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of the former Citizens National Bank Building, now the Spring Arts Tower, at 5th and Spring streets in downtown Los Angeles. - StumbleUpon.
AT Europe: London Close-up - The Amazing Staircase. On Monday, we visited Veronika and Sebastian's rental apartment, with its amazing book-lined staircase.
Here's what the architect said about how he came up with this stylish space-saving solution. London-based Levitate Architects came up with this ingenious solution to a book storage problem and created a loft-like bedroom nestled under the roof of the top-floor apartment. Here's what Levitate's Tim Sloan had to say about the project: The flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian mansion block. Our proposal extended the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area of the flat by approximately one third. Best Places to Get Free Books – The Ultimate Guide. When we were reviewing 10 of the best online resources for free books, we had a LOT of readers chime in with their own favorites as well.
Thank you for all your helpful contributions! In fact, we had so many suggestions, we have enough to compile a huge list from them, so here they are in no particular order: ManyBooks – Free eBooks for your PDA, iPod, or eBook reader – Thanks Tony Bryan & abben BookCrossing – Where real books are released into the wild to be found by others – Thanks EngtechLibraryElf – The perfect companion to a public library system – Thanks EngtechScribd – Open library to publish and discover documents online – Thanks CincauHangus Word Public Library – 400,000 PDF ebooks for download – Thanks EllenFree Tech Books – Free computer science and engineering books (+ lecture notes) – Thanks EllenBookins – Swap real books with other readers – Thanks Jimbob WellToldTales – Free short story podcasts (like audiobooks, but shorter) – Thanks Kevin C. Free eBooks - All Our Classic Books and Novels.
Free Audiobooks and eBooks - Librophile. ePub Bud - Publish, Convert, Store, and Download free children's ebooks online for the iPad and nook color!