Book Art. Home Library. Internet Marketing Books. The 50 SF Books You Must Read. 3000 Free Audio Books + eBooks, Download for iPhone, Android, Kindle and more! Block of 6 — A book by Phil Dumas. The Crooked Beat — A book by Drew Gates. How to Understand Book Sizes. AbeBooks Official Site - New & Used Books, New & Used Textbooks, Rare & Out of Print Books. AbeBooks. Book covers. Cover Browser. The Silver Age of Comic Book Art - Arlen Schumer. Year In Review: The 13 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films of 2013. This year promised a number of great original science fiction movies from Hollywood, and then it turned out most of them weren’t even good let alone great — the sort that left us with way too many unanswered questions regarding their plot holes.
Meanwhile, in the fantasy genre, we continued to see the studios churning out one YA adaptation after another in the hopes of it being the next Hunger Games (or still the next Harry Potter or Twilight or even Star Wars in the case of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) and ironically having no clue how to find the *magic* in the appeal of these kinds of stories. And of course there’s the ever-growing subgenre of superhero movies, which really only disappointed this year because they arrived in the wake of 2012′s The Avengers, not simply because most of the output was sequels (Iron Man 3; Thor: The Dark World; The Wolverine) that were merely okay rather than totally awesome. 13.
Beautiful Creatures 12. Riddick 11. 10. 9. 8. The Sign of the Owl - Book Art—Artists' Books—Bookworks. A continuation of my last post, this one will conclude my discussion of interesting books I saw at the Hybrid Book Fair. Second Encyclopaedia of Tlön Atlas volume from the Second Encyclopaedia of Tlön Rouge volume from the Second Encyclopaedia of Tlön The ability to charm and amuse without descending into empty frivolity or clever cynicism is an enviable talent. It requires a unexpected turn of mind coupled with a serious intelligence. And it takes just such a mind to undertake a project like the Second Encyclopaedia of Tlön.
A collaboration of german artists Peter Malutzki and Ines von Ketelhodt, The Encyclopedia, 10 years in the making and comprising 50 volumes, is a response to the Jorge Luis Borges short story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Quiz volume from the Second Encyclopaedia of Tlön Die Luft ist Kühl und es Dunkelt : ein Rheinbuch Die Luft ist Kühl und es Dunkelt : Ein Rheinbuch As impressive as it is, the Encyclopaedia was not the only thing that has occupied these artists. Artists' Book Dealer Joshua Heller Rare Books. John Tenniel's Alice in Wonderland Engravings (Albert Dupont) La Societe Paradisiaque: ou Le Reve Hélateur d’un hypergraphe sensible. (Beth Thielen) Sentences: Words Spoken in Prison To An Artist (High Tide Press) Visible Cities, with text from Italo Calvino (High Tide Press) Venice Saved from the Sea (NdA) Pater Noster (Alain Satié) Ple? Plon Sca Screlonu Ipilore Plisou. Hé? On T’a Reconnu Isidore Isou. Lessons I Learned Reading Over 200 Books.
Goodbooks International. A List of Books | 623 of the Best Books Ever Written. 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.
Nonsuch Book. 10 Books Taboo for Their Time. Whichbook | A new way of choosing what book to read next. For Those Who Want to Lead, Read - John Coleman. By John Coleman | 10:00 AM August 15, 2012 When David Petraeus visited the Harvard Kennedy School in 2009, one of the meetings he requested was with author Doris Kearns Goodwin. Petraeus, who holds a PhD in International Relations from Princeton, is a fan of Team of Rivals and wanted time to speak to the famed historian about her work. Apparently, the great general (and current CIA Director) is something of a bibliophile. He’s increasingly an outlier. Even as global literacy rates are high (84%), people are reading less and less deeply. The National Endowment for the Arts (PDF) has found that “[r]eading has declined among every group of adult Americans,” and for the first time in American history, “less than half of the U.S. adult American population is reading literature.”
This is terrible for leadership, where my experience suggests those trends are even more pronounced. Note how many business titans are or have been avid readers. The leadership benefits of reading are wide-ranging. 23 Sandy Gallery | A New Curated Collection: Miniature Books. M iniature books are a small but sweet subsection of the artist book world. In the United States, books are considered miniature if they measure three inches or less in any dimension. In Europe miniature books can be slightly larger. You’ll find everything from fine press and artist books to pop-up books to print on demand miniatures. Their small size presents some very interesting binding challenges as well as a unique design opportunity in a compact format. 23 Sandy Gallery stocks a selection of miniature artist books ranging from those by the ever-popular Peter and Donna Thomas to a fascinating miniature by Alicia Bailey titled Crystalline Flower that features pages made of mica with laser-etched text.
Alicia Bailey , Artist Books , Miniature Book Society , Miniature Books , Peter and Donna Thomas. Manifesto for the Ethical Treatment of Mini Books. I've been making a lot of mini books lately, despite their unpopularity. Actually, probably because of their unpopularity. I guess mini books are the geeks in the pantheon that is book-high-school. Since mini books are natural minorities, I'm going to write them a little manifesto: 1. 3. This was a short manifesto, but I'll be continuing my rant in further posts. For more information on the history of the mini book, go to the Lilly Library's online exhibition, here. If you're interested in making your own mini accordion book, go here for a picture tutorial: Also: found this just now; the miniature book society: Pictorial Webster's Inspiration to Completion-by John Carrera.
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