Book Treasures June 12, 2008
Used books and library books can house some hidden treasures. AbeBooks has a fun article about the stuff people find in books. You can read the story here.
Read at work May 28, 2008
If you have a boring job, or just like to read at work, I have found you THE most fantastic website. You can read all day and nobody will notice! To make sure the boss does not know you are wasting time, this website is designed like Windows. I think it is very nicely done. To leave the site, it took me a while to find out, go to the start menu and click ‘log off’. After that you get your ‘normal’ screen back. Click here to visit the website.
Kimbooktu Cat May 24, 2008
He looked so cute, I just had to show you…
(Feel free to add some ‘LOL Cats‘ text and e-mail the photo back to me. I will put the photo in this post.)
(Literary) Remembrance May 4, 2008
Each year on the 4th of May we, the Dutch, take a couple of minutes to remember the people who died in WWII. And the wars after that. The next day, the 5th we celebrate the ending of the war. I also do a little ‘remembrance’ on Kimbooktu,but in a bookish way. I bring you a post related to the Second World War and books. Last year I wrote an article on Anne Frank, to be seen here. This year’s topic is the destruction of books during WWII. Click ‘more’ to read the article.
Adorable bookish doll March 15, 2008
“I must have one”, is what Kristy said in the comments of this website. I followed the link to see what her excitement was about. My mouse click brought me to the Signals website. There I found this adorable cloth bookish doll. It is designed by Carmen Monago. You can learn more about it here.
Presidential libraries March 2, 2008
A bookish friend wrote a post about presidential libraries on his blog recently. (For the Dutch readers, to be found here.) Since the United States are electing a new president, I decided to ’steal’ his idea.
“They are archives and museums, bringing together in one place the documents and artifacts of a President and his administration and presenting them to the public for study and discussion without regard for political considerations or affiliations”, as quoted from this website, which tells you all about the presidential libraries.
The US has quite a number of libraries (12!) named after a (former) president. This is quite fascinating to me, since we do not have this in my country. Luckily, it is possible to visit all the libraries online:
- Herbert Hoover Library
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
- Harry S. Truman Library
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
- John F. Kennedy Library (see picture below)
- Lyndon B. Johnson Library
- Richard Nixon Library
- Gerald R. Ford Library
- Jimmy Carter Library
- Ronald Reagan Library
- George Bush Library
- William J. Clinton Library
Make sure to take a look at the gift shops! There is some interesting stuff to be found there!
Update: Some readers have been so kind to mention additions to this list in the comments. If you are interested, have a look!
Design your own book cover January 29, 2008
I just found this fun online program which enables you to make your own book cover. You can choose different animals for the cover picture and different colors. You can type the titles you like. After you are done, you can save the cover and a link to it is provided. Give it a try! Click here. Do not forget to post the link to your cover in the comments! (This is mine.)
Bookish wallpaper I January 26, 2008
I thought you might like some wallpaper. No, not the stuff for your walls, but the things for your computer desktop. I browsed the web for some nice large bookish images to make your computer a bit more bookish. These are the a view I came up with. I will post more of them next week. (Click the image to see the large file.)
In case you do not know how to set the image as a wallpaper, do the following: Click a picture above and right click on the large image. Choose ‘save as’ and save the picture on your computer. When it is saved, right click the file and choose ‘set as wallpaper’. Hey presto!
Bookmarkophelia January 11, 2008
If you like bookmarks, you have got to love the website of Mirage Bookmark. I do! Okay, it does look sleek and stylish, but that does not mean anything. It is a wonderful website created by people who have a deep love for bookmarks. The site features a most interesting online exhibition of bookmarks. Click here to see it.
The website also writes about the history of bookmarks, click here to read. Next to this, the site has a collection of bookmark quotes, to be found here. Other bookmarkopelia is also present. If you collect bookmarks, you can get in touch with other collector to swap treasures. You can also buy new ones in the gift shop if you like.
Beautiful libraries November 6, 2007
There are some amazing libraries all over the world, which most of us will never see in person. Luckily there is a website that has pictures of the best examples. Click here to see it. I can also reccomend the book ‘Libraries’ by Candida Hofer. I am proud to finally have this book in my collection. (Click here to read a previous post about this book.)
The fantastic library of ‘our’ Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Thanks to Urbi for the link!
