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Physics Phenomena

What a great way to learn physics terms! From Christoph Niemann’s Abstract City: “To describe different phenomena, physicists use various units. PASCALS, for example, measure the pressure applied to a certain area. COULOMBS measure electric charge (that can occur if said area is a synthetic carpet). DECIBELS measure the intensity of the trouble the physicist gets […]

Amazing Bookcase Mural

In Utrecht, artists Jan Is De Man and Deef Feed created the illusion of a bookcase on the side of a building. See the complete article here. Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Pinterest Tumblr Reddit Like this: Like Loading… Related

Playing with a Lion’s Testicles? Really?

Another actual book that I had to look up on Amazon out of curiosity. Playing with a lion’s testicles is an African saying that means to take foolhardy chances.   Description from Amazon (sounds like a good read):  Melissa, an exhausted executive from the city seeks meaning and purpose from her work, and volunteers for […]

Librarians on Horseback in the Thirties

“President Franklin Roosevelt was trying to figure out a way to resolve the Great Depression of the 1930s. His Works Progress Administration created the Pack Horse Library Initiative to help Americans become more literate so that they’d have a better chance of finding employment…The horseback librarians were mostly made up of women…” Unfortunately, the horseback […]

Our Favorites for the Year

My top 5 favorite books of the year: Scavenger Girl: Season of Talium by Jennifer Arntson Scavenger Girl: Season of Hytalia by Jennifer Arntson Ambushed in Paradise by Deborah Brown I Can Kill by Angela Kay Fifth to Die by J.D. Barker I was planning on putting only one book per author but the Scavenger […]

Crime Author Sentenced to Death in China

Liu Yongbiao is an acclaimed crime novelist in China. He and another man killed four people 23 years ago, and Liu used the memory of the murders to write a novel. How crazy is that! Because of new DNA testing, investigators were finally able to trace the murders to the novelist, and he and his […]

Dante’s Divine Comedy

This image, in an all-pink version, appeared in the New York Times Book Review sometime around 1999. Photoshop Elements “smart fix” offered this different color scheme. via Advertisements Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Google Pinterest Tumblr Like this: Like Loading… Related Tags: Dante’s Divine Comedy