Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Travelling with books

"To provide a free online resource for identifying stories that are set in distinct locales."

  • Books categorized by setting
  • Accurate, up-to-date, easy-to-search
  • Comment area for each entry
link: http://www.bibliotravel.com/

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Read that classic you've always meant to - by Email?


"DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail or RSS feed. We currently offer over 1000 classic and contemporary books available entirely for free or on a Pay-Per-Read basis (with sample installments available for free). You can read your installments wherever you receive e-mail/RSS feeds, including on your Blackberry and iPhone. Installments arrive in your Inbox according to the schedule you set."

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed the World


Found this article on Cracked.com. Dispite the websites funny approach to things, this is a very interesting article! Check it out on here

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

This is how I want to be buried one day...

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
Marcus T. Cicero

I immediately had to search for this when I heard about it. Granted, its kinda creepy, but how practical. Introducing the "bookcase coffin" - two boxes attached by hinges with removable shelves and handles on the sides. I've always joked that I'd like to be buried with my books, seems I'm not the only one.

Order yours today at http://www.lastthings.net/bookcase.html