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Pop Up Typography Book

Fantastic video preview of an upcoming pop up book.

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Book/Staircase

I love small houses with clever space design. This staircase / bookcase is quite lovely.

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The Reanimation Library

The Reanimation Library rescues books destined for the trash heap and collects them and are given new life as resource material for artists, writers, and other cultural archeologists. Some curious stuff in the catalog.

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Books That Make You Dumb

Someone took the time to compare the SAT scores and the ten most popular books at every college (on FaceBook). And while as the creator points out correlation does not equal causation – the results are interesting.

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100 Books Every Child Should Read

The Telegraph has compiled a list of 100 books every child should read. In the introduction they state: “We have to stop proclaiming reading as a ladder to academic success. Treated simply as an educational commodity, some kind of pill to be taken to aid intellectual development, it is all too often counter-productive and ultimately [...]

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Retreat

Need to escape from post holiday doldrums? Just need a quiet place to think and read a good book? This may be the place for you. With 16,000 books it is a booklover paradise.

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Science Books of 2007

Miffed at the lack of science books in most of year end reviews – Edge posts their list of science books of 2007.

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Overrated and Underrated

Prospect looks at the year in culture (books, theatre, art, movies etc) and gathers those that were overrated and underrated.

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Saul Bass Children’s Book

Wow. A 1962 Saul Bass illustrated children’s book.

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