Eva Kor, a Mengele twin and Auschwitz survivor, was giving a talk on campus that semester, and I encouraged my students to go hear her. What could be more relevant? “Extra credit?” someone asked. The question made me crazy with exasperation. Here’s a woman who survived the Nazis, I said, and you want me to …
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Half Life
Illustration © Jeremiah Maddock as seen on:my love for you is a stampede of horses [via Elly Yap]. The famous Wound Man* together with the anatomy and phlebotomy diagrams and the urine ‘connoisseurs’ illustrations [see also: Tabula Urinarum] come from a collection of medical treatises from South Germany compiled into the one manuscript and dated …
[image: elephant 1][image: elephant 2]Bricolage "L'élephant
Bricolage “L’élephant du Maharadjah”[image: elephant 1][image: elephant 2]Bricolage "L'élephant
this is not your father’s library
We’ve heard it so often, it seems like a truism: in this era of instant electronic information access, libraries are like dinosaurs that don’t know they’re already extinct. Well, maybe not. A new survey has found that Generation Wired uses libraries far more often than you might think. In fact, Internet-savvy youth between 18-30 are …
Something to Tell You
Designer name to come Briefly noted in the Guardian’s preview of upcoming fiction for 2008 is this: “Hanif Kureishi also returns to the 70s, and the territory of his enduringly lovable The Buddha of Suburbia, with a much-tipped new novel, Something to Tell You (Faber, March). His narrator is an analyst looking back on the …
Tom Strong #9
Tom Strong #9Tom Strong #9
Deco Vignettes
‘Vignettes Décoratives dans le Goût du jour :30 planches coloriées à la Main’ by Henri Gillet, 1922 at NYPLArt Deco pochoir prints {all cleaned up a bit}. Happy New Year! Previously. Test: Book!!? What Book? Deco Vignettes
The Power of The Circle
There is something very satisfying the the purity of the humble circle which book covers over the years have made full use of. To see more book covers like those shown below then these two blogs are a great resource. http://seenbooks.blogspot.com/http://acejet170.typepad.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/joekral/sets/72157594264351021/The Power of The Circle
Headline of the day, Los Angeles Times edition
Los Angeles Times: Jamie Lynn Spears is not the first teen to have a baby Please try to contain your shock. Headline of the day, Los Angeles Times edition
Twenty Top 10’s of 2007 [Best Of 2007]
When we launched our Lifehacker Top 10 series back in March we had no idea what a big hit it would be. That Letterman guy’s really onto something! While we’re milking this whole “best of 2007 list” thing, we compiled the top 20 most-viewed Lifehacker Top 10 lists of 2007. Top 10 iPhone Applications Top …
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