Books
Channel Childhoods Gone By With This Digital Archive of Victorian Children’s Books
From nursery rhymes to religious lectures, this digital archive shows how kids read in a bygone age
Scientists Virtually Peek Inside Ancient Biblical Charred Scrolls
A completely burned Biblical text is now readable
The Many Futuristic Predictions of H.G. Wells That Came True
Born 150 years ago, H.G. Wells predicted, and inspired, inventions from the laser to email
A British Jail Is Paying Artistic Tribute to Oscar Wilde, its Most Famous Inmate
Patti Smith, Ai Weiwei and others envision what it's like to be <i>Inside</i>
Visit the Manuscript of 'Jane Eyre' in New York
The handwritten novel is in the United States for the first time—along with an exhibition of artifacts from Charlotte Brontë’s brief and brilliant life
You Could Own F. Scott Fitzgerald’s House
Live in the Victorian rowhouse where a career was born
This Camera Uses Radiation to Read Closed Books
No need to open a book to read past its cover
Four Finds from University of Kansas' Collection of Radical Zines
The university's Solidarity! Radical Library boasts a collection of almost 1,000 alternative papers
Here’s How the Oxford English Dictionary Chooses New Words
“YOLO,” “uptalk” and “gender-fluid” have all made the cut
Even Napoleon Had an Unpublished Manuscript, and Now It’s up for Auction
His handwritten novella captures his feelings toward love at age 26
Celebrate 50 Years of International Literacy Day With the British Library
Butterflies, rabbits and Shakespeare: there's something for everybody
One in Four Americans Didn’t Read a Book Last Year
But don't mourn the death of the printed word just yet
Alabama Library Plans to Enforce Strict Overdue Book Ordinance
You could face a fine or even spend a night in jail for keeping books too long
Could You Solve the Case of the Missing Mystery Heirs?
Are you related to Clifton Robbins? You could receive royalties from his 21st-century publisher
Eleven Years After Katrina, What Lessons Can We Learn Before the Next Disaster Strikes?
Author and playwright John Biguenet offers his thoughts on the narrative of destruction
Ancient Egyptian Stories Will Be Published in English for the First Time
Translated from hieroglyphics on monuments, tombs and papyri, the book will present tales few outside of academia have read
Publisher Set to Release Exact Replicas of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript
There will be 898 copies made of the coded Voynich Manuscript, which has stumped scholars for over a century
Love Truman Capote? Buy His Ashes
Is the sale of Capote’s earthy remains a gauche publicity stunt or an act worthy of the audacious author?
Scientists Know They Should Really Study Important Bugs but OMG a Baby Cheetah
In conservation science, the cutest animals still get all the attention
Librarians Have an Olympics, Too
Brains met brawn in a bookish competition for the ages
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