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Norman Mailer moon book as pricey as lunar travel

Scott Indrisek — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Norman Mailer was a man’s man, and this 12-piece limited-edition version of MoonFire — which debuted last week at the Miami Basel art fair — is definitely a man’s book. The book itself includes Mailer’s Apollo 11...

If social media websites were books: cool art

Andy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:00:26 +0000

Turning tweets into a book is one thing, but what would happen if, by some bizarre magical experience, social media websites became books? Stéphane Massa-Bidal has some ideas. Check out the virtual book covers for Flickr, LinkedIn, Facebook,...

How Are Your Standards Set?

Marco Villa — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:22:59 +0000

Have you ever had a conversation with someone over, say, a film or book and the person kept on referring to the movie as “great” and why it was so good?; but in all of this you kept on wondering: that movie wasn’t that good. And...

15 (female) literary characters we'd totally sleep with

Asylum Staff — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Sex, Humour, Entertainment, Women We got a kick out of our sister site Lemondrop’s list of 15 literary characters they’d sleep with (Holden Caulfield? Yep, at least one of us has used that storied name on dating sites.), so...

Magnify

Anita Techviva — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:14 +0000

Okay, this is a strange looking contraption that is truly not in need any longer, but I just had to talk about it as it has to do with books. Yes, I love books and all kinds of written word, so the Magnify is a must to see. This gadget helped the...

Supreme Court: Miami school can ban book on Cuba

Brandon — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:54:20 +0000

School board members in Miami have won their battle to remove a children’s book from the shelves of Miami-Dade school libraries because they said the book presented an inaccurate picture of life in Cuba. On Monday, the US Supreme Court...

Eco Echoes: Ugandan army wives recycling paper to support their families

Aditi Justa — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:30:14 +0000

We are living in an age where women no longer stay at home taking care of the family and the house. Today’s woman is a woman of substance, she walks with the world proving her potential. Exemplifying the same is a group of women, who not only...

Book Worship blog celebrates geeky book covers

Andy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:57:29 +0000

Here’s a pretty amazing web site for anyone with any interest in old, geek-friendly book covers. Book Worship celebrates “graphically interesting” books from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, covering quite a lot of subjects including...

Trendhunter's new trends book 'Exploiting Chaos' calls for the innovators

Nandini — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:14:13 +0000

For those BornRich fans who are as much in love with Trend Hunter as us, one of our personal favorite destinations for spotting the coolest upcoming trends in a various segments, they have embarked upon another innovation this time around with...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Anita Techviva — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:00:45 +0000

We all have hard of the classic Pride and Prejudice but have you heard about the new book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? This is more than just a classic, but a classic turned into a blood fest. The book features all the original text of the...