It’s time for my annual best movies of the year, where I list the films that struck me as remarkable in some way: the novelty, shock, joy, and satisfaction the film provides. This includes the direction, acting, plot, and the look of the movie. If any of those are just mediocre, ...
Chaucer’sABC(ca. 1369) is an intriguing early work in the history of abecedaries. There are alphabet poems in the Hebrew Bible, but according to the artists’ book collector and scholar Nyr Indictor, this Chaucer lyric seems to be the earliest surviving English “ABC poem” of known authors...
You can encourage commitment, connection, communication, conflict resolution and true intimacy by suggesting resources to a friend or family member who’s struggling in their marriage. The Bible is a great place to start, of course, but there are also dozens of helpful books to choose from. Wh...
The Paris-based publishers Les Trois Ourses announced that Katsumi Komagata died on 29 March 2024. Although the Bologna Children’s Book Fair responded quickly with a memorial on 8 April, it is strange that no significant obituary has yet appeared for such a major figure in the book arts, ...
Black-beetle in American libraries.–germanica.–Bug Bible.–Lepisma. –Codfish.–Skeletons of Rats in Abbey library, Westminster.–Niptus hololeucos.–Tomicus Typographicus.–House flies injure books. CHAPTER VIII. BOOKBINDERS. A good binding gives pleasure.–Deadly effects of the “plough” as ...
"The poems in this book are improvisations arising from contemplative readings of four chapters of the 1611 edition of the King James Bible—Matthew VI, Mark V, Luke XV and Luke X.Lectio Violant—‘profane reading’—is the name I’ve coined to describe this process, alluding toLectio Divin...
Presented below are the twelve books, in alphabetical order, with the opening paragraphs of my reviews of them: … “Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying”by Sallie Tisdale Over the years, I’ve read a fair number of books about...
“I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.” Kathryn Stockett author The Help book Skeeter character books concept 36 “No, thank you. I have enough books at home. Maybe another time. I...
The Macellum of Pozzuoli (Italian: Macellum di Pozzuoli) was the macellum or market building of the Roman colony of Puteoli, OTHERS Others Bible abbreviations in alphabetical order January 28, 2017 Cuneyt Oral 0 Old Testament (OT) / Jewish Bible Full Name: 1 Chronicles 1 Chron. 1...
A Witches’ Bible: The Complete Witches’ Handbook, Janet and Stewart Farrar, 1982 Read on Amazon Need to cast and banish a Magic Circle? Look no further. There’s information on just about every aspect of Witchcraft, such as rites, spells, tools, how to run a coven, and some more ...