A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the relative dearth of DC Comics-related posts on this blog over the last twelve months or so, compared to how many I’d been turning out just a couple of years earlier. Today, we’ll be talking about something that’s been even more scarce in ...
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Over five years, the “Scientific Life·100 Years” exhibition was displayed at more than 100 public libraries, science and technology museums, universities, colleges, and primary and secondary schools across China. Numerous lectures and activities have taken place, documentary films have been produced...
Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows ...
Chinese parents used to keep mum on sex topics in the presence of young children, while teachers, despite the opening of sex education classes in schools, often skip over such content. Experts, however, have stressed the importance of early-age sex education to children's self-protection and ...
Five years later, we are still talking about book mechanics. Spine lining materials are fundamental to the action of a book spine. Yet, a review of over 250 technical statements about book structure, lining materials or lining techniques from historical and contemporary conservation and bookbinding ...
There is, however, an eye peeking from four holes scattered among bubble-like transparent circles printed over a collage of images and texts from newspapers, health and housekeeping guides (from the Fifties?), history books, clothing ads and prayer cards. Are the eyes the conscience in bubbles...
“Kaleidoscope”, by Lu Mei (Anhui shaonian ertong chubanshe) — During the summer holidays, nine-year-old Mai Xiaojie has adventures in Shanghai’s shikumen. As the title suggests, there are different ways of looking at things… // 陆梅:《万花筒》(安徽少年儿童出版社) ...
This book is over 10 years old now and it felt pretty dated but it was an interesting peek into the time capsule. The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding Author: Al Ries and Laura Ries Read: Nov 2018 Rating: 2/5 This book is about what makes a brand strong. For each branding ...
In my library, in addition to the collection of geographical atlases from the 18th to the 21st century, there is a whole series of old books on astronomy, and of all of them, the ones that attract me the most are those published between 1880 and 1930. This was a time when science was...