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POPSLibrophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries Everyone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a magical realm. For some people it’s castles with their noble history and crumbling towers. For others it’s abandoned factories, ivy choked, a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us here at Curious Expeditions, there has always been something about libraries. Row after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a beautiful old library.
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POPSBookCrossing Its an old site, but I ran into it again and remembered that I like the idea.
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POPSWheel of Time Author Chosen “I’m both extremely excited and daunted by this opportunity. There is only one man who could have done this book the way it deserved to be written, and we lost him in September. However, I promise to do my very best to remain true to Mr. Jordan’s vision and produce the book we have all been waiting to read.”
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POPSMoomin World -:) Winter is upon us (at least in the Northern hemisphere), great time to recall a favorite old literary friend. Lots of links at source for great family fun on the holidays season.
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POPSScience Fiction And most profoundly, it is found in our own minds :) (thx to Bookyards for the link)
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POPSFaking It (with books) To what end? Bayard finally reveals his diabolical intent: he claims that talking about books you haven’t read is “an authentic creative activity.” As a teacher of literature, he seems to believe that his ultimate goal is to encourage creativity. “All education,” he writes, “should strive to help those receiving it to gain enough freedom in relation to works of art to themselves become writers and artists.”