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I was reading Lord of the Rings in the bathtub when I got to the part Gandalf was killed in the Mines. It was devastating!
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yesterdaysprint:Among Us Mortals by W.E. Hill, 1917 I’ve read a…
garabating:Charles Dana Gibson People complain about the…
Charles Dana Gibson
People complain about the ubiquitousness of cell phones, but for readers, books are the same thing. (ANd cell phones are great e-readers ;)
When dining alone, there’s nothing like a good book for company.
last-picture-show: Louis Faurer, New York, 1973 After reading my…
Louis Faurer, New York, 1973
After reading my way through two hours of school bus through high school, I started getting a bit car sick when reading in a car. One of the great thing about subways (and other trains) is that reading is never an issue.
books0977: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia reading in…
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia reading in a formal portrait (1906).
Grand Duchess Maria (1899-1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse). Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.
simena: Charles Edward Perugini – READING ON A SUNNY…
still reading Jessie Willcox Smith
still reading
Jessie Willcox Smith
True dat.
True dat.
internetarchive: Beautiful photos from our Internet Archive…
On the top floor of the Wellcome Library, 12 people sit in the darkness of blackout blinds, illuminated by the white LEDs of a scanning machine.
This is the Euston Scan Centre, currently home to a team from the Internet Archive. They are part of an ambitious project to digitise the 19th century book collections of 10 UK libraries relating to the topic of medicine. They each aim to scan 800 pages an hour. They‘ve scanned over 2.5 million since they started with a full staff in October, and will have done 16-17 million by 2016.
Scanning Books
Awesome!
books0977: Interior with woman reading. Carl Vilhelm…
Interior with woman reading. Carl Vilhelm Holsøe (Danish: 1863-1935).
Holsøe is most celebrated for his depictions of sparse, tranquil interiors, which convey stillness, timelessness, and introspection. Holsøe’s figures are still and contemplative, caught in their own reverie. Much like Vermeer, Holsøe’s paintings are illuminated by natural light, both direct and reflected, and the artist has brilliantly captured the atmospheric local Scandinavian light which gives the painting its ethereal quality.
Reading Books