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    World Digital Library

    The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

    The principal objectives of the WDL are to:

    * Promote international and intercultural understanding;
    * Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;
    * Provide resources for educators, scholars, and [...]

    Joyce Exhibition

    For those of you in North Carolina on Friday there will be an exhibition of rare books by James Joyce  Follow the link for [...]

    TOP 10 MOST INSPIRATIONAL READS

    The Telegraph has an article listing To Kill A Mocking Bird as the most inspirational book to read.

    TOP 10 MOST INSPIRATIONAL READS

    1. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (1960)

    2. The Bible

    3. A Child Called It – Dave Pelzer (2001)

    4. Men are from mars, Women are from Venus – John Gray (1993)

    5. Diary of Anne Frank – Anne Frank (1947)

    6. 1984 – [...]

    Is this the future of the book?

    The Vook is a mixture of text, video and twitter stream. Read in the [...]

    Footballers read

    A piece in the Independent at the weekend reveals footballers favourite books as part of a campaign to get children to read more books. Here is the list:

    Arsenal Bacary Sagna The Soul of a Butterfly, Muhammad Ali

    Aston Villa Brad Friedel Stick Man, Julia Donaldson

    Blackburn Paul Robinson The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Robin S Sharma

    Bolton Jussi [...]