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I have just read, ‘ A Short history of the Printed Word.’ and Helen Barolini’s ‘Aldus and his Dream Book’, therefore I was delighted to discover the following website exhibiting the, ‘Codex Sinaiticus’ in all it’s glory. Codex Sinaiticus A new exhibiton at the V & A celebrates the work of Romilly Saumarez-Smith. From an article in The Telegraph. This month’s issue of Fine Books & Collections has an article on The Barbarian Press. These fine people have been knocking out exquisite books for 20 years and this is their story. All that we want really is for people to read. It doesn’t matter how they do it, just that they do it. I am thereby encouraged by this “What Gutenberg’s press did for Europe in the 15th century digitization and the Espresso Book Machine will do for the world tomorrow. …” So they say. I am not convinced. There is a difference between reading a paperback, and nicely bound quality hardback. Not everyone appreciates it. Alas. So we have The Espresso Machine 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; For those of you in North Carolina on Friday there will be an exhibition of rare books by James Joyce Follow the link for more information. 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 – George Orwell (1949) 7. A Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela (2002) 8. The Beach – Alex Garland (1994) 9. The Time Travellers Wife – Audrey Niffenegger (2005) 10. The Catcher in the Rye – J D Salinger (1951) ENDS The Vook is a mixture of text, video and twitter stream. Read in the N.Y Times. |
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