As confirmed by the mayor\’s office in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, Harper Lee has passed away at 89. She was born on 28 April 1926 and published the critically acclaimed, To Kill A Mockingbird, in 1960. After both critical and commercial success, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Last year, Lee published the sequel Go Set […]
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Man Showcases The World’s Most Unusual Libraries In An Amazing Book. Yes it is true that we are all living in a digital era. The era of technology, of screens and keyboards, rather than pens and pages. But there are some who agree that there is nothing more timeless than a good book and a
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Samuel Masters for Art-Sheep A lot of people are familiar with the Pantone Color Guide, published for the first time in 1963 and containing a great variety of different color shades. However, very few are aware of the existence of a very similar book written in Dutch by a man simply known as \”A. Boogert\”,
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Jonathan Stone for Art-Sheep In today\’s weird but extremely enjoyable list of things, we have collected a series of 40 bad, really bad, titles on book covers. Whether they were puns written by the authors, the publisher\’s choice or simply, the subject of what\’s inside, books with titles like, \”The Best Dad Is A Good
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Anna Randal for Art-Sheep Our first reaction when we saw this was, WHAT THE HECK IS THIS? Our second reaction was of course, this is gold, because how couldn\’t it be when its title is \”How A Baby Is Made\”. Danish writer and psychotherapist Per Holm Knudsen first published this gem in 1975 under Piccolo
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Agape Charmani for Art-Sheep Marc Johns is the kind of artist who creates the most imaginatively smart illustrations, in which his characters get involved in the most surreal situations. And while his fans are always more than happy when he shares new work on his blog or his Facebook page, they\’re going to be thrilled
Melissa Faithful for Art-Sheep If you\’re a fan of bookplates then you can\’t but appreciate this series of unique erotic bookplates. These decorative blends of details are often found on the inside front cover of books, to indicate the book\’s owner. We\’ve gathered a collection of vintage bookplates that features erotic ex libris (\”from/out of
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Anna Randal for Art-Sheep Apart from their unique personalities and extravagant lives, most of artists shared a common passion, the passion for cats. Alison Nastasia gathered for the first time, a collection of behind-the scenes stories of more than 50 famous artists and their furry friends. The compilation is all included in a book
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