Book People
It was 1895, and it was then that Edward Sheriff Curtis took his first portraits of a Native American. The princess was Kikisoblu, the eldest daughter of Chief Sealth, for whom Seattle is named.
Where others see an empty bookcase, Thatcher Wine sees a blank canvas. Wine, who runs Juniper Books in Boulder, Colorado, creates custom-designed book jackets.
Serendipity Books in Berkeley, California, housed hundreds of thousands of books in its heyday.
Four years ago the Empire Marketing Board wasn’t in existence, now, you can go nowhere without being reminded of its influence,” wrote an unidentified female correspondent.
William Safire was a man of many careers: Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist, presidential speechwriter, reporter, public relations executive, novelist, lexicographer, and philanthropist—all of which
The closed stacks are neither warm nor particularly well lit. In fact, it’s eerie in here, especially since I have no way to get out.
Standing on a small hill overlooking Dunkard Creek, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon aligned their latest survey post “and heaped around it Earth and Stone three yards and a half diameter at the Bo
The Cat’s Pyjamas: Cats in Culture and Society two-day conference will be held at Senate House Library May 25-
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Georgia Brown at the University of Wisconsin - Mi
Nearly two centures after his death, the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe is in the running to win the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
