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Five Books

Posted on June 23, 2017 by cynmackley

Get a recommendation for the best five books on any subject.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged book recommendation, books, reading, what should I read nextLeave a comment

The Aaron Copland Collection

Posted on June 15, 2017 by cynmackley

Celebrating the centennial of the birth of the American composer Aaron Copland the multi-format collection includes approximately 400,000 items.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged aaron copland, awards, books, composer, correspondence, diaries, manuscript and printed music, motion pictures, music, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, programs, scrapbooks, sound recordings, writings1 Comment

Scottish Chapbooks

Posted on June 7, 2017 by cynmackley

The purpose of this project is to make the library’s collection of Scottish chapbooks accessible to historians and to digital humanities students.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged books, History, reading, scottish chapbooks, University of Guelph1 Comment

Project Alexandria

Posted on May 17, 2017January 7, 2018 by cynmackley

This site allows you to explore over a million books using a dynamic interface to help you find your next book to read.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged book recommendation, book search, books, reading1 Comment

Historical Book Images

Posted on May 3, 2017 by cynmackley

Random images from the Internet Archive's Flickr collection of pages of old books.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged books, History, literature, readingLeave a comment

What’s On? Magical Books

Posted on April 15, 2017 by cynmackley

The University of Oxford online exhibit of magical books that range from the middle ages to middle earth.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged Alan Garner, artifacts, books, C.S. Lewis, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, middle ages, Middle Earth, Oxford School, Phillip Pullman, Susan CooperLeave a comment

Treasures of the McDonald Collection

Posted on March 14, 2017 by cynmackley

A virtual tour of the Oregon State University's rare book and manuscript collections.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged books, History, mary mcdonald, oregon state university, rare book, rare manuscript, readingLeave a comment

Transcribe Bentham

Posted on February 23, 2017 by cynmackley

University College London's Bentham Project is a multi-award-winning crowdsourced manuscript transcription project.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged books, crowdsourcing, Jeremy Bentham, papers, transcriptionLeave a comment

Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Posted on February 4, 2017 by cynmackley

A talk show about science fiction, fantasy, and geekery of all kinds.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged books, fantasy, geek, geek chic, geek news, interviews, reading, science fictionLeave a comment

Reading Europe

Posted on January 28, 2017 by cynmackley

Get a glimpse of European culture through books! This site offers a rare opportunity to view some of the hidden gems from the national libraries of Europe.

Posted in Cool SitesTagged books, culture, european libraries, History, libraries, library, literatureLeave a comment

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