The Library of Congress is devoted to making knowledge available to everyone. It pays to print popular magazines, including Playboy, in Braille. read more The Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale University used to allow stressed-out students to borrow a therapy dog, a border terrier mix, for 30 minutes of companionship. read more The lions outside the New York Public Library's main entrance are named as Patience and Fortitude. read more The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is the most-translated French book in the world, available in over 300 languages. read more The longest English word without a traditional vowel (a, e, i, o, u) is 'rhythms'. read more The longest sentence ever printed is found in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. It is 823 words, 2 and 1/2 page long. read more The M6 Toll Road (A Motorway in England) was built upon 2.5 million pulped copies of Mills and Boon romance novels. read more The mass-market paperback is a small, usually non-illustrated, inexpensive bookbinding format. Printed on relatively low-quality paper, they are commonly released after the hardback edition and often sold not only at bookstores, but also at airports, drugstores, and supermarkets. read more The Monster in Frankenstein is not named Frankenstein. In fact it has no name, but Mary Shelley once referred to him as "Adam". read more The Morgan Library & Museum located in Manhattan, New York City is one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. You can learn a piece of its history from the equally beautiful novel The Personal Librarian, written by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. read more The most expensive book ever sold was Leonardo da Vinci’s 72-page manuscript, Codex Leicester, which was bought by Bill Gates in 1994 for $30.8 million (equivalent to today’s $54.4 million). read more The most famous Christmas story of all time is Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. read more «« « 31 32 33 34 35 » »»
The Library of Congress is devoted to making knowledge available to everyone. It pays to print popular magazines, including Playboy, in Braille. read more
The Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale University used to allow stressed-out students to borrow a therapy dog, a border terrier mix, for 30 minutes of companionship. read more
The lions outside the New York Public Library's main entrance are named as Patience and Fortitude. read more
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is the most-translated French book in the world, available in over 300 languages. read more
The longest sentence ever printed is found in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. It is 823 words, 2 and 1/2 page long. read more
The M6 Toll Road (A Motorway in England) was built upon 2.5 million pulped copies of Mills and Boon romance novels. read more
The mass-market paperback is a small, usually non-illustrated, inexpensive bookbinding format. Printed on relatively low-quality paper, they are commonly released after the hardback edition and often sold not only at bookstores, but also at airports, drugstores, and supermarkets. read more
The Monster in Frankenstein is not named Frankenstein. In fact it has no name, but Mary Shelley once referred to him as "Adam". read more
The Morgan Library & Museum located in Manhattan, New York City is one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. You can learn a piece of its history from the equally beautiful novel The Personal Librarian, written by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. read more
The most expensive book ever sold was Leonardo da Vinci’s 72-page manuscript, Codex Leicester, which was bought by Bill Gates in 1994 for $30.8 million (equivalent to today’s $54.4 million). read more
The most famous Christmas story of all time is Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. read more
