The progressive advocacy group MoveOn is launching a Banned Bookmobile, a school bus filled with frequently challenged titles, such as The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and Looking for Alaska by John Green, to support those who are fighting efforts to limit what Americans can read. read more The pronunciation of Pulitzer is “pull it sir.” read more The record for most people balancing books on their heads at the same place and time is 998 in North Sydney, Australia, in 2012. read more The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, located in the city center of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. Founded in 1837 by 43 Portuguese immigrants, the Cabinet has the largest collection of Portuguese literature outside Portugal. read more The Seattle Central Library, an 11-story glass and steel building located in downtown Seattle, Washington, is one of the top architectural wonders in the world. read more The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every letter in the alphabet. read more The slowest-selling book of all time is the Oxford University Press translation of the New Testament from Coptic to Latin. In 1716, five hundred copies were printed, and it took until 1907 for the last copy to sell. That’s 1 copy sold every 4.5 months. read more The Tale of Peter Rabbit was initially rejected by six publishers, because the author Beatrix Potter was insistent that the book be small enough for a child to hold. So in 1901 Potter used her personal savings to print 250 copies (self publishing). It has now sold 45 million. read more The tale of Sun Tzu and the Concubines read more The term “genetic engineering” was first coined by science fiction author Jack Williamson in his 1951 novel, Dragon’s Island. read more The Top 3 most read books in the world: The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao, and Harry Potter. read more The word ‘bookworm’ literally means insects who live in and eat books. read more «« « 33 34 35 36 37 » »»
The progressive advocacy group MoveOn is launching a Banned Bookmobile, a school bus filled with frequently challenged titles, such as The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and Looking for Alaska by John Green, to support those who are fighting efforts to limit what Americans can read. read more
The record for most people balancing books on their heads at the same place and time is 998 in North Sydney, Australia, in 2012. read more
The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, located in the city center of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. Founded in 1837 by 43 Portuguese immigrants, the Cabinet has the largest collection of Portuguese literature outside Portugal. read more
The Seattle Central Library, an 11-story glass and steel building located in downtown Seattle, Washington, is one of the top architectural wonders in the world. read more
The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every letter in the alphabet. read more
The slowest-selling book of all time is the Oxford University Press translation of the New Testament from Coptic to Latin. In 1716, five hundred copies were printed, and it took until 1907 for the last copy to sell. That’s 1 copy sold every 4.5 months. read more
The Tale of Peter Rabbit was initially rejected by six publishers, because the author Beatrix Potter was insistent that the book be small enough for a child to hold. So in 1901 Potter used her personal savings to print 250 copies (self publishing). It has now sold 45 million. read more
The term “genetic engineering” was first coined by science fiction author Jack Williamson in his 1951 novel, Dragon’s Island. read more
The Top 3 most read books in the world: The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao, and Harry Potter. read more
