Books
I fear I may be spending the next several days reading every single entry on the fascinating “photography and books” blog 5B4. It looks to be the perfect storm of subject (photography and books), format (frequently updated and informed personal blog) and style (eloquent, somewhat casual, without fear of running long). And the author, Jeff [...]
Architecture of Authority
“The Architecture of Authority, illustrates how the physical spaces of prison, the police station, confessional, and even school force us to negotiate with these institutions for our autonomy and, in some cases, our freedom.”
(tags: architecture books authority design photography )
Anansi Boys is full of interesting characters and quotable lines. Here’s one of my favorite lines, given to Maeve Livingstone as she grows accustomed to the irrefutable fact that she is dead:
Ah well, she thought, being dead is probably just like everything else in life: you pick up some of it as you go along, [...]
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At this moment he noticed what seemed to be a damp, evil-smelling substance oozing under the door and into his office. A tremor ran down the treasurer’s spine. Suddenly a clock began to strike midnight and even this made him shudder. But his heart sank completely when he heard [...]
Jesse Andrews has updated his awesome Book Burro extension for Firefox to include library lookups in addition to price comparisons. I sent him an email two days ago asking that the Seattle Public Library be added to the list of available libraries, and today he let me know that SPL has been added. And it [...]
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