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My new essay about Samuel Johnson I am unashamed to call him a great man, to say that he is my hero. I can never write of him without strong feeling. by Karen Swallow Prior and Henry Oliver https://ka…
Forgotten Mozart notebook reveals how a young woman learned to compose The notebook preserves something that composer-centred histories often miss: the musical work taking place around Mozart, in this…
Government records are part of the public record, but digital information can be difficult to preserve, find, and use. The Internet Archive has received an IMLS grant to develop ATLAS, a national prog…
“Digital ghosts” are traces of online life that evolve, disappear or behave unpredictably. How can we make these fleeting traces visible? The upcoming webinar, CARTA Presents: “DIGITAL GHOSTS - ACCESS…
@RosaCtrl Agree and read the book instead...
Why Willa Cather Is America’s Most Underrated Storyteller The renowned author built her career telling stories about the people who carved a life for themselves in the brutal landscape of the Great Pl…
Stop adapting Jane Austen! Five other 18th-century writers perfect for the screen From Eliza Haywood to Anne Radcliffe, there are other great 18-century writers whose work would be great on screen. by…
Worth a Thousand Words: The Literary Map Painting Collection by: Julie Stoner https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/09/worth-a-thousand-words-the-literary-map-painting-collection/ Books about Cartography at…
What Is the Pawpaw? North America's Lost Fruit The pawpaw fruit was a favorite of George Washington. It helped save the lives of the Lewis and Clark expedition. And it tastes sort of like a mango-bana…
@JeroenBaten I’m afraid not, still under copyright law protection
Why the places we love in books can never quite be found in real life by Rebecca Hutcheon From Hardy’s Wessex to Brontë country, literary tourists may be chasing places that never quite existed as the…
UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines by Ian…
📚 What happens when a library doesn’t just preserve knowledge, but gives people the tools to use it, build with it & participate in creating what comes next? Find out at Democracy’s Library: Tools for…
@JeroenBaten Thanks for sharing!
10 Classic Films That Defined the Sci-Fi Genre’s History From A Trip to the Moon to Godzilla, these ten films showcase the evolution and impact of sci-fi cinema throughout the decades. https://www.the…
To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, scientists burn their own Researchers fabricated a carbonized papyrus scroll, virtually reading its leaded ink via X-ray tomography. This proves lead improves re…
"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;..." Opening lines #OTD in 1819. After walking along the River Itchen in Hampshire, England, the 24-year-old poet John …
📖 There’s still time to support the Internet Archive and Better World Books “For the Love of Books” campaign! 📖 Join us through October 31, 2026, by donating to the Internet Archive to support literac…
The Extraordinary Story Of Manfred Von Richthofen, The ‘Red Baron’ Of World War I Between September 1916 and April 1918, the "Red Baron" shot down 80 enemy planes, making him the top flying ace of Wor…
Scientists Studied 185,896 Miles of Roman Roads—and That’s Still the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ After developing the biggest-ever map of Roman roads, a team of archaeologists has found that some of our most…
