"But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more." 🧜♀️ The tale of The Little Mermaid...
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During the Middle Ages, many monks manually copied ancient books so they could be passed on to future generations. Over...
When people speak of "potentially-deadly books", they usually refer to the radical or controversial ideas they contain, but in thw...
We are in Yangzhou. The Chinese city is known for its graceful arched bridges, proximity to the Yangtze River and...
In September, a fleet of secure vehicles will come to a 17th-century building in Antwerp, Belgium, to receive a heavily...
If recently you’ve been to a wedding, probably you’ve been handed a wedding program upon your arrival, featuring photographs of...
Regular visitors to libraries may be missing the the welcoming atmosphere, the smell of old books, and wandering around quiet...
Between 1227 and 1235, the Inquisition against witches and heretics was established with a series of papal decrees: Pope Innocent's...
Thomas Bowdler, a doctor and philanthropist, popular to be the man who took all the naughty bits out of Shakespeare,...
Perched on a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea, the beautiful city of Venice evokes countless quaint aquatic images, from gondolas...
People often vaguely refer to “the middle of nowhere,” but as it turns out, scientists have actually figured out precisely...
No children’s books has captured hearts quite like of these of Beatrix Potter, the beloved author inspired by flora and...
The Middle Ages is certainly not an era devoid of mysteries and strange symbolism, but the Codex Gigas is a...
In the middle ages, creating a book wasn’t easy, and could take years: a scribe would bend over his copy...
Today it’s only a village hidden in the desert of Mauritania, which with its sands inexorably advances to the south,...
The Livraria Lello of Porto, opened in 1906, is one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world, and hides...
Bécherel is an ancient medieval village famous in the world for the average bookshops per capita, which reaches the incredible...
The Prague National Library was opened in 1722, and still today is one of the most beautiful libraries of all...
