#Books

I love to slip lots of tiny details into my book illustrations for kids to spot. The scientists’ lab in Míp is covered in newspaper clippings of UFO sightings, blueprints
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Just remembering some of the best things children said to me when I was a bookseller. A thread. Young girl: Do you really need to wear those glasses, or are
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If you think “pirating” e-books is “morally bankrupt” come over here and let me slap the privilege out of you. I thought about writing a thread why piracy almost singlehandedly
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A thread of books read in 2020. I managed to read 53 books. You can find some legal non fiction, philosophy, biographies, memoirs, economics, political theory and a little bit
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Proposing academic books to presses. A note on the "Competing Titles" section. #AcademicChatterForemost, you should list several books published AT LEAST in the last decade.That said, what is the section
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Now for the elephant in the room. I wasn't going to discuss these but I will before anyone asks me "what do you think of...?" Enid Blyton, Hugh Lofting (Dolittle)
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Thread of best books of 2020 lists! This year has been challenging to say the least, but there certainly was no shortage of great literature. We love yearly wrap-ups,
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I’m not a “part” of literary Twitter since I’m just a weird musician from Wisconsin, but vicariously following the posts and recommendations of the authors in that community on this
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John Kerry's maternal grandfather James Forbes was born in Shanghai; his family made a fortune from the Opium Trade. Indian (Parsi, Iranians who moved to India) companies were also deeply
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Do you believe that we had some senior advocates in Supreme Court who had no house, no office, no books, no car, no phone and no clerk. Yet they had
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During quarantine I spent a lot of time reading Palestinian writing. And I prayed for the humility to hear truths that were sometimes hard to swallow. Since I enjoy an
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Just finished Atomic Habits by @JamesClear. Red post its are female examples of productivity/success/research, the rest are male. If these atomic habits are applicable for everyone - Clear says we
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Princeton University Press is having their yearly summer sale with 50% off and free shipping on most of their books. I wanted to shout out a few of my favorites.https://press.princeton.edu/ 
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“covers” for digital books are a skeuomorph. the function of a book cover was formerly to protect soft pages inside. digital books have no pages, yet the need to curate
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5 Lessons From Naval Ravikant (@Naval) That Will Change Your Life:/*THREAD*/ 1. Books Can Be Abandoned In The Middle:Flip through different parts of books, see what grabs your attention. Cherish
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For those future furry/and not furry artists, keep in your mind that there is a lot of ridiculous envy in this world, and you should never hear another ''artist'' telling
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