Libraries give us Power Books make us Free by Mina Bach
A celebration of the public library system, reading and books.
150 x 240mm, 140 pages, hand bound.
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Libraries give us Power Books make us Free by Mina Bach
A celebration of the public library system, reading and books.
150 x 240mm, 140 pages, hand bound.
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plastic surgery: The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
tattoos: In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
haircuts: Sweeney Todd (multiple authors)
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Laura Hillenbrand
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And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe, despite the callow protestations of certain adults, that books — especially the dark and dangerous ones — will save them.
As a child, I read because books – violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not – were the most loving and trustworthy things in my life. I read widely, and loved plenty of the classics so, yes, I recognized the domestic terrors faced by Louisa May Alcott’s March sisters. But I became the kid chased by werewolves, vampires, and evil clowns in Stephen King’s books. I read books about monsters and monstrous things, often written with monstrous language, because they taught me how to battle the real monsters in my life.
And now I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don’t write to protect them. It’s far too late for that. I write to give them weapons — in the form of words and ideas — that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.
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Sculpture inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island | Scotland’s Secret Book Sculptures
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Source: theuntoldtalesLovely poems Waterstones!
the last one, i’m dying
The perfect end to Valentine’s Day. God bless you Waterstones.
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