Your knowledge of the Old Testament will be sorely tested in today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. For each question, you'll be given the names of two Biblical figures. You must decide which one is also the name of b...

AbeBooks asked their booksellers to reveal what items they have found inside the books that pass through their hands.  They reported ma...  ...o and left a large book collection with many fine books , much of which wound up in my inventory. The rema...  ...of which wound up...

The blog Women, Snakes and Stalkers features South Asian book covers from the University of Chicago's Regenstein library. This commercial art is very much worth preserving and sharing! http://www.womensnakesandstalkers...

I remember my favorite books from when I was a kid, and none of them covered s...  ...rangest, funniest, and most disturbing children's books ever.I remember reading The House That Jack Built...

AbeBooks (U.K.) has a Weird Book Room, which they...  ...ything that's bizarre, odd and downright weird in books . We now have 101 crazy and strange titles about e...  ...emblage is slightly different from the well-known Bookseller /Diagram Prize, which is awarded annually to the b...

The task for the architecture students from Trondh...  ...with the surrounding environment,  with room for books , a computer, and 42 students of different ages....

In a three-part post. you'll see dozens of bea...  ...f beautiful illustrations from Iranian children's books of the past few decades. These works of art were...

Mary and Holly are Michigan librarians who are...  ...into "weeding," meaning they strive to keep their books relevant and "weed" out dated, damaged, and just...  ...er-based blog from library-goers all over. These books are just odd, outdated or maybe should be reconsi...

What you smell may be a marker for their slow deat...  ...ntify and quantify the substances released by old books . Their report in the journal Analytical Chemis...  ...est that a "sniff test" may be useful to identify books in need of the attention of a conservator. And...  ...or. And how does one desc...

Illustration by Shaun Tan The Book Review has a...  ...w has an annual roundup of the best in children's books from an illustrative point.   Books for kids are crucial for learning the language, a...