Reads tagged with “omnibus”

7 Essential Books on Street Art

What Japan’s manhole covers have to do with Brazil’s favelas and the timeless tradition of Arabic calligraphy.

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Comic Books for Grown-Ups: 10 Masterpieces of Graphic Nonfiction

Seeing the world in six-panel strips, or what Allen Ginsberg has to do with the wonders of zygotes.

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7 (More) Little-Known Children’s Books by Celebrated Authors of Literature for Grownups

What a magical car engine has to do with social justice, a parrot named Arturo and the history of jazz.

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7 Celebrations of Nelson Mandela

What Apartheid has to do with Victorian poetry and using peace as a weapon of mass reconstruction.

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Before Walt Disney: 5 Animations by Early Cinema Pioneers

What a shape-shifting egg has to do with racehorses and the science of facial expressions.

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Digital Humanities Spotlight: 7 Important Digitization Projects

From Darwin’s marginalia to Voltaire’s correspondence, or what Dalí’s controversial World’s Fair pavilion has to do with digital myopia.

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10 Essential Books on Typography

What Arab culture has to do with industrial ideals, midcentury design and Victorian hand-lettering.

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7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

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7 Fundamental Meditations on Faith

What the magician Penn Gillette has to do with a ring of earth 700 miles north of the equator.

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7 Essential Books on Optimism

What the love of honey has to do with ancient wisdom, our capacity for hope, and the future of technology.

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Reads tagged with “omnibus”

What Japan’s manhole covers have to do with Brazil’s favelas and the timeless tradition of Arabic calligraphy.

Seeing the world in six-panel strips, or what Allen Ginsberg has to do with the wonders of zygotes.

What a magical car engine has to do with social justice, a parrot named Arturo and the history of jazz.

What Apartheid has to do with Victorian poetry and using peace as a weapon of mass reconstruction.

What a shape-shifting egg has to do with racehorses and the science of facial expressions.

From Darwin’s marginalia to Voltaire’s correspondence, or what Dalí’s controversial World’s Fair pavilion has to do with digital myopia.

What Arab culture has to do with industrial ideals, midcentury design and Victorian hand-lettering.

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

What the magician Penn Gillette has to do with a ring of earth 700 miles north of the equator.

What the love of honey has to do with ancient wisdom, our capacity for hope, and the future of technology.

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