Discovered this book on Twitter (in the good old days) and gave it as a present to mum, who’s a calligrapher. We both love medieval manuscripts and can assure you this book is not just for kids, and you can read it more than once 😁
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tinebeest rated The Mushroom at the End of the World: 5 stars
The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom …
tinebeest rated The China hands: 3 stars
tinebeest reviewed Brother Hugo and the bear by Katy Beebe
After painstakingly crafting a new copy of a destroyed library book, a monk tries to …
Nice introduction to medieval manuscripts for young (and old)
4 stars
tinebeest finished reading The China hands by E. J. Kahn
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tinebeest quoted Brother Hugo and the bear by Katy Beebe
After painstakingly crafting a new copy of a destroyed library book, a monk tries to …
…once a bear has a taste of letters, his love for books grows much the more.
tinebeest finished reading Brother Hugo and the bear by Katy Beebe
After painstakingly crafting a new copy of a destroyed library book, a monk tries to …
tinebeest finished reading The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
The World of Yesterday: Memoires of a European (German title Die Welt von Gestern: Erinnerungen …
Incredibly good read, personal but thorough analysis of the times he lives in. A sense of recognition of those emotions and feelings echoes across the chasm of time (and WWII) separating us from Zweig. He is not an objective (or accurate?) reporter but he captures the mood.
tinebeest rated The World of Yesterday: 5 stars
Stefan Zweig: The World of Yesterday (Dutch language, 2016)
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
The World of Yesterday: Memoires of a European (German title Die Welt von Gestern: Erinnerungen eines Europäers) is the memoir …
tinebeest started reading The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig: The World of Yesterday (Dutch language, 2016)
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
The World of Yesterday: Memoires of a European (German title Die Welt von Gestern: Erinnerungen eines Europäers) is the memoir …
tinebeest finished reading The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom …
tinebeest rated The War of Art: 4 stars
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
A succinct, engaging, and practical guide for succeeding in any creative sphere, "The War of Art" is nothing less than …
tinebeest rated The Ghost Festival in Medieval China: 5 stars
tinebeest finished reading The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
A succinct, engaging, and practical guide for succeeding in any creative sphere, "The War of Art" is nothing less than …