Strasbourg’s Obscurae Bookstore of the Strange Closes its Doors and Offers Book Sales

Strasbourg’s Obscurae Bookstore of the Strange Closes its Doors and Offers Book Sales

Home / Local news / Strasbourg: Obscurae, the bookstore of the strange, is already closing its doors Info locale Just one year after its opening, the bookstore of the strange Obscurae, located at 10 rue Munch, closed shop. At issue: a complicated economic reality. To help the manager empty his stocks, he invites us, via … Read more

Impact of Tax Evasion and Wealth Perception on Italian Society

Impact of Tax Evasion and Wealth Perception on Italian Society

Dear Aldo, undoubtedly there are families who struggle to make ends meet and do somersaults with dignity, but I can’t understand how the majority of Italians declare incomes of less than 55,000 euros and during the Christmas holidays there can be a full house in the mountains despite the high costs of ski passes, hotels … Read more

Santa Brígida Municipality Promotes Street Libraries and Book Exchange to Foster Reading and Culture

Santa Brígida Municipality Promotes Street Libraries and Book Exchange to Foster Reading and Culture

The streets of the Satauteño municipality have small street libraries, book houses that seek to promote access to reading and exchange of copies between regulars and new readers. «The idea is to generate a network of readers; that neighbors share books that they liked and remove a title that catches their attention,” says Avelina Fernández … Read more

Blackpool Library Recovers Book Last Stamped in 1978 After 45 Years Overdue

Blackpool Library Recovers Book Last Stamped in 1978 After 45 Years Overdue

Blackpool LibrariesThe book last stamped in 1978 NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 17:07 A library in Blackpool, England has recovered a book that was 45 years overdue. The woman who owned it all those years apologized and jokingly said she was “a little late.” The woman borrowed the book, a study of the British Lord of the Rings-writer … Read more

The Move Begins: Ducks Library to be Named after Literary Group Cántico

The Move Begins: Ducks Library to be Named after Literary Group Cántico

The move begins in Ducks Librarywhich will be named after the literary group Cántico. Next Monday, October 23, the first box of books will be opened that they begin to be placed on the shelves of this equipment and it will be done during an event which the president of the Junta de Andalucía is … Read more

Novak Djokovic’s Extraordinary US Open Victory and Controversial Celebration

Novak Djokovic’s Extraordinary US Open Victory and Controversial Celebration

Dear Aldo, 24 Slams. Novak Djokovic played an extraordinary US Open final. Dominating, knowing how to suffer in the 2nd set and then spreading in the 3rd set. 6-3 7-6 6-3 to Daniil Medvedev. Reached Margaret Court, who won her 24th in Ny in 1973. Infinite champion! The Serbian “hammer”, however, should have avoided making … Read more

119 Year Old Book Returned to Library: A Record-Breaking Rental Period

119 Year Old Book Returned to Library: A Record-Breaking Rental Period

Have you ever borrowed a book and forgotten to return it on time? You can hardly top this rental period. The scientific work “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” was checked out from a library on February 14, 1904 – and only now returned, according to the Associated Press (AP) news agency. The New Bedford Free … Read more

“Michela Murgia’s Controversial Comments on Cancer and Politics: Reader Reactions and Reflections”

Dear Aldo, the Murgia works very hard to appear outside the pack, makes deliberately extreme statements, takes pleasure in scandalizing with the arrogance typical of the counter-current role it practices. I found it unacceptable to talk about cancer as a very kind disease. And I sympathize with cancer patients who will have read this ridiculous … Read more

Public Libraries: Recovering Influx of Users Post-Pandemic

If we talk about book day, in addition to bookstores, there are other spaces that come to mind: public libraries. In the area, they have had to adapt to the pandemic and its restrictions, but now that normality has returned, the influx of users is gradually recovering and in some cases, even increasing it. In … Read more