the original version of the poem published in 1668 online!

redotting this for myself

Quoted: Jhumpa Lahiri will visit Seattle May 14-15 for the 2007 Seattle Reads series.

redotted from : shiwani

love it!

Quoted: Very, very interesting -- compares two versions of Richard Scarry's Best Word Book ever. I read this, I bet you did too ... thanks toloudis!

redotted from : derek

need to check out - heard it's a great book (and short!)

Quoted: Amazon.com: The Little Prince: Books: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,Richard Howard by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,Richard Howard

so finished reading this collection and was/am very disappointed. the art work is amazing. but the work seems more like random ramblings - especially the second half.

the first half introduced interesting characters with hopes of a plot / storyline, but as the book progresses it seems it's more about the art / layout of the page then moving the story anywhere interesting.

in case you don't know who ashley wood is here are some links:
http://www.ashleywoodartist.com/
http://ashleybambaland.blogspot.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Wood

love love love this cover. it's just so simple and brilliant.

Designer: John Gall
title: A General Theory of Love
author: Thomas Lewis
publisher: Vintage, 2001

Quoted: Covers is a blog dedicated to the appreciation of brilliant book cover design.

love the cover.

Designer: Rodrigo Corral
title: Bush on the Couch
author: Justin A. Frank
publisher: Regan Books, 2004

Quoted: Covers is a blog dedicated to the appreciation of brilliant book cover design.

very cool site bout book cover design - i especially like this one (shown in thumbnail).

Quoted: Covers is a blog dedicated to the appreciation of brilliant book cover design.

read volume 1 - 3 of the goon. it's an interesting comic series which mixes comedy, action, horror, crime all into one.

if you're a comic geek think - hellboy + sin city + daffy duck. okay maybe not daffy duck, but you get the idea.

the main characters are Goon and his right hand fella Franky. they work for a mob leader whose in hiding. the only other mob / gang in this town is a gang of zombies lead by the zombie priest (yeah - another comic book with zombies). what makes this series so interesting are the following.

1. story - pretty darn good. especially the origin of goon.
2. creative characters - they have octopus flying from massive balloons - that's pretty darn cool. they also have a character called the buzzard which needs to eat the dead in order to survive.
3. random silliness which breaks up the serious, scary bits of the comic series. (they have random orangutans which bursts into flame)

for these and other reasons i'd give it a read. here's what wikipedia had to say :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon