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conservethis · 8 months

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SOMETIMES A BOOK IS TOO BIG!! THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES!

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#original content #book too big #books #big books #library #library stuff #libraries

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riesenfeldcenter · 17 days

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Happy Solar Eclipse day! 🌑🌒🌞

Here is our copy of the 4th edition, volume 1, of Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language (1773) and Johnson's definitions of "eclipse" and "ecliptick." This is one of our larger books, which is especially evident next to our smallest book (The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy).

ECLI'PSE. n.

1. An obscuration of the luminaries of heaven; the sun is eclipsed by the intervention of the moon; the moon by the interposition of the earth. The word originally signifies departure from a place, to which Milton alludes.

2. Darkness; obscuration.

To ECLI'PSE v. a. [from the noun]

To darken a luminary.

To extinguish; to put out.

To cloud; to obscure.

To disgrace.

You might spot some words you don't know within eclipse's surrounding entries. A new one to me was "eclegma," "A form of medicine made by the incorporation of oils with syrups, and which is to be taken upon a liquorice stick."

#riesenfeld center #umn #university of minnesota law #university of minnesota law library #rare books #umn law #archives #special collections #law school #old books #dictionary #reference books #eclipse #solar eclipse #big books

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the---hermit · 1 year

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The Priory Of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

I gave a few updates while I was reading the book in daily posts as well as in this ask and this post. It's a pretty long book and I felt a lot of feelings and I will definitely forget about mentioning some stuff, but I really want to talk about it for a bit now that I finally finished it.

This book is an amazing epic fantasy story that takes place in a world divided in two main continents, east and west, that are not only separated by a great sea but also by very different cultures and religions. The east worships dragons as gods, while the west fears them like monsters. We are following differnt characters scattered across this world, and eventually we learn a bit about the history, cultures and myths of these places. In the west a queen needs to have a child to continue her line and keep her reign safe, while being in constant danger for her life. In the east a young woman is trying her best to become a dragonrider, and an exiled alchemistis is trying to discover the secret of immortality in hopes of seeing his homeland one more time.

This is incredibly reductive, but it gives you a base about the story. The world-building of this novel is incredible, you can tell the author had very clearly in mind the history of these places as well as their customs and traditions. There's definitely some historical/mythological inspiration, the main one being the myth of saint George and the dragon, and I adored this particular take on the myth. There's so much detail put into this work, while you see different characters and regions you can perfectly picture the landscapes, the colours, the smells you'd find if you were there too. The characters are complicated, they are all trying their best according to their own values and beliefs. I went into this novel knowing very little, I knew there were two main regions, drangons and some queer representation. I had a great time with the book knowing this little, and so I would recommend going into it without knowing much. The size of the book can seem intimidating, it surely was for me, but once I started reading this I couldn't stop. The writing is absolutely amazing, and the author did a great job at making everyone clear to remember about, I could tell the characters apart pretty quickly, and didn't have any problems with the switch of perspective. I never felt like the west or east chapters were more interesting that the other, I wanted to know everything about everyone all of the time. I cannot wait for the prequel to be published here as well. This is apparently my year of fantasy reading and I am very happy about being back into a genre that has followed me ever since I can remember and that has never failed to bring me comfort.

I read this book for the high fantasy prompts of both the jumbo reading challenge and the fantasy reading challenge.

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a-book-scarfing-goblin · 2 months

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I just started reading what could be the biggest book I’ve ever read

#bookish #booklr #books #bookworm #books and reading #bookblr #book thoughts #literature #reading #bibliophile #big books

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awesomedurraworld · 8 months

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Hey there a silly wip in the works! 👀

Honestly haven't worked on it in a few days, but thought I should share something new here hehe

What do you think guys? Will you like it if I posted updates on my drawing here? If so let me know 💖

Also I should mention that there are 169 books here I think??? Which is crazy. Most of these books’ titles are real. I just opened Google and handwritten every title I could see, I did alter some titles to make them fit inside the books 😂😭

Tell me what you think 👀

Edit! Silly me, forgot to share the reference I used ( found it on Pinterest )

#edward elric #tiny #baby reading books #My headcanon #Edward has a shelf in the library to sleep in as his escape place growing up #Since the rest of my headcanons suggest that Ed had a very hard childhood #Books #So many of those #art wip #current wip #big books #All of these titles are true #full metal alchemist

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whilereadingandwalking · 5 months

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Can I finish Tale of Genji by the end of the year?? Stay tuned to find out…

#tale of genji #bookstagram #big books #classics #japanese lit #books in translation

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godzilla-reads · 2 years

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📚My Big Book TBR📚

🐺Wolfsong by TJ Klune

🍊The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

🍓Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

🌳The Overstory by Richard Powers

#godzilla reads #wolfsong #tj klune #wolfsong by tj klune #the priory of the orange tree #samantha shannon #anna karenina #leo tolstoy #the overstory #richard powers #big books #reading #booklr #book blog #booklover #bibliophile

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warrior-cats-junk · 28 days

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I don’t even know if this is possible

#wish me luck #gone with the wind #reading #poll #tumblr polls #polls #i’m fucked #to be fair it’s just for fun but I need to #like in my heart #big books #books

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ndpreservation · 9 months

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The Grand Canal

Preservation staff apply spine labels to circulating collections, and over the years we’ve seen many unique and unusual books, some of which required multiple labels. For instance, this accordion book, “Grand Canal'' by Laurent Dequick, illustrates the entire landscape of the Grand Canal located in Venice, Italy. One side shows the west view from the river, and on the flip side is the east view. The book and its box both received a call number label.

#ndpreservation #conservation #accordion book #big books

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victusinveritas · 9 months

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The Klencke Atlas (1660): 1,75 meter tall, and 1,9 meter wide.

#maps #atlas #books #big books

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co-u-ch · 2 years

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Here's my current read!!

It's 1007pgs long so it'll be the biggest book I've read yet!!

So far my favorite pov is Kaladin and my least favorite is Adolin and Dalinar

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thisdoesntseamright · 8 months

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trying to summon the motivation to restart (again)

#bookworm #books and reading #books #book #booklr #bookblr #books and literature #booksbooksbooks #a suitable boy #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #idk how to tag this #idk #big books

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topshelf2112-blog · 4 months

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I misplaced this monster today. I maintain that this is not, in fact, a sign of too many books, but a lack of the library space I deserve 😂

#big books

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the---hermit · 2 years

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I did it. I am done with this fucking brick of a book. I will soon post a review, but I have to organize my thoughts first, cause there's a lot. I still cannot believe it's done, I'll need approximately six months to get over this.