Category: books

  • Bookends: North to Alaska – Skaguay News Depot & Books

    Bookends: North to Alaska – Skaguay News Depot & Books

    We have a soft spot for books and make a point of visiting bookstores wherever we travel. In this two-part series, we visit two very different bookstores—contrasting in location, stock, and longevity—but both sit squarely in the flow of tourist traffic. Here, we focus on Skaguay News Depot & Books, an independent shop in Skagway,

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  • Borrowing books from Bibliothèque Forney, Paris

    Borrowing books from Bibliothèque Forney, Paris

    This is the last of a series of 4 posts on public libraries, three of which are situated in Europe and one in Australia. Click to read the earlier posts, here, here and here. Enjoy a secular song from the late Medieval period, while browsing. While staying in Paris for an extended period, we stumbled

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  • Wandering into The Biennale Library in Venice

    Wandering into The Biennale Library in Venice

    This is the third post in a series on public libraries that we came across during our travels. The public libraries in the earlier posts are in Stuttgart and Melbourne. Let’s start with some music. We and IT visited Venice for the 60th Biennale Arte, which runs from April to November 2024 (since its inception

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  • Exploring the State Library of Victoria: A Melbourne Institute

    Exploring the State Library of Victoria: A Melbourne Institute

    This is the second of a series of 4 posts on public libraries, three of the libraries are situated in Europe and this one is in Australia. Like some music to accompany you ? During our 10-day stay in Melbourne, we often found ourselves drawn to the State Library of Victoria, just a short two-block

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