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desimonewayland

Personification of two-faced Mendacity in an engraving of The worldly fool [Stultus mundanus] by Hendrick Goltzius.

Print made 1575 - 1581

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Il silenzio dei bibliotecari

#biblionoia #rarebooks

gangler

Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

mackasaurussex

Okay but…if someone wants to take me on a date to a Barnes and noble and get me dinner and a drink and then let me peruse the stacks like I’m not saying no. A sandwich, a beer, and 2-5 books on various topics I hope I’ll someday read about? Good night.

silvysartfulness

The Swedish equivalent of Blockbuster is now best known for its candy, snacks and sodas.

thestraggletag

This is El Ateneo Grand Splendid, an old theatre turned bookstore in Buenos Aires:

The stage itself was turned into a cafe:

You can’t even begin to comprehend the massive amounts of money this place makes, despite the fact that they turned the theatre boxes into reading nooks like this: