A new library allows readers to borrow people for a 30-minute chat. Here's the experience of one man who offered himself as a human book picked by davethefish 6 months ago

Steve Harwood likes to talk to famous people. Famous people are less keen and so retaliate. Luckily on each and every occasion a photographer has been there to capture the exact moment of pugnacity. picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

Miniture people invade the streets of London.

But is it Art? picked by brightoncub 2 years ago

Any librarian who has pulled a tour of duty on the circulation desk of a public library has a few tales to tell about the curious objects people use, and then forget to remove, as bookmarks.
I hear those library tours of duty can be rough. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

Out of some 14 million prints, photographs and other visual materials at the Library of Congress, more than 3,000 photos are being made available on our new Flickr page. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

This isn't the typical whispering you might expect to hear at a library. Vienna's City Hall has launched a ``sex hotline'' to raise money for the capital's main public library. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

I work at a library. I wish I could find this surprising. Maybe he was just "googling" himself. picked by arsphidius 6 months ago

"Knowing what’s best for poor people" and "Standing still at concerts" are just 2 of the things that White People Like. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker's library. You exit the austere parlor of his New England home and pass through a hallway into the bibliographic equivalent of a Disney ride. picked by Nateebiinature 3 days ago

A convicted child rapist who was released by a judge even though prosecutors said he was likely to strike again has been charged with raping a 6-year-old boy at a library.

The braindead tag is for the judge who released the barsteward. picked by bevissimo 8 months ago

An exhibition called "Dialogue in the Dark 2007 Tokyo" is the place where sighted people are guided by blind people through several specially constructed darkened rooms to help dicover the unseen. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

STORED in a sky-lit reading room in Naples are the charred remains of the only library to survive from antiquity. The ancient world's other great book collections -- at Athens, Alexandria and Rome -- all perished in the chaos of the centuries. But the library of the Villa of the Papyri was conserved, paradoxically, by an act of destruction. picked by BernardBlack 2 months ago

So she checks them out and is "horrified" and will not return them. I say us Plimers create a collective fund to buy the library another TEN copies! THINK of the publicity!! picked by moe 1 year ago

Short people should pray for a return to the Seventies fashion of stack heels, for the power of jealousy depends on how tall you are. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

This video is a compilation of people getting owned.

Get a good laugh out of this. picked by muppetmaker 9 months ago

Perma Karpo Library represents a good example of how a green design should be. It features: ventilated Trombe Walls, solar panels (for electrical power), wool insulation (for isolation and acoustics), a Mud roof and timber paneling. picked by maxriter 4 months ago

Short film where 100 different people who are arranged according to their age, hit a drum picked by wildminou 9 months ago

Israel states that the Jewish people arose in the Land of Israel and was exiled from its homeland. Schoolchildren are taught that this happened during the period of Roman rule, in 70 CE. The nation remained loyal to its land, to which it began to return after two millennia of exile. Wrong, says the historian Shlomo Zand. There never was a Jewish people, only a Jewish religion, and the exile also n... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

When these songs come on, White People look at each other and say "Awwww yeah" or "Hell yeah" and are compelled to sing along. Sometimes there’s also corresponding stupid dance move.

Having studied White People for 27 years, my authority on the topic is absolute; this list is damn near bullet proof. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food festival last week became ill, at least nine of them with salmonella poisoning and 10 who were hospitalized. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago