Font Like an Egyptian
I admit to being a typography fan — that is the science and art of the shape of letters and how they look on the page. I’ve learned just enough to know I don’t know enough, and enough (so I … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Google Books
Famous Ancestors, I Fancy
I’ve been researching horse racing for an Undone story, checking through Google Books, findingRoyal Ascot: its history & its associations by George James Cawthorne and Richard S. Herod. I had to chuckle when I read this: No one did more … Continue reading
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Vampyres
The last couple of days in the blogosphere there’s been some discussion about the origin of vampire novels. A lot of these little kerfluffles I don’t care much about, though I skim with amusement and a certain sense of horror … Continue reading
Random Googling in Historical Books or Carolyn is Very Naughty
I’m being a bit naughty in this post so move along if such things bother you word-wise. I limited my search to books publishing in the years 1811 – 1820 and written in English. The language restriction didn’t work too … Continue reading
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To Google or Not to Google….
In Sunday’s Washington Post there was an article about Google’s effort to digitize all the books in the Stanford University Library…and their dream to digitize all the books in the world. Here is the article “Search Me? Google Wants to … Continue reading
