Join Carl the Duck, the grumpiest member of a super-secret international group of explorers, on a journey you have to draw your way through!
Child: What were the 90s like?
Me: Watch this video. You will understand.
Leakey’s Bookshop - Inverness, Scotland
In anticipation of the season premiere of Game of Thrones on Sunday, here’s a GOT-inspired boozy frozen drink from Sloshies (no blender required!)
Drink every time one of your favorite characters dies.
Happy Birthday, Harry Potter!
In honor of Harry Potter’s birthday, Who Wins illustrator Tom Booth created some incredible fanart!
Happy 20th, Harry Potter!!!!
World Map of literature
The Americas
Canada - Anne of Green Gables U.S.A - To Kill a MockingBird Mexico - Pedro Paramo Guatemala - Men of Maize Belize - Beka Lamb Honduras - Cipotes El Salvador - Bitter Grounds Nicaragua - The Country Under my Skin Costa Rica - La Isla de los hombres solos Panama - Plenilunio Colombia - 100 Years of Solitude Venezuela - Dona Barbara Guyana - Palace of the Peacock Suriname - The Price of Sugar French Guiana - Papillon Ecuador - The Villager Brazil - Dom Casmurro Peru - Death in the Andes Bolivia - Bronze Race Paraguay - I the Supreme Argentina - Ficciones Chile - The House of the Spirits Uruguay - Soccer in the Sun and Shadow Cuba - Havana Bay Haiti - Breath, Eyes, Memory Dominican Republic - Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao Bahamas - The Measure of a Man Jamaica - A brief history of Seven Killings Puerto Rico - When I was Puerto Rican Lesser Antilles - Wide Sargasso Sea Greenland - Islands, the Universe, Home
Europe & Russia
Norway - Hunger Iceland - Jar City Sweden - Gosta Berling’s Saga Finland - The Unknown Soldier Denmark - Feeling for Snow Latvia - Nāvas Ena Estonia - Truth and Justice Lithuania - Black Sheep Belarus - Voices from Chernobyl Ukraine - Death and the Penguin Moldova - A Siberian Education Romania - Forest of the Hanged Bulgaria - Under the Yoke Poland - Pan Tadeusz Germany - Buddenbrooks Netherlands - The Discovery of Heaven Belgium - The Sorrow of Belgium Luxembourg - In Reality: Selected Poems United Kingdom - Great Expectations Ireland - Ulysses Czech Republic - The Good Soldier Slovakia - Rivers of Babylon France - The Count of Monte Cristo Spain - Don Quixote Portugal - Baltasar and Blimunda Austria - The Man Without Qualities Switzerland - Heidi Italy - The Divine Comedy Slovenia - Alamut Croatia - Cafe Europa Hungary - Eclipse of the Crescent Moon Bosnia and Herzegovina - Zlata’s diary Serbia - Dictionary of the Khazars Montenegro - Montenegro: A Novel Albania - The General of the Dead Army Macedonia - Freud’s Sister Greece - The Iliad Russia - War and Peace
Asia and The Middle East
Turkey - My Name is Red Georgia - Knight in the Panther’s Skin Armenia - The Fool Azerbaijan - Blue Angels Iran - Shahnameh Iraq - The Corpses Exhibition and Other Stories Syria - The Dark Side of love Lebanon - The Hakawati Israel - Mornings in Jenin Syria - The Dark Side of Love Kuwait - A Map of Home UAE - The Sand Fish Saudi Arabia - Cities of Salt Qatar - The Emergence of Qatar Yemen - The Hostage Oman - The Turtle of Oman Kazakhstan - The Book of Words Turkmenistan - The Tale of Aypi Uzbekistan - Chasing the Sea Kyrgyzstan - Jamilia Tajikistan - Hurramabad Afghanistan - Kite Runner Pakistan - The Reluctant Fundamentalist Nepal - The Palpasa Cafe India - The God of Small Things Bhutan - the Circle of Karma Bangladesh - A Golden Age Myanmar - Smile as they Bow Laos - In the Other Side of the Eye Thailand - The Four Reigns Vietnam - The Sorrows of War Cambodia - First they Killed my Family Taiwan - Green Island Sri Lanka - Anil’s Ghost Mongolia - The Blue Sky North Korea - The Aquariums of Pyongyang South Korea - The Vegetarian Japan - Kokoro China - The Dream of the Red Chamber Malaysia - The Garden of Evening Mists Brunei - Some Girls Indonesia - This Earth of Mankind Philippines - Noli Me Tangere East Timor - The Redundancy of Courage
Australiz, New Zealand & The Pacific Islands
Australia - Cloudstreet Papua New Guinea - Death of a Muruk Vanuatu - Black Stone Solomon Islands - Suremada Fiji - Tales of the Tikongs New Zealand - The bone People
Africas
Algeria - The Stranger Libya - In the Country of Men Egypt - Palace Walk Morocco - The Sand Child Mauritania - Silent Terror: A Journey into Contemporary African Slavery Mali - Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali Niger - Sarraounia Chad - The Roots of Heaven Sudan - Lyrics Alley Nigeria - Things Fall Apart Cameroon - The Old Man and the Medal Central African Republic - Batouala South Sudan - They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky Ethiopia - Beneath the Lion’s Gaze Somalia - The Orchard of Lost Souls Democratic Republic of the Congo - The Antipeople Uganda - Abyssinian Chronicles Kenya - Petals of Blood Tanzania - Desertion Angola - A Gloriosa Familia Zambia - Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier Mozambique - Sleepwalking Land Zimbabwe - The House of Hunger Namibia - Born of the Sun Botswana - The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency South Africa - Disgrace
When he says the movie is better than the book.
Easy to find human happiness on National Donut Day! 🍩🍩🍩
Thanks, @algonquinbooks, for the hilarious #FridayReads.
Sometimes the Strand book flags wind up in…fun places.
Bookseller humor is the best. Or possibly the worst, depending on your point of view.
@spaghetti-toes‘s I Love You With All My Butt is on sale today!
The book’s whimsical illustrations provide a window into the irresistible innocence of childhood (even if the sentiment is “Dad, please wipe the bum of this beautiful princess.”)
✨Happy Book Birthday to @mynameisjessamyn‘s Every Body Yoga!!!
Which style of yoga should you try? Take our quiz to find out.✨
Happy National Puppy Day! Yes, this is still in print.
A beautiful book & all royalties donated to @plannedparenthood. Match made in heaven.
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Got nominated for James Beard Awards this morning. Won’t move off the glitter paper now.
Kate T. Parker’s Strong Is The New Pretty is a photographic celebration of girls being themselves.
