Tag: Book
Tons of free books near by you
by baseman on Mar.02, 2009, under Dayz
I mean if *you* accidentally live in Bristol, UK. And, accidentally heard this news:

Hundreds of bargain-hunters descended on Bristol Bookbarn to sift through vast piles of unsold used novels.
The Bookbarn’s owners say the lease of the building had expired, and that it was cheaper to give away remaining stock than try to resell it elsewhere…
Why this never ever happens near where i live? Since we are suffering this extreme winter, I think we deserve some treats. Let’s hope Indigo will do the same tomorrow, let’s wish, wish really hard…
[Telegraph] via [Boingboing]
Photo: SWNS
1421: The Year China Discovered America
by baseman on Jan.01, 2008, under Culture, Dayz
Gavin Menzies claims that a massive Chinese fleet of huge junks and support ships made a two-year circumnavigation of the globe, with extensive exploration of the Americas, nearly a century before Magellan and Columbus.







