Search results for “lost in translation”
Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Catalog of Beautiful Untranslatable Words from Around the World
The euphoria experienced as you begin to fall in love, the pile of books bought but unread, the coffee “threefill,” and other lyrical linguistic delights.
The Lost Words: An Illustrated Dictionary of Poetic Spells Reclaiming the Language of Nature
From acorn to wren, a vibrant encyclopedia of enchantments reweaving our broken web of belonging with the rest of nature.
The Measure of All Things: How Two French Astronomers Nearly Lost Their Lives Revolutionizing the World with the Invention of the Meter
“The fundamental fallacy of utopianism is to assume that everyone wants to live in the same utopia.”
Favorite Books of 2019
From the hidden universe beneath our feet to delight as a countercultural force of courage and resistance, by way of Patti Smith, Toni Morrison, and the Greek myths.
How Arthur Rackham’s 1907 Drawings for Alice in Wonderland Revolutionized the Carroll Classic, the Technology of Book Art, and the Economics of Illustration
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Something About the Sky: Rachel Carson’s Lost Serenade to the Science of the Clouds, Found and Illustrated by Artist Nikki McClure
Presto & Zesto in Limboland: A Lovely and Unusual “New” Maurice Sendak Book Elegizing a Lost Friendship
A posthumously discovered treasure from the patron saint of children’s books emanating existential consolation for the trauma of living.
What Translation Reveals about the Human Condition
How to get a tarantula off your southwest leg, or what Astérix has to do with religion and the Manhattan grid.
Eating the Sun: A Lovely Illustrated Celebration of Wonder, the Science of How the Universe Works, and the Existential Mystery of Being Human
“When one is considering the universe, unseen matter, our small backyard of the stuff, I think it is important, sensible even, to try and find some balance between laughter and uncontrollable weeping.”
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