Want to curl up with a good book? Take your pick: from Perez the Mouse to the Paston letters, from cheesy 19th-century novels to sober anthropological studies.
The Old Curiosity Shop: what happens when a girl in her early teens becomes the sole support of a compulsive gambler whose mind is failing.
Naturalist’s Miscellany in 24 gorgeously illustrated volumes, published over the years 1789–1813.
The Honorable Peter Stirling, a surprisingly gripping 1894 best-seller about municipal politics in New York City.
All the stuff that wouldn’t fit anywhere else. Along with the do-it-yourself MiSTings, this is where you’ll meet Judge Judy, the heraldic lion rat, the killer robot and more.
Things get interesting when you venture beyond the familiar ABC.
Everything you need to know about Prosyl, Nunacom and the rest of the family.
The Inuktitut language as seen from the outside—with some unavoidable digressions into the politics of the far north.
Reports from our favorite legislative body, the Nunavut Assembly.
Over here: reality. Over there, drifting away on an ice floe: our hopes.
If a picture says more than a thousand words, then a picture with caption has got to be worth . . . well, at least 1001 words.
If you know the difference between what is real and what is not real, you may like this.
Or, then again, you may not.