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The oldest Hebrew Bible in the world sold for a record 38.1 million dollars

The "Sassoon Codex" dates from the late 9th or early 10th century The price was reached in just 4 minutes of contested bidding between two buyers, according to Sotheby's auction house in New York. The world's...

Paul Magdalino, Maria Mavroudi (ed). The Occult Sciences in Byzantium. La Pomme d’or S.A., Geneva 2006.

 Contents: Paul Magdalino, Maria Mavroudi: Introduction. Maria Mavroudi: Occult Sciences and Society in Byzantium: Considerations for Future Research. Katerina Ierodiakonou: The Byzantine Concept of Sympatheia and its Appropriation in Michael Psellos. Paul Magdalino: Occult Sciences and Imperial Power in Byzantine History and...

Tonia Kiousopoulou, Emperor or Manager: Power and Political Ideology in Byzantium before 1453. La Pomme d’or, Geneva 2011.

https://www.pommedor.ch/emperor.html  Byzantium in the 15th century is too easily dismissed as the anachronistic tail end of an ancient ecumenical empire, whose only achievements, apart from the heroic last stand of Constantinople in 1453, were the...

May 9th, 73rd Anniversary for Europe and Dianetics

L. Ron Hubbard's “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” made its debut on May 9, 1950, and the results of the technique contributed to its swift rise to the top of bestseller lists....

Emma Maayan Fanar, Revelation through the Alphabet. Aniconism and Illustrated Initial Letters in Byzantine Artistic Imagination. La Pomme d’or, Geneva 2011.

https://www.pommedor.ch/revelation.html The book explores aniconic tendencies in the post-iconoclastic lectionaries, with special emphasis on illuminated initial letters, unravelling their sources and models and offering an innovative approach to the enigma of their sudden and widespread...

A unique Ptolemy manuscript has been discovered in a medieval palimpsest

In a parchment on which the work of an early medieval author was written, scientists found a description of a meteoroscope - a unique instrument of an ancient astronomer, which until now was known...

“Don’t close your eyes”

The latest book of the author Martin Ralchevski “Don’t close your eyes” is already on the book market (© publisher “Edelweiss”, 2022; ISBN 978-619-7186-82- 6). The book is the antithesis of prayer and the...

Book of Mormon: BYU makes smallest Book of Mormon

This week, Brigham Young University engineers released the results of a unique project they embarked on: making the smallest Book of Mormon ever. Tiny books of scriptures have been in the works for a while....

“Book Alley” in Sofia begins with Record Number of Publishers

A record number of publishing houses - 122, are participating in the “Book Alley” opening today in Sofia.

Why the book will never die even in the Internet Age

Edinburgh International Book Festival: Why the book will never die even in the Internet Age - Alastair Stewart

Why Stephen King turned on his own publisher in a battle over the future of the book industry

It didn’t involve any killer clowns, haunted hotels, or avenging, telekinetic high schoolers, but this summer, author Stephen King began telling a new scary story: the precarious state of the US book industry in...

The Best Coffee Table Books for Sports Lovers

Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. While I may not read as much as I’d like to, there is nothing I enjoy more than...

How to Survive Death, a book that provides “a safe trip between lives”

"How to Survive Death" is also about the author’s journey, an autobiography, from rebellious youth to a fulfilling life, helping others achieve their full potential. On that journey, he never stopped searching for better...

Pirated books thrive on Amazon — and authors say web giant ignores fraud

Amazon is getting flooded with counterfeit versions of books, angering customers and authors alike who say the site is doing little to fight the literary fraudsters.  Forgeries sold by third parties through Amazon range from...

Hong Kong book fair bars ‘pro-democracy’ publishers

Three independent publishers were allegedly rejected for books on 2019 protests Three independent publishers were allegedly barred from the Hong Kong book fair for printing pro-democracy books on the 2019 protests. (Photo: Unsplash) Published: July 25, 2022...

What was the Jewish ‘literary mafia’?

In the postwar years, there were so many Jews in the American publishing industry that some writers began coining a phrase to describe them: “The literary mafia.” This mafia, they believed, secretly ensured that Jewish...

Launched new book on Euthanasia and Secularism

Euthanasia and Secularism - Every year, Derecho y Religión (Law and Religion) analyses monographically some specific issues related to the external manifestations of religion, from a strictly legal perspective. Each volume consists exclusively of doctrinal...

Bestselling books for the week that ended June 26

Here are the bestselling books from Publishers Weekly for the week that ended June 25.

Low sale at Ariyalur book fair worries stall owners, publishers

By Express News Service ARIYALUR: Bookstall owners and publishers, whop are upset over poor sales at the book fair being held in Ariyalur Government Higher Secondary School, have urged the district administration for better promotion. The footfall...

Ukraine votes to restrict Russian books, music

Ukraine is closing the book on scores of Russian authors … that stops the printing of books by Russian citizens unless they … collapse of the Soviet Union. Books printed in Russia, its ally … would place limits on Russian books and music in Ukraine.Ukrainian …

Book lover’s web: Exploring the world of books online

Discovering new books online is a challenge, which several companies are trying to address. By Shubhangi Shah Amazon, the trillion-dollar multinational conglomerate that now deals with e-commerce, cloud computing, streaming services and artificial intelligence, started in...

Book Talk: Avni Vyas, Emily Carr at Tombolo Books

Poet Gloria Muñoz hosts a discussion and signing by “Little God” author Avni Vyas and illustrator Mimi Cirbusova, along with poet Emily Carr (”Name Your Bird Without a Gun”), at 7 p.m. June 15...

This novelist and construction worker wrote his book “Teenager” on his iPhone

Bud Smith, 40 ans, a écrit son roman "Teenager", (Vintage Books) une histoire d'amour adolescente Bonnie and Clyde-esque - sur son iPhone mostly while sitting in his work truck, a Chevy Silverado 2500.

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair hosts book fair directors from across Arab world

ABU DHABI, 26th May, 2022 (WAM) -- The 31st Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF 2022) hosted the latest meeting of book fair directors from across the Arab world. The 19th Meeting of Arab Book...

What sci-fi books should I read?

Sci-fi books: Speculative fiction has long attracted teens and young adults—the lure of the unknown and magic. From space opera to hard sci-fi, from military science fiction to post-apocalyptic and dystopian, and from magical...
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