Hey @librarybooks we were wondering if you would be interested in reading the world atlas we wrote? (If not yeah I get it, I might not respond to a random comment in my comment section either ) Our atlas is called "The World A Comprehensive Guide to Geopolitics" It has breakdowns for over 1,400 geographic regions covered. Every continent, every UN member, every partially recognized nation (Taiwan, Kosovo, Palestine etc.), every autonomous region, every external territory. We even included breakdowns for every known base camp in Antarctica, by both summer and winter populations. It has over 440 colorized maps. And over 490 colorized flags. And we even included a geography section full of facts such as the largest rivers, lakes, deserts, the lowest elevations, highest altitudes, longest mountain ranges, most northerly and southerly nations just to name a few. It took us almost 2 years to make. I'm proud of it. We finally published on June 12, 2024. Almost 2 and a half months ago.
@librarybooks3 күн бұрын
@AbsolutelyAmazingInformation Hello, honestly, that sounds right up my alley. I live in Australia though, so I'm not sure you'd want to ship it out here!
@AbsolutelyAmazingInformation2 күн бұрын
@@librarybooks Honestly, I'm just grateful for a response, you didn't have to do that. Which city? I can always use a random address as a test? (Never know...) Appreciate it!
@librarybooks2 күн бұрын
@@AbsolutelyAmazingInformation Can I DM you on your Facebook account? Prefer to be relatively anonymous here.
@AbsolutelyAmazingInformation2 күн бұрын
@@librarybooks sure thing I completely understand
@asdisskagen64873 күн бұрын
Just found this review of "The Annals of America." I saw the series for sale on eBay and have been trying to track down book series published by the Encyclopedia Britannica but didn't find much about them online. Thank you for showing these books and providing an overview; it has convinced me that I need to add this series to my collection.
@librarybooks3 күн бұрын
@@asdisskagen6487 I’m glad you found the video helpful! I really love my set.
@Chieko9894 күн бұрын
May I ask if you have this app on your computer? I have a macbook pro.
@librarybooks4 күн бұрын
Hello, yes, I have it on my macbook! (And on my phone, as well.)
@Chieko9894 күн бұрын
@@librarybooks can you tell me how you got it on your Mac? The app I purchased says only for iPhone and iPad
@librarybooks4 күн бұрын
@@Chieko989 Launch the app called App Store on your Mac. Then search for bookbuddy.
@lagouyn5 күн бұрын
It looks like it might be a xerox of the original book, do you think?
@librarybooks4 күн бұрын
Something like that, yes.
@NZAnimeManga6 күн бұрын
Station Eleven is such a great story; wonderful prose, hauntingly beautiful: "because survival is insufficient". Excellent example of non-linear storytelling.
@librarybooks6 күн бұрын
I agree. Though... the bit you quoted is from Star Trek originally!
@NZAnimeManga6 күн бұрын
@@librarybooks Yes! The love/care/focus for the books/film/media of the old world "before" is so compelling in it!
@austinquick628511 күн бұрын
Do you still possess?
@librarybooks10 күн бұрын
Hello, yes, I still have the book. It's very pretty!
@austinquick628511 күн бұрын
I wtb
@librarybooks10 күн бұрын
Here's a link of people selling: www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=schama&bi=0&bx=off&cm_sp=SearchF-_-Advs-_-Result&ds=30&pn=folio%20society&prc=USD&recentlyadded=all&rgn=ww&rollup=on&sortby=17&tn=Citizens&xdesc=off&xpod=off
@haroldniver11 күн бұрын
This is right in my wheelhouse. Thanks for sharing, I’ll be finding a copy of this very soon.
@librarybooks7 күн бұрын
I hope you enjoy it!
@NZAnimeManga14 күн бұрын
It’s a great LOA edition - I really like this longer-form showcase, thanks for sharing! Can’t wait to read these three novels & writings
@librarybooks12 күн бұрын
I still haven't gotten to the Roman one yet!
@RojinDogan-v5i23 күн бұрын
So these books do not have the whole story in them?
@librarybooks23 күн бұрын
Kind depends on what you mean. Some of them are short stories or poems, so of course it's the whole thing. Others are just selections of longer works.
@divankarsingh24 күн бұрын
Sir. What is the lecture series you came across?
@librarybooks23 күн бұрын
It was this one. You have to pay for either the lecture on its own, or a subscription (which is what I do): www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/great-utopian-and-dystopian-works-of-literature
@divankarsingh22 күн бұрын
@@librarybooks Thank you Sir.
@divankarsingh22 күн бұрын
@@librarybooks Can you suggest some other sources to get in-depth knowledge on dystopian literature. I am pursuing my doctoral thesis on dystopian literature.
@librarybooks22 күн бұрын
@@divankarsingh Sorry, but it's one of many passing interests for me. I don't have more to recommend than the series of 24 lectures on the subject.
@srishti302226 күн бұрын
thankyou thankyou so much ❤
@librarybooks26 күн бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@HeyGrouch29 күн бұрын
"Milk feels pain" is downright diabolical. Great video!
@librarybooks28 күн бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, the milk one always cracks me up.
@MichiruYami29 күн бұрын
Wow, that's and amazing edition.
@redbommer150229 күн бұрын
I'll have to check out some of these. Haven't heard of them before!
@librarybooks28 күн бұрын
He might have written more stuff, too. I should check. Some day.
@ambermoore8580Ай бұрын
I have the book
@just3half3evil3Ай бұрын
I recently began reading the first book in the series and I'm really enjoying it. The second book is somewhat difficult to find at a reasonable price, but I intend to purchase it as well.
@timcareynowАй бұрын
it was 1974, it got a LOT of attention/review at the time. I think PBS did a feature on it also. Studs was a regular guest on all the serious/political chat shows.
@blubeez1865Ай бұрын
Why is there 3 different cover for Understanding Comics books, is there any difference? Which one is the best?
@librarybooksАй бұрын
Sorry, but I don't really know. Often, books are put out with different covers for different markets, but the contents are generally the same.
@RavensbooksandcatsАй бұрын
This is a beautiful edition!!
@librarybooksАй бұрын
It really is!
@keithrobert5117Ай бұрын
I always remember a phrase from Dr HK book 'On the meaning of history' when he said that the problem with Germany (from Bismarck onwards) was that it committed itself to being "a permanent tour de force." This brilliant phrase has never been bettered (imho) as the ultimate description of what happened to Europe in the 20th century. Thank you for your presentation.
@ironichumoristАй бұрын
amazing story . referenced by sir antony beevor many times in his "battle for crete". a significant book documenting amazing deeds.
@fetidcreeperАй бұрын
Not sure why, but it reminds me of my copy of opium eater
@jodybrown1970Ай бұрын
Impressive library, sir. I have tried a few apps, and this is one of the only apps that auto-populates the genre. Appreciate your ideas here, especially thinking about your bookshelves as cells in an Excel sheet. I can't wait to organize in all the ways!
@librarybooksАй бұрын
I used to use Delicious Library, but they sort of stopped supporting it a while ago (and they never had a mobile app). Have fun organizing!
@GizagazelleАй бұрын
I watched an interview with the author some years ago and I remember him saying that his intention was to make the reader feel like a child. When you’re a child pre alphabetisation, and you open an encyclopaedia, you don’t understand anything: you can’t read! You’re just in awe with the illustrations. I think it’s a great concept. To fill grown ups with a sense of wonder again.
@librarybooksАй бұрын
Yes, it is like that, but it's also funny!
@chavotapia3168Ай бұрын
Found this in paperback earlier today at Goodwill. Reading had been a new hobby for me and I hope this book takes me on a little adventure. Thanks for the video my friend. God bless. 🙏
@librarybooksАй бұрын
I hope you like it!
@chavotapia3168Ай бұрын
@librarybooks I will let you know what I think in a few days. Thanks again.
@CaitSamАй бұрын
I would love to own this edition of book someday🥰 i love folio society editions amd adore this book
@librarybooksАй бұрын
Sending my hopes that you find it somewhere!
@Paul9443Ай бұрын
Thank you for showcasing these beautiful books and it's contents. I already have Reformation: Europe's House Divided by Diarmaid Macculloch, folio edition. Is the set, really that anti-christian? I ask that because of: ‘I hope that this book will help readers stand back from Christianity, whether they love it or hate it, or are simply curious about it, and see it in the round.’ Neil MacGregor, from his introduction
@librarybooksАй бұрын
Not being a Christian myself, I'm not sure that my answer (which is that it's not at all anti-Christian) is helpful. However, Rowan Williams, a former archbishop of Canterbury, gave it an excellent review, and said: "at a time when Christianity's profile in our culture is neither as positive nor as extensive as it has been, this book is crucial testimony to the resilience of the Christian community in a remarkable diversity of social settings." www.theguardian.com/books/2009/sep/19/history-christianity-diarmaid-mccullouch
@Paul9443Ай бұрын
@@librarybooks Great! Thanks a lot. 🙂
@literary.tony.Ай бұрын
To not have Dostoevsky into these boxes is true CRIME
@librarybooksАй бұрын
Volume #44 of the Little Black Classics is Dostoyevsky, so I don't think there was a crime after all.
@literary.tony.Ай бұрын
@@librarybooks my bad, sorry.
@RandallHarris142Ай бұрын
Great video and explanation!! I have the box set of the Little Black Classics (and a handful of the additional volumes) but now I want the Penguin Modern set! 🤣
@librarybooksАй бұрын
Thanks! I love them!
@haroldniver2 ай бұрын
I don’t know, I kind of like the idea of using archaic words that no one uses anymore.
@librarybooksАй бұрын
Hahah, well, to each their own! I'm sure you're not alone. :)
@TiggerGangstah2 ай бұрын
I first discovered this by accident in the Queensland State Library, and almost made a spectacle of myself as I couldn't contain my laughter as I read it through. So when I saw that the Folio Society had published it, there was absolutely no stopping me from buying it.
@librarybooksАй бұрын
Haha, I can picture it. Are you happy with the Folio edition?
@aboskany71592 ай бұрын
I have been looking everywhere I can get them, can you advise me to contact any place to buy? They are out of stock everywhere!! Will you sell them to me?❤❤
@librarybooks2 ай бұрын
Hello, I'm sorry, but I don't know where to find them. I just bought them in one of the usual places, but I can see that they're sold out. As for selling them myself, I don't think I'm ready to do that! Good luck finding them!
@aboskany7159Ай бұрын
@@librarybooks that’s ok. Thank you for your reply. 🌺
@wechill63522 ай бұрын
Yeah i like these kinda videos instead of reviewa
@librarybooks2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@CjdjdDudjdj2 ай бұрын
In 14 edition you can find detailed info about any random topic due to its A-Z layout ,however in 15th it was shortened to 750 word limit with few diagrams in micropedia and portions of it were combined in Macropedia
@librarybooks2 ай бұрын
If they shortened certain topics, then they probably lengthened others, right?
@CjdjdDudjdjАй бұрын
Yes they lengthened articles too, especially history articles and articles about countries are integrated updated and better,with better flow of geography and recent politics.However, articles in 14 th were more technical in nature ex. u can find article on television and it's history,radios,etc
@CjdjdDudjdjАй бұрын
@@librarybooksyou can read it online yourself and findout on internet archive
@arandominternetuser662 ай бұрын
I got this for 43 dollars in Korea! Very cheap for 80 books, and I enjoyed most of them (Im not quite done with all of them lol)
@matthewfarmer25202 ай бұрын
Those set of Beatrix Potter looks pretty cool, like old classic novels, my dad was a book collector for years, he passed away in 2022 at age 83. But he has lots of books 📚 in my house, i guess 5000. I have the complete tales of Beatrix Potter in an big book, it's printed and bounded in Great Britain by William Clowes limited, Beccles and London.
@librarybooks2 ай бұрын
You've reminded me that I also have a single-volume Beatrix Potter. I'll have to make a video of it soon. I envy you your book collection, but of course, I'm sure you'd rather have your dad.
@Mors_Umber2 ай бұрын
That's a gorgeous book
@ericgraham43602 ай бұрын
Thanks for this! I’m thinking about picking up this book. Trying to understand how our culture got to where it’s at
@haroldniver2 ай бұрын
Also, I watched this last night when I should have been sleeping, and woke up today seeing that I had actually ordered it. It’s on its way. I need to watch these when I’m more fully awake 😂 or my bank account is going to end up regretting it.
@librarybooks2 ай бұрын
I can certainly relate to that!
@haroldniver2 ай бұрын
The way people use “literally” literally drives me nuts. Haha. It does make me crazy, but I actually do say something to people when they use it like that. It doesn’t make me any friends, but someone has to fight back against this onslaught of stupidity, haha. And for the record, YES, IT’S WRONG!!! Ok I’m done.
@aamrakaleem92442 ай бұрын
Does it has white nights in it ?
@librarybooks2 ай бұрын
Hello! No, it has the first 80 volumes, but White Nights is number 118.
@DadaIVYyou2 ай бұрын
If the book take pieces of the larger work, are we going to understand it? Like do we know what’s going on in there😂 I was thinking what to buy little black classic or modern classic.
@librarybooks2 ай бұрын
You can understand it. It might be short stories or other writings that are part of collected writings. There are some selections from nonfiction works, and you don't need to know the whole book to understand a chapter.
@Toddobvious2 ай бұрын
Just got my copy for my birthday 🥰
@didaccatalannabau27402 ай бұрын
I read all the bibliography of John Williams (4 books), he was a great writter.
@eldritchpumpkinghost29682 ай бұрын
I love the orange cloth, I wonder if LoA ever did any other unique colors
@taniarod3592 ай бұрын
Thank you I was thinking of getting this book 😊
@ThaKid143 ай бұрын
The Wind In The Willows Folio is absolutely stunning. Wow that's a special piece, its utter perfection.