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Printmaker James Caulfield (1764-1826) spent much of his career publishing illustrated books about 'remarkable persons'. He began his first series around 1788 and continued it sporadically from 1790 to 1795, with books on a similar theme continuing to appear in the first decades of the nineteenth century. More than forty years after his death, this collection of biographies (produced in collaboration with Henry Wilson (fl. 1820-30)) was republished in 1869. The edition's introduction explains that the renewed interest in these characters comes from the fact that 'we have nearly lost all, and are daily losing what little remains of, our individuality'. The vignettes, accompanied by engravings of each individual, describe a wide-ranging group - from the man who died aged 152 to a 'remarkable glutton' to a woman who lived on the smell of flowers - their only common factor being that they were in some way 'wonderful'.

Eccentrics and eccentricities --- Characters and characteristics. --- Curiosities and wonders. --- Enigmas --- Facts, Miscellaneous --- Miscellaneous facts --- Oddities --- Trivia --- Wonders --- Characteristics, Personal --- Personal characteristics --- Persons --- Typology (Psychology)

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Supernatural. --- Curiosities and wonders. --- Surnaturel --- Curiosités et merveilles --- Supernatural --- Curiosities and wonders --- #GSDBP --- Religion --- Miracles --- Enigmas --- Facts, Miscellaneous --- Miscellaneous facts --- Oddities --- Trivia --- Wonders --- Curiosités et merveilles --- extase --- photographie Kirlian --- transe --- sexualité --- lévitation --- stgmates --- chamanisme --- luminescence --- mystiques

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How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road? Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain future in an increasingly digital world. Undaunted, librarians around the globe are thinking up astonishing ways of reaching those in reading need, whether by bike in Chicago, boat in Laos, or donkey in Colombia. Improbable Libraries showcases a wide range of unforgettable, never-before-seen images and interviews with librarians who are overcoming geographic, economic, and political difficulties to bring the written word to an eager audience. Alex Johnson charts the changing face of library architecture, as temporary pop-ups rub shoulders with monumental brick-and-mortar structures, and many libraries expand their mission to function as true community centers. To take just one example: the open-air Garden Library in Tel Aviv, located in a park near the city's main bus station, supports asylum seekers and migrant workers with a stock of 3,500 volumes in sixteen different languages. Beautifully illustrated with nearly two hundred and fifty color photographs, Improbable Libraries offers a breathtaking tour of the places that bring us together and provide education, entertainment, culture, and so much more. From the rise of the egalitarian Little Free Library movement to the growth in luxury hotel libraries, the communal book revolution means you'll never be far from the perfect next read.

Libraries --- Library architecture --- Curiosities and wonders --- Architecture --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Enigmas --- Facts, Miscellaneous --- Miscellaneous facts --- Oddities --- Trivia --- Wonders --- Miscellanea --- Library planning and design --- Public buildings --- libraries [rooms] --- architecture [discipline] --- reading [activity] --- public spaces --- interactive art

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Dès l’Antiquité, qu’elle soit païenne ou judéo-chrétienne, la libido sciendi apparaît, dans divers systèmes de représentation, comme l’un des principes constitutifs de l’homme, mais suscite, chez les théologiens comme chez les philosophes, quelque méfiance. Cet ouvrage, travail collectif, issu des curiosités de chercheurs d’horizons divers et publié dans le cadre du Centre de recherche Li Di Sa (Littérature et Discours du Savoir), s’interroge sur les permanences, le devenir et les métamorphoses des diverses conceptions de la curiosité, dans une période qui va essentiellement de la Renaissance aux Lumières, mais sans s’interdire quelques escapades chronologiques. La place et le rôle que lui réservent les théoriciens dans les divers champs du savoir, les mythes et fictions qu’elle suscite, les objets ou figures qui la symbolisent sont donc étudiés. Apparaissent ainsi, dans leur rapport particulier au désir de connaissance, divers personnages : historiens, philosophes, lecteurs, voyageurs, amateurs d’art, scientifiques, voire inquisiteurs, pour ne citer que quelques avatars des « curieux » évoqués.

Curiosities and wonders --- Curiosity in literature --- Curiosité dans la littérature --- Curiosités --- Curiosités et merveilles --- Enigmas --- Eruditie --- Erudition --- Facts [Miscellaneous ] --- Faits divers --- Learning and scholarship --- Merveilles --- Miscellaneous facts --- Mystères et merveilles --- Nieuwsgierigheid in de literatuur --- Oddities --- Rariteiten en wonderen --- Savoir et érudition --- Sciences -- Énigmes --- Trivia --- Wonders --- Énigmes --- Énigmes scientifiques --- Curiosity --- History --- Curiosity - History --- Literature (General) --- histoire --- littérature --- érudition --- curiosité --- pulsion de savoir

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L'Encyclopédie fut l'ouvrage-phare du Siècle des Lumières. Mais n'est-elle plus, au XXIe siècle, qu'un monument à admirer de loin ? L'objectif de cet ouvrage est de donner envie de la découvrir ou de la redécouvrir. On trouvera ici l'essentiel de ce qu'on sait aujourd'hui sur ces 28 volumes publiés entre 1751 et 1772 par Diderot, D'Alembert et Jaucourt, troisième éditeur méconnu : ce que fut cette gigantesque entreprise éditoriale, sa construction, ses buts, ses ambitions, les obstacles rencontrés. On suivra l'histoire mouvementée de sa publication. On verra comment cette oeuvre aux multiples héritages, est aussi le fruit de multiples innovations, grâce aux nombreux scientifiques, philosophes, écrivains, graveurs et dessinateurs, tous parmi les meilleurs de l'époque. Qui a fait quoi ? Comment ? Pourquoi ? Dans quel contexte ? Telles sont les questions auxquelles ce livre espère répondre simplement. À partir des matériaux rassemblés pour l'Édition Numérique Collaborative et CRitique de l'Encyclopédie (ENCCRE), mise en ligne en octobre 2017, et grâce aux recherches historiques les plus récentes, les auteurs invitent à un voyage à travers des savoirs encore vivants, dont les résonances sociales et politiques sont en grande partie d'actualité : la place de la rationalité et de l'esprit critique mérite toujours d'être défendue.

Mouvement des Lumières. --- L'Encyclopédie. --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French --- Encyclopédies et dictionnaires français --- Early works to 1800 --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Encyclopédie --- France --- Intellectual life --- Vie intellectuelle --- Encyclopédies et dictionnaires français --- Encyclopédie --- Curiosities and wonders --- Enigmas --- Facts, Miscellaneous --- Miscellaneous facts --- Oddities --- Trivia --- Wonders --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French. --- French encyclopedias and dictionaries --- academy of science --- encyclopedia