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Judging books by their covers

books, books, and more books. some i will read, some i just want to gawk at.

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abandoned russian factory library, sad to see so many discarded books.

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Stevie Lockridge To see something like this is very disheartening.

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Lucretia Moore I was going to say NOT cool but if it's in Chernobyl then it's actually still hot... It's been 20+ yrs and they still have areas you cant go.

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Erin Dollar Actually, this is unconnected to Chernobyl, and is located over 1,000 miles from Prypiat, the site of the Chernobyl disaster. This is actually an abandoned Russian factory of some sort, and the books are mostly scientific and technical manuals... at least, that's as much as I could glean from doing a little research. Here's the original source: http://jst-ru.livejournal.c... It's an interesting topic, abandoned libraries. For those of you interested, here's some documentation of an abandoned library in Detroit: http://www.sweet-juniper.co...

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Cassondra MC @Erin Dollar Thanks for the information I looked at the link you put for the Detroit one and that is even sadder all those old textbook and such unused is sad.

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Darrell Taylor This is a great shot. Sad, but very moving...

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book stool

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Kaki Birtel Awesome....What a fun recycle project!

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Helene Richman YES =books are for reading -but we have more hard copy books in america these days then people are reading -or have read- and with digital books - there are many more books heading to land fills- why not use books in a re-use-recyle project American Elephant Blasphemy! Books are for reading, not destroying!

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Anne Ketler Walter Some books, like outdated school textbooks will never get read again. And some have been damaged inside or outside, so will not get used; old encyclopedias that no one seems to read anymore - why not make a nice book table out of them! :)

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Rahamath Ullah Hahaha..Really Nice..:)

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Book Rest Lamp, might be nice at my bedside.

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Peng Macalisang would like to have one too :)

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Rhiannon Hoefer Wow, i need one of those :)

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Celtic Castles & TheCastleMan Warm that book up before I read it!

colorwheel 2010 by jonathan whitfill

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MaryandJohn Mills Peterson Great idea. Always wondering what to do with all these books

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Melissa Mitchell Another cool idea for what to do with the old paperbacks you just can't throw away.

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Angela Williams very different

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Marleta Bridges Love this

Fantastic textile artist Gwen Hedley. Looks like a great book!

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Anna Spilsbury I bought it for my mum for Christmas :) it is a good book.

mounted book mark

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Denise Janhunen Kool,my friend would need alot of these!Well could be wall art!!

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Ashley Fairbanks Bad for the book! But I still love it.

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Erin Dollar @Ashley Fairbanks I thought of that, too... might not be so bad if you're a quick reader, and the book only stays that way for a few days.

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Kristi Bradshaw Could be the coolest bookshelf design if ylu had a bunch. On a safe wall.

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Nicole Maniez ha. hope the book survives.

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Private library designed by architecture firm Ilai, photography by Lukas Wassmann.

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Andi Christianson wishing this was mine. wishing this was mine

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Kat Brinkley would love this room

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Jodi Warner I would live in this space 23/7 if I could. The other hour would be spent taking eating and bathroom breaks.

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Kristine Birch only possible way this could be better is if that was the ocean out the window

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so many shelves

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Linda Gruen So much dusting...

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Cathleen Capriotti Reminds me of my father - he always was building shelves - "a shelf-made man"

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Shirley Mapes Can one ever have too many bookshelves? I have more books than I do shelves! I could use a few of these.

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Katie Supsic my dream!!

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Beth Walker-Cavalli so many books, so little time....

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Beautiful necklace from Heather Kent, perfect for readers.

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Anne Lawrence my Melissa would love this

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Sheri Jenkins Very cute.

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HoCheol Lee looks good :)

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Anna Champ Pretty good gift for writers, too.

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Lynette Sirmon A Librarian or Educator would be delighted with this.

golden

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Bodega Jane I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

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Sandra Johnson I could live in this room!!

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Natalie Breuer Wow.... ♥

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Becky Robinson This is a stairway to heaven

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Bookcase door! Part of my dream home.

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Judy Moore Love this, finally a place for books

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Kay Stockham Gorgeous!

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Nikohl Alsup Part of my dream home too! Niiice! :)

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Laura Derbyshire And me! I love secret doors!

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Flexible shelves. cool.

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reading nook

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great bookshelf for a kids room, to display all their picture books

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Lorrie Gregor My dream. Never to get rid of another book again

i'd love to hang this over my bookcase :)

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book test pattern by Kevin Van Aelst.

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hell yeah.

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photobooth dogs... i just love that this exists.

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Lucy haha I have this book. its great but odd!

sometimes you need things you never knew existed!

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Dorian Smith Brilliant

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Kristine Birch terrific! sometimes it takes me a while to figure out why my thumb hurts

a great easy read for type geeks (like me)

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hoping to find this under the christmas tree this year... can't wait to read it!

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alphabet bookshelf

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Geometry of anything is probably a good read, ESPECIALLY pasta. via notcot

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Obsessive Consumption - Infographic Book

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book sculpture - number 9

by Dunny

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could come in handy!

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Olle Eksell, Swedish Graphic Designer.

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The Small Stakes: Music Posters.

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i love old books

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great book on contemporary geography/art projects

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gorgeous book cabinets

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Like a Fibonacci sequence for your books... AHHH!

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teebooks shelf

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New Penguin Books editions of F Scott Fitzgerald classics.

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rob ryan's books via design*sponge

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cabin and woods

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margaret kilgallen - in the sweet bye and bye

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principles of uncertainty

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