What if Galileo had a Facebook?
Want the full story on Galileo’s historic battle with the Catholic Church and the pioneering scientists who preceded him? Check out Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe.
Why yes, now that you mention it, Danny McBride does make perfect sense for James Franco’s As I Lay Dying adaptation (via @GalleyCat).
Summer may be coming to a close, but there is still plenty of surfing to be done!
via bookriot:
A sea of books / Un mar de libros (ilustración de Doug Salati)
Go surfing in a sea of pages!
Happy Birthday to the one and only @StephenFry! We loved having you at Overlook! http://goo.gl/O7TT7
(Source: just-faint)
Despite numerous misgivings regarding Twilight Sparkle’s professional competencies as Ponyville’s resident public librarian, Farrier remains optimistic. “She is embraced by the community around the Ponyville Library and is thus not a failure as a professional librarian … All of the problems that I have pointed out can be fixed most likely by further training.” (via Shelf Awareness)
Elvis was a great believer in oral hygiene, and regularly had work done on his teeth. When he met the Beatles, he was reputedly appalled at the condition their teeth were in. Via The Elvis Encyclopedia.
In interviews, Elvis said that his jittery, twitching dance style came about as a direct result of nerves the first time he performed before a large live audience at Overton Park Shell, a few weeks after cutting his first record for Sun. He was so nervous that his legs started jiggling, the crowd went wild, and when he went back out for an encore he wiggled some more. “The more I did, the wilder they went,” and so his style was born.” Via The Elvis Encyclopedia.
Remembering Elvis in 2012.
Elvis’ Book Purchases in 1963
- Antique Guns
- East of Eden
- Exploring Earth
- Eyewitness History of World War II
- First 100 Days of the Kennedy Administration
- Giants of Medicine
- Giants of Science
- Goodnight Mrs Calabash
- Guns
- Histories of 100 Events
- Host’s Handbook
- I Owe Russia
- I Take This Land
- If I Knew Then
- In Laws. Outlaws
- Joke Dictionary
- Jokes for the John
- Lonely Life
- Our Fifty States
- Picture History of World War II
- Right to Privacy
- Strange People
- The Whole Truth
- Trail Guide
- Transport to Disaster
- Underwater
- Vocabulary Builder
- World Atlas
- World Philosophy
Image via Meexia.
Today we celebrate the life of Elvis Presley, who died 35 years ago on this day in 1977. In remembrance we’ll be sharing some little known facts about the King and his legacy, via The Elvis Encyclopedia. We’ll kick things off with a list of Hollywood’s attempts to bring Elvis to the big screen. Pictured, Jack White channels the King in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Image via Collider.
Some Actors Who Have Portrayed Elvis
· Tommy Sands
· Rom Bigson
· Jesse Pearson
· Kurt Russell
· Randy Gray
· Johnny Harra
· David Scott
· Dana MacKay
· Paul Boensh III
· Don Johnson
· Dale Midkiff
· David Keith
· Peter Wilcox
· Michael St. Gerard
· Lucas Cain
· David Dunavent
· Rob Youngblood
· Peter Dobson
· Val Kilmer
· Rick Peters
· Ed Shifres
· Bruce Campbell
· Tyler Hilton
· Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
· Jason Alan Smith
