Culture / Education
By the book
School textbooks have come a long way since the dry and fusty tomes of yesteryear. Innovations such as digital editions, 3D simulations and role-playing adventure books are making learning easier – and more fun.
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Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Friday 16 July
How to keep them begging for more
Japan’s best-selling novel of 2009 was 1Q84, Haruki Murakami’s complex story of dwarves, cults and assassins set in Japan in 1984.
Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Monday 24 December
Five books to read over the holidays
Five books to curl up with over Christmas, including refreshed winter classics, a masterclass in creative thinking from David Ogilvy and the world’s best photography.
Culture / Books
Culture briefing
Books: Richard Sennett's The Craftsman, 1980s Greece and the Imposters. Art: Phillips de Pury's Japanese art sale, the Berlin Biennial and Simon Starling. Film: 21, the King of Kong and Scorsese's Shine of Light. Music:…
Culture / Books
Serve chilled
Soda Books, Munich.
Edits / Books
Abdel Zaher Binding
With over half a century of craftsmanship under his belt, Mohamed Abdel Zaher has transformed his family-run book-binding business into a modern enterprise, retaining all of its character and charm.
Culture / Books
Culture briefing
This month's collection of music, books and film and our culture editor's thoughts on the future of the bricks and mortar art gallery.
Culture / Books
Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
In The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, Alain de Botton reveals why we need an art that can proclaim the intelligence, peculiarity, beauty and horror of the workplace and, not least, its extraordinary claim to be able to…
Edits / Books
Monocolumn
Wednesday 26 September
On a different page
For reasons too boring to mention, weight has become a pressing issue in my holiday packing.
Business / Books
Monocolumn
Friday 23 July
Book fair stories
If you are strolling around Hong Kong’s harbour-front in Wanchai, watch out for your toes.
Affairs / Books
Monocolumn
Saturday 10 April
The plot thickens
“He looked at the sun shine on Beirut. This could be Cannes or Miami, he thought, if only for a few details.”
Culture / Books
Culture briefing
Music: Vampire Weekend and Chris Bathgate. Film: 3:10 to Yuma and Battle of Haditha. Art: A New York art cpp[ and exhibition picks. Books: JG Ballard's autobiography, Granta and Madam President.
Culture / Books
Culture briefing
Patrick Watson are a new band named after their frontman, Patrick Watson. Fortunately, this is the only failure of imagination exhibited on their excellent debut, Close To Paradise. Perhaps hailing from Montréal – the…
Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Monday 23 January
Apple’s e-book will take the joy out of reading
And so Apple continues its onward march towards world domination - the multi-billion dollar company is now focused on the lucrative e-book market.
Affairs / Books
Monocolumn
Thursday 25 February
The annual book sale and crimes against literature
In Stockholm, 25 February marks the beginning of an old Swedish tradition.
Business / Books
Monocolumn
Saturday 23 January
Japan’s e-book thriller
Once upon a time the word “book” unequivocally meant a simple object consisting of a cover, white pages and sentences printed in black ink.
Culture / Books
Ferozsons bookshops
A flick through the paperbacks on the shelves of Lahore's oldest bookshop.
Culture / Books
Shelf slackers
Greville Street Bookstore, Melbourne.
Culture / Books
Le Thé dans L'Encrier
Situated off this Provençal village’s main square, Le Thé dans l’Encrier serves as the sole bookshop to 1,100 inhabitants and myriad tourist