At the BookShelf

The link below is to an article that considers an historical book server.

For more visit:
http://www.core77.com/blog/furniture_design/from_the_wtf_department_a_rotating_book_server_designed_during_the_renaissance_recreated_and_mis-built_by_architecture_students_destroyed_by_terrorists_24448.asp

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Article: The True Story of ‘Moby-Dick’

The link below is to an article that looks at the sinking of the Whaleship Essex that inspired the story of Moby-Dick.

For more visit:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/03/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick/