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Une impressionnante idée de la part de James May, fan de la marque Lego depuis son enfance. Près de 816 millions de pièces de Lego ont été nécessaires afin de construire cette maison à deux étages, en pleine campagne. Plus d’images à découvrir dans la suite.
Se tudo na internet hoje em dia é uma rede social, a Shelfari é uma rede social de livros. Você diz o que já leu e vê o que seus amigos estão lendo, aquele esquema básico. Eu tenho uma conta lá mas a preguiça, minha velha companheira, me impede de atualizar mais minha estante virtual.
Para promover o site (como eu… hmm… acabo de fazer) eles foram fotografar as bibliotecas de Grandes Cabeçudos da Humanidade e começaram por ninguém menos que o escritor e BFF da @baunilha, Neil Gaiman.
Livros são mais fetiche do que fonte de informação para muita gente, prática que pode acabar com a chegada para valer dos e-books. Mas vendo a monstruosidade da biblioteca do Neil Himself dá pra gente começar a entender de onde vem a riqueza mitológica das suas histórias.
Naturally we’d assumed that someone whose work is filled with references ranging from literary to mythological would have a fairly extensive library but even so, we were a bit unprepared for the scope of what he sent us. In the basement of his house of secrets we find a room that’s wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling with books (along with a scattering of awards, gargoyles and felines).
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