The Bookshop Blog has posted a fascinating bestiary of various creepy-crawlies you might find living in a (badly cared-for) book. The list includes silverfish, firebrats, booklice, and my favorite Armadillidium vulgare--more fun to say than it is to see.Read the whole story here.--David E

Not only are the covers of the French editions of Steig Larsson's books incredibly different from their American counterparts, but the titles too are much more continental. What we know as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo hews closer to its Swedish original; it's called Men Who Didn't Like Women in French. The Girl Who … Continue reading France is a Different Country

Scientists unearthed the fossilized remains of a big whale in Peru in 2008, but not until now have they been sure what they had found. It turns out to have been a whale-eating whale--between 45 and 60 feet long, with teeth bigger than those of a T Rex.The scientists who made the find have a … Continue reading All men live enveloped in whale-lines.