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- An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/31/library-book-idaho-dillon-helbig/ 79 comments
- An 8-year-old snuck his handwritten book onto a library shelf. Now it has a 56-person waiting list https://www.upworthy.com/8-year-old-handwritten-book-waiting-list-rp3 256 comments books
- An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf. It now has a years-long waitlist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/31/library-book-idaho-dillon-helbig/ 8 comments upliftingnews
- An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf. It now has a years-long waitlist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/31/library-book-idaho-dillon-helbig/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com 105 comments upliftingnews
- Rare book with handwritten notes by Adam Smith to go on display https://news.stv.tv/north/rare-book-with-handwritten-notes-by-adam-smith-to-go-on-display 2 comments books
- Trump sent handwritten message to Macron saying 'It's true Emmanuel, I love you', book claims https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/emmanual-macron-us-trip-donald-trump-i-love-you-handwritten-note-adam-plowright-a8318961.html 20 comments politics
- Joan Didion’s Favorite Books of All Time, in a Handwritten Reading List http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/01/06/joan-didion-favorite-books-reading-list/ 3 comments books
- A Hospital Visit Reveals Medieval Secrets Hidden in Books. Using CT scanning on 16th-century books, researchers uncovered bits of parchment salvaged from handwritten manuscripts. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/science/medieval-books-hidden-manuscripts.html 24 comments books
- The proof edition of The Jungle Book, with Kipling's handwritten poems and notes, has been donated to Cambridge University Library. https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Jungle-Book-Proofs 4 comments upliftingnews
- New Book: White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/05/cia-forged-iraq-intellige_n_116950.html 10 comments politics
- For Christmas 1930, a 32 year old German woman sends Hitler an 80 page handwritten book entitled "The German Woman". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/letter-to-hitler_n_1613213.html 12 comments history
- The proof copy of The Jungle Book with Kipling's handwritten poems and corrections has been given to Cambridge University Library, joining his famous poem 'If-' https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Jungle-Book-Proofs 3 comments books
- My fiance's sister has an Instagram account where she posts all the weird stuff she finds in used books. Recently, she found a handwritten poem from 1893 and tracked down the descendants from it's author. She even got covered in the local press! Thought you guys might think that was cool. https://kfor.com/2019/02/08/oklahoma-teacher-book-collector-makes-hobby-of-reuniting-families-with-meaningful-bookmarks/?fbclid=IwAR2dET9BEAdjPy-_rLSGtB8JFgcJgyKed2uGM3mBZkaVE1mifWJi57ZEYUk 344 comments books