Posted by Cheryl Pon, Google eBooks Support TeamPlease note that some content may not be available in full view to users outside of the United States.T.S. Eliot once remarked that he “measured out [his] life with coffee spoons.” Wise man. I measure out…
Posted by Francesca di Felice, Google Books DublinHave you ever heard of Lady Speranza? She was a mysterious pro-Irish Independence writer for the magazine The Nation during the middle of the 19th century in Dublin. That’s the pen name of Jane Francesc…
Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google eBooks Support TeamMeet Bob Ferry and his nice ‘ride’: a 1906 Oldsmobile Model B Runabout. You might be thinking, “Wow, for a model that’s nearly a century old, this car looks brand new.” That’s because it is brand new…
Posted by Abe Murray, product managerIt’s been about six months since we launched Google eBooks. Now, we’re happy to report there are more than three million free Google eBooks available in the U.S. for your enjoyment and enlightenment (as compared…
Posted by Derek Lei, Software Engineer, Google BooksWhen bookworms stumble across a word we don’t know, we face the classic dilemma of whether to put the book down to look up the word or forge ahead in ignorance to avoid interrupting the reading experi…
Posted by Dan Hirsch, Google Books Support TeamPlease note that some content may not be available in full view to users outside of the United States.As millions of commuters clip in and pedal off for Bike to Work Week, we, on the Google Books Team crui…
Posted by Dan Bloomberg and Kurt Groetsch, Google Books teamGoogle has formed partnerships with many of the great libraries of Europe, including the Czech National Library, the National Library of the Netherlands, the Austrian National Library, the Nat…
Posted by Kevin Landry, Google Books API TeamToday, we are releasing a new Google Books API in Code Labs. The new Books API will help you write applications to query for the more than 15 million books that are searchable on books.google.com including b…
From time to time we invite guests to post about topics of interest and we’re pleased to have Don Muller join us from Old Harbor Books. Don is a co-founder of Old Harbor Books, an independent bookstore where he has worked for 35 years in Sitka, Alas…
Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google eBooks Support TeamTlhlngan Hol Dajatlh’a’? Or as the French would say, Parlez-vous Klingon? Google Books empowers you to learn new languages — even fictional ones, like the Klingon alien language from Star Trek, or…
Posted by Kim Armstrong, Deputy Director, Center for Library Initiatives, Committee on Institutional CooperationToday we’re celebrating an important milestone: Google has digitized one million books from member libraries of the Committee on Institution…
Posted by Cheryl Pon, Strategist, Google eBooksOne of the best things about winding down the holidays is looking forward to ushering in a new year with a fresh outlook. Whether you’re planning to spend more time with family and friends, improve your …
Posted by Archi Sarkar, Google Books Support TeamThe art of making jewelry is one of those popular hobbies that have truly withstood the test of time. Since adornments have customarily accentuated haute couture, the craft has long been an attractive r…
Posted by Archi Sarkar, Google Books Support Team”The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”— Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Stevenson (source: LI…
Posted by Cheryl Pon, Books Online TeamI live in Dublin Do you see the same city I see? -James Joyce[Please note, some books linked from this post may not be available in full view to users outside of the United States.]Recently, I moved from San F…