Street Books
Founded in June, 2011, Street Books is a bicycle-powered mobile library, serving people who live outside in Portland, Oregon. Patrons are issued an official Street Books library card without being required to show proof
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Making Books
This short from the publishers of Encyclopedia Brittanica shows the process of making a book, from the author's finished manuscript to its being turned over to a printer for typesetting, assembly, cutting, trimming, bind
Used Books
This short documentary focuses on Jeannie Hunt, the owner of Jeannie's Used Books, a beloved community bookstore for over 22 years. The film follows Jeannie's and the community's efforts to relocate her store and its 275
My House of Books
During the joint makulatura campaign of 1974-91 Soviet citizens could exchange collected waste paper for coupons to obtain popular and otherwise unavailable book titles.
Walden Pond Books
We are meant to dilate at the sight Of paper’s lightweight handheld printing
Wild About Books
Librarian Molly McGrew introduces birds and beasts to the wonders of reading. And in no time, they are "forsaking their niches, their nests, and their nooks, and "going wild, simply wild, about wonderful books!"
The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story
Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war. Amid bullets and bombs and under fire from she
A Christmas for the Books
Lifestyle guru and romance expert Joanna Moret has developed a foolproof strategy for ending holiday loneliness and it's all detailed in her best-selling book, The Love Audit. After appearing on a morning show, she is of
Bugs and Books
A Van Beuren Studios cartoon...
Boxes and Books
After his father passing, Joaquín must take care of his father's book collection while trying to put his own life in order.
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
From superheroes to superstars, Hollywood has always turned to comic books for imagination and inspiration. In this Starz Inside documentary, discover the history of comics from page to screen through the evolution and r
The Dusting of the Books
Part 8 of Secret History of the Dividing Line, a True Account in Nine Parts. 2028, approx. 150 minutes, color, sound, digital.
When Books Fly
A lonely man is chilling one Halloween Night when he is disturbed by a mysterious phenomenon in his bookshelf.
The Books and the Night
A dramatized approach to the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) through the recreation of some of his works and the staging of various aspects of his thought and his life.
Rare Books and Manuscripts
In the reading room of the British Library, Jess falls in love from afar with the gorgeous Heinz. Too shy to talk to him, she starts sending him books spelling out her feelings for him. When she starts receiving books in
A Bridge of Books
In 1939, Yiddish was the spoken language of three-quarters of the world's Jews. But when leading Jewish scholars convened in 1980, they estimated that only 70,000 Yiddish books remained in the world. This engaging, often
The Legends Behind the Comic Books
This new documentary film recognizes the comic book as a true art form, as indigenous to American culture as jazz. It presents comic books as reflectors of a changing America from the 1930's to today, and it hails comic
The Trail of Books
Upset that her parents are getting ready to separate a little girl grabs a handful of books and heads off to school without anyone’s knowledge. When her mother goes to look for her the only clue is a single book on the l
The Books - Aleatoric
Typically sampling of obscure sounds and speech, records like "The Lemon of Pink" have made "The Books" seminal 21st century music artists. A short profile that fascinatingly matches the tone of the filmmaking to the ple
Books: The Last Chapter?
Will the rise of electronic books mark the final chapter in the love story between traditional books and their readers? Alan Yentob discusses the subject with a host of writers.