In Our Feeds: An ancient library, beautiful chalk art, and a drinkable book

Kristen Joerger  //  May 16, 2014

In Our Feeds: An ancient library, beautiful chalk art, and a drinkable book

Every Friday, we share a handful of links that we found funny, provocative or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Have a great weekend!

This book is literally saving lives: The Drinkable Book is designed to educate and help people in places where drinking water is contaminated. The book features tear-out pages that act as filters and prevent the spread of deadly diseases found in contaminated drinking water.

Two students at the Columbus College of Art and Design sneak into a classroom each week and create beautiful works of chalk art! The art features quotes from famous authors and thinkers, and is created with nothing more than simple dollar store chalk.

Here's an incredible story about a ghost town in West Africa that still miraculously houses a library of 6,000 rare books.

Looking for a new t-shirt? Here are 21 great options for book lovers.

Books can be a wonderful shared interest, but what do you do when a loved one's favorite book is, well, terrible?

Think you've got a great vocabulary? Add to it with these 10 words that every book lover should know.

A new study shows that taking time to reflect on new information before trying to complete a task may result in better performance than jumping right into it.

For all of the photographers out there: an illustrated history of the photographic camera.

Get a little literature with your lunch! Chipotle announced this week that its new bags and cups are printed with excerpts of essays written by ten well-known writers, including Toni Morrison, Malcom Gladwell, and Jonathan Safran Foer.