Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Perlas que te encuentras en Internet por casualidad, aunque curiosamente no incluye obras de Miguel de Cervantes para bajárselas a pesar de estar fácilmente disponibles, por ejemplo en Project Gutenberg.

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

• Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920 69
• Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635 61
• Valera, Juan, 1824-1905 36
• Molina, Tirso de, 1579-1648 25
• Moreto, Agustín, 1618-1669 25
• Alas, Leopoldo, 1852-1901 22
• Sánchez, Florencio, 1875-1910 19
• Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936 17
• Cruz, Ramón de la, 1731-1794 12
• García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 12
• Palma, Ricardo, 1833-1919 12
• Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681 11
• Echegaray, José, 1832-1916 11
• Zorrilla, José, 1817-1893 11
• Arenal, Concepción, 1820-1893 10
• Fernández de Lizardi, José Joaquín, 1776-1827 8
• González Suárez, Federico, 1844-1917 7
• Hernández, Miguel, 1910-1942 7
• Machado, Antonio, 1875-1939 7
• Pardo Bazán, Emilia, Condesa de, 1851-1921 7

Perspectiva

Saturday night

 While you are reading this, somebody, somewhere, is learning something...

Biblioteca del Colegio Trinitarios

This library is in what used to be a church, and I like the idea of the altar being replaced by a desk and the retable by shelves with books. Although it was never one of my favourite libraries, I have fond memories of this place because this is one of the places where I prepared the very last exam before I got my degree. I had already finished my final degree thesis in Cranfield University as an exchange student and I got back home a few days in advance to prepare the exam for Helicopters, basically reviewing this book, which I still have in my shelf (!).

I have to say that, in my memory, this library was a lot bigger than it actually is.

Biblioteca de la Facultad de Derecho, UAH

I was recently back in Alcalá de Henares and decided to pay a visit to a couple of libraries in which I spent countless hours many years ago.

Stadtbücherei Bad Sachsa

This library is simply amazing, a joy for the senses and it was just delicious to wander around the small rooms and corridors and snap a couple of photos here and there. By way of comparison, check this one other out. Not quite the same.

Another amazing thing is how much time and effort I spent over the years creating panorama photos and how easy it is now to do it with a smartphone.

Erwin Schrödinger Zentrum

I would have loved to have this library close by in the mid and late nineties.

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2016

La semana pasada estuve varias horas en la Freie Universität Berlin con motivo de la LNDW2016.  Llegamos a casa cerca de las once y media de la noche, y la verdad es que no me habría importado estar un rato más porque nos quedaron un montón de cosas por ver.
Por otra parte, quería ver la biblioteca de filología desde hace tiempo y nunca sacaba un rato para ir a echar un vistazo. Durante la carrera pasé muchísimas horas en diversas bibliotecas y me encantan. Ésta, de Norman Foster, realmente es atractiva por fuera y por dentro.

New York - Library

New York Public Library

One of the buildings I could not see last time was the Public Library. This time, thanks again to the rainy weather, it was the perfect occassion to spend some hours in this magnificent building and institution. We actually joined one of the tours to get a glimpse of the history of the Library, which is now turning 100 years old and looking great.


The photo above is a stitched photo (as given away by the usual ghosts) taken from one of the lateral staircases. While I was there a couple of young german ladies asked me to take a photo of them (with their camera). Their English was not that good and they were surprised when I explained in German that the photo would not come out that well because of the difference between the dark staircase and the bright background. I´m always tempted to start touching the settings of other people´s cameras (not much appreciated) or directly offer to take the photo with my camera and send it later by e-mail. 


Plus I would not even think of spoiling such a great view placing my face in the very front, although admittedly their face was way nicer than mine...