Sentences with phrase «like old library»

Europe just happens to look a trifle more nostalgic and stately, like an old library in paint for Lucy McKenzie or gilt clocks for Pablo Bronstein.

Not exact matches

They outfitted a school bus to look like an English professor's library, with oak bookshelves, old books and maps, and leather sofas.

«I have a library, and it's like I want to beat Belle on «Beauty and the Beast» and have a better library than she had,» Bennett says, referring to the 1991 Walt Disney movie, which he watches with his four - year - old daughter, Austyn Jett.

They bought an old school bus and retrofitted it to look like a professor's library, in keeping with the company's retro aesthetics.

It may be silly, but then getting paid minimum wage to read books when one is 18 years old ain't a bad gig, and this man and the library he led and the town which made this library possible are irreplaceable factors in both making and preserving important things like the opportunity to read good (or not so good) books in quiet solitude.

When my daughter was about a month old, I started taking her to playgroups like story time classes at the local library and circle time at Ontario Early Years Centres.

We also really like the library, but that's now because my eldest (quiet + sensitive girl) likes browsing the books while my 4 year old plays with the toys in the kids area.

I was browsing my old library (I hate throwing away books because they are like treasures), and found an old book I read in college called Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer, by a friend and leader in the field of Mind Body Medicine, Kenneth Pelletier, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California (UCSF) and University of Arizona Schools of Medicine.

I like the plastic scraper that I received with my Pamper Chef baking stone, but even an old plastic library card works.

And there is something strangely warming about the relationship between Mr Numbers and Mr Wrench, a pair of assassins (one of whom is deaf) who bicker in sign language like an old married couple as they debate gangster etiquette, the importance of public libraries, and the eating practices of Mormons.

Makes it feel like I'm reading an old library book.

According to her bio she «spent her childhood reading her way through libraries like a termite through balsa, and her middle years raising children, traveling the world, and studying theology, earning a BA degree in comparative religion and an MA in Old Testament Theology.

Consider Prime Music as an extension to the old Amazon MP3 service — comprised of 3 functions: a library of all the tracks you own, a store where you are able to buy new music, and a place to listen to new music and discover new favourites (think of it like an elaborate and customized radio station of your very own).

No, but these innovations from Amazon (and other tech companies) are forcing public libraries — like many older institutions (e.g., post offices, banks, etc.)-- to adjust / adapt / change to meet the needs and demands of the culture we are living in today (not 50 years ago).

Trouble is, the app looks and feels like my old high school library — utilitarian and unlovely, mostly functional but stern and not always user friendly.

As much as I would love to have one of those library rooms like you see in old murder mystery movies (you know, the ones with the ladders on rails that slide around the room), being able to carry several volumes with me, or store them on a DVD would be even better.

Can you download from you library like you could the older lookbook?

Among the most effective methods in use at Darien are the simple and old - fashioned talking to people — both in the library and in outreach at places like Darien's heavily trafficked commuter rail station — and putting out printed how - to handouts for patrons to take home.

A private library, quite small, but very old (originally the Mechanics Institute in 1800's), the buyer likes particular non-fiction that directs me, sometimes, into new adventures, like «A Canadian Climate of Mind» about native spirituality and environment.

Revive old - fashioned library lending techniques and make sure you get your books returned with this classic library - style kit complete with checkout cards, date stamp and back cover card pockets, just like the real thing!

Storage has been doubled from the old device's 2 GB to 4 GB, which means, like the Kindle DX, you have 3.3 GB available for your library.

Details like fireplaces, barrel - vaulted ceilings, heirloom furniture and even mezzanine levels with libraries give the bedrooms old - world appeal.

It would be awesome if someone actually decides to make a sequel or another game just like this, you guys need to keep digging in the old PS2 library and find more games to bring back to life.

«We can effectively feel a little bit more like we see on PC, where I can still go back and run my old Doom and Quake games that I used to play years ago but I can still see the best 4K games come out and my library is always with me.

-- The Switch already has a couple of solid old - school shoot «em ups in its library thanks to the likes of Strikers1945, Aero Fighters 2 and Blazing Star, but Sine Mora EX has a more modern polygonal look.

Yet the old arguments remain: we like the touch, odour and aura of books and libraries; books are pleasant to own and collect; reading a book seems easier and less prone to error than viewing on screen; and it is convenient to have many books open at once.

Netflix has been pushing aggressively to build its on - demand TV library, striking a deal with Disney (s DIS) for ABC and Disney Channel content, as well as bringing older shows like Star Trek online through a licensing deal with CBS (s CBS).

Occasionally I do like to thumb through my iTunes library and check out what's in there, replaying old favorites and hidden gems I'd forgotten about.

Then she picked the perfect wall color, rearranged our furniture so we had a sitting room and mini library, etc.painted some old but still serviceable bedside tables black and they looked like new again.

2 LOW Old books purchased off eBay go a long way toward creating an intimate, library - like feel.

Inspired by the comfortable, masculine aesthetic of places like traditional libraries, time - honoured university offices and old - school gentlemen's clubs, the couple (Monica works for UN Women and Drew is an alternative - energy developer) wanted to ensure the space was as layered and character - filled as the other rooms in the house.

The room feels a bit like an old English library or a lodge.

I like the plastic scraper that I received with my Pamper Chef baking stone, but even an old plastic library card works.