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Nobuo Okano has been restoring books for 30 years

A guy brought an old, 1,000-page English-Japanese dictionary

He used it in his youth and now wants to restore it and give it to his daughter

Nobuo begins by shaving the old glue from the spine

The book had some maps of English-speaking countries. They suffered greatly, so Nobuo glued them to new sheets of paper

The color doesn’t match perfectly, but he can prevent them from degrading further

The most monotonous part is straightening out every page corner with tweezers…

…and then wetting and ironing the corners straight!

He even has a special tiny iron for the job

The owner wrote his high school sweetheart’s initials on the book in ink

Using a heavy-duty paper cutter, Okano removes the color from the edges

New, minty-fresh pages!

Last but not least, the cover, with the original title on a brand-new background

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This list of the best selling comics of the past 15 years consolidates each series into the best-selling title they have.

Death of Wolverine #1, 274,000 copies
The passing of the most popular X-Men character was a huge event, spawning its own spin-off book just for Logan’s death and the consequences of it.

All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #1, 276,000 copies
This new line of the Dark Knight’s story paired together the best two in the comic business at the time, Jim Lee and Frank Miller.

Uncanny Avengers #1, 305,900 copies
The beginning of the crossover between the X-Men and the Avengers sold to more than 300k fans.

Rocket Raccoon #1, 311,000 copies
But the little striped motor mouth of the Avengers outsold his full gang, even with the benefit of the X-Men. The success of the film certainly didn’t hurt it.

Captain America (Civil War Epilogue) #25, 317,700 copies
The death of the Cap, and the replacement of his character by Winter Soldier and old friend Bucky Barnes, made this one of Marvel’s recent blockbusters.

Justice League of America #1, 326,000 copies
The relaunch of the Justice League under the banner of The New 52, executed by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, outsold every other DC title that was rebooted alongside it.

Civil War #2, 341,856 copies
The unmasking of Spider-Man sold this issue in droves, and the first three Civil War issues totaled over a million copies sold.

The Walking Dead #100, 384,000 copies
The indie book developed a huge following before the television show, but skyrocketed after the premiere. This issue featured one of the book’s worst baddies and some brutal developments.

The Amazing Spider-Man #1, 559,200 copies
The return of Peter Parker lands the 2014 relaunch of Spider-Man at over half a million copies, outselling #583, which featured the President in its story.

Star Wars #1, 985,976 copies
The launch of this ultra-title from Marvel in January dwarfed every comic book issue since 2000, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

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Tywin Lannister

This is actually how characters are described in the books.

Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish

Oberyn Martell

Daenerys Targaryen

Joffrey Baratheon

Tyrion Lannister

Theon Greyjoy

Brienne of Tarth

Ygritte

Renly Baratheon

Stannis Baratheon

Cersei Lannister

Sandor Clegane, aka “The Hound”

Melisandre

Jorah Mormont

Ser Davos Seaworth

Tormund Giantsbane

Syrio Forel

Daario Naharis

The Iron Throne

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In small apartments, extra furniture is a luxury for which there just isn’t room. If only there was a type of practical, sturdy furnishing that took up zero space when it wasn’t needed…

Invented by industrial designer Mike Mak, Bookniture is extremely compact, multifunctional furniture made of paper.

Thanks to its advanced honeycomb structure and the use of traditional book-binding technologies, Bookniture can be stored or carried around just like a book.

With just the flip of the wrist, Bookniture can serve as a small table…

In tests, it was able to hold up to 375 lbs (170 kg).

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Proof that books make everything cooler.

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Nowadays you can just download a book on your smartphone or kindle and be on your way. Back in the 17th century if you wanted to carry your books around, it was a lot harder to do so.

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There’s nothing quite like a children’s book based on satanic rituals.

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Artist Kate Gavino has created these hilarious mock book covers that show us what kind of adventures The Babysitters Club might be getting into if the series was still being published today.

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This Was Just a Kid’s Coloring Book, But What Was Drawn In It Will Shock You!

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Archie Andrews
In a shock move, the all-American kid was recently gunned down while protecting a friend and recently elected gay senator from an assassination attempt. For a guy whose biggest problem previous to this was what malt flavor to order, this was some pretty heavy stuff.

Phoenix
Jean Grey has had more deaths in print than almost any character, but the most striking death was when she offed herself in front of Cyclops order to save the world from the wrath of Phoenix.

The Flash (Barry Allen)
In a world where deaths don’t stick too often, Barry Allen stayed dead for more than 20 years. The Flash’s death in the “Crisis on Infinite Earths “run sets the scene for his nephew and sidekick Wally West to take over as the Flash for a long time.

Bucky Barnes
The future Winter Soldier stayed dead even longer than Barry Allen. The Cap’s sidekick was killed in 1968 while trying to disarm a bomb, and didn’t see another appearance until 2005.

Superman
The death and rebirth game is played pretty often, but everyone was surprised that they would do it with Superman. They even kept him dead for a full year before giving him a glorious return.

Gwen Stacy
Spider-man had a hard run already, losing his parents and his uncle, so to kill off his true love is pretty brutal. But Gwen bit the dust in 1970, setting the stage for an epic grudge with the Green Goblin.

Supergirl
This was a significant death, because Superman’s cousin was at the peak of her popularity when she was offed during the same era that The Flash met his maker.

Robin (Jason Todd)
The Joker killed Batman’s sidekick on the page, but in reality he was killed by the fans, who voted by 1-900 number to let Robin expire as opposed to pull through and continue on.

Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Dr. Octopus claims Spidey in issue #700, although they backtracked on his death pretty quickly after the series was re-launched.

Alexandra DeWitt
She wasn’t the biggest name in comics, but she suffered one of the most graphic deaths in history. The Green Lantern’s girlfriend was strangled, mangled, and stuffed into Lantern’s refrigerator by Major Force. But if you think that prevented her from being brought back, think again.

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In an ongoing series of handmade miniature books, artist Evan Lorenzen recently released his latest entitled, The Mini Book of Major Events. The 7 page, miniature bound book is a follow-up to his first tiny book, The Little Book of Big Ideas.

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The blog Coloring Corruptions is dedicated to completely ruining the innocence of children’s coloring books. The results are pleasantly twisted…

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The animal shelter encourages children to come in and spend quality time with their cats up for adoption.

Children and animals at the Animal Rescue League of Berks County in Pennsylvania.

The program is called Book Buddies.

Not only does it help the cats get much needed interaction, but it helps children learn.

The kids can come in and read to the animals. The soothing reading calms the cats.

Not only that, but the feline attention the kids get is also very welcome.

Children in grades 1st through 8th can go into the shelter and read to the cats.

“The program will help children improve their reading skills while also helping the shelter animals. Cats find the rhythmic sound of a voice very comforting and soothing,” the shelter wrote.

The idea is mutually beneficial.

AND it’s downright adorable. That is a definite win.

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