Guttenberg's Printing Press.  While someone else probably would have come up with something like it eventually, this invention, being the first of its kind, brought the written word to a great deal more people than ever before.  Previously block printing was available, but as any one block could only be used once, books were very valuable because ( Read more... )

 "When I have a little money, I buy books. And if I have any left, I buy food and clothing."

- Desiderius Erasmus

Now I know that some of these titles may be a little less than intelligent in their content, but for the most part their stories look quite entertaining. A majority of them I have never read in my life and I figure it could be a good experience to see how they go and such (considering some of them are classics, I believe I should read them anyway ( Read more... )