Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities
Next time you're in a book store, try and find this cool green hard-cover with an Octopus on the front. It's the Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities (July 2009). This is such a fascinating book to thumb through. It has over 1,500 wood engravings that originally graced the pages of Webster's dictionaries in the 19th century. You'll see everything from Acorns to Zebras. Once you pick it up, it's hard to put down.