The competitive book sorters who spread knowledge around New York

Space illustrations, cooking flowers, and spring rolls. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. November 16, 2018 World Series of Sorting Every day, the New York and Brooklyn Public Libraries send 40,000 books flying all over New York City. We went underground with their sorters, as they competed for recognition as the best and fastest in the United States. Read More → Imagining Life in Space In 1975, NASA was contemplating whether humans could colonize space—and it commissioned these striking illustrations to tease out the possibilities. Read more → Cooking Flowers Once common across rural Italy, the practice has faded because of industrialization and urbanization. Now, one woman is trying to bring it back. Read more → BAKHCHISARAY, CRIMEA Cave Community Eski-Kermen, built by the Goths in the sixth century, is one of the earliest inhabited cave towns in the southwest corner of Crimea. Read more → Dublin, Ireland Ghosts of Dublin's Past This eclectic museum takes you through the history of the city, from the Viking age to the horrors of the Black Plague. Read more → Food & Drink Senegalese Spring Rolls These crisp snacks, known as nem, tell a story of war, love, and colonialism. Read more → FROM OUR FRIENDS AT HISTORY Oldest Intact Shipwreck A 2,400-year-old shipwreck off the Bulgarian coast has remained so well-preserved, archaeologists say, because the waters around it are devoid of oxygen. Read more → Sponsored by Chase Sapphire® A Subway Ride Through Time We partnered with Chase Sapphire® and the New York Transit Museum to take cardmembers on the journey of a lifetime—via the MTA. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222