Me And #Gronk. How Much Fun Is THAT Book Tour Gonna Be? I Wish I Was Wrangling On That Tour. I Mean As

DESIGN: Good Ideas Glow in the Dark by Adris Group

Croatian designers Bruketa&Žinić have created a book that can only be identified in the dark.

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Ben Bradlee, Jr. on his biography of Ted Williams. “The Kid” will be released by Little, Brown on Tuesday, Dec. 3

Well-read, an exclusive excerpt from “The Kid” by Ben Bradlee, Jr.

A voracious consumer of his own press, Ted ignored all the positive coverage and focused only on the negative. “There were 49 million newspapers in Boston, from the Globe to the Brookline Something-or-Other, all ready to jump us…” he whined in his autobiography, My Turn at Bat. He was particularly sensitive about any stories that he felt delved unnecessarily into his private life, stories that accused him of failing to hit in the clutch, or suggested that he was more interested in his own performance than that of the team.

It was natural for writers to despise Williams, and fear him, because he treated them like dirt. But they also knew Ted was great copy, and if they could get him to talk, he was usually a terrific interview because he spoke with unvarnished candor. He was not above stirring the pot with reporters to give him something to be mad at if he felt he was losing his edge. He often said he hit better if he was mad. “He nurtured his rage,” as the writer Roger Kahn once put it.

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Boston, Irish

Acclaimed Boston photographer Bill Brett returns with Boston, Irish, a collection of more than 260 black-and-white photographs of the people and the city he loves. It is his most personal book yet. Building on his four previous books, Boston, Irish turns the lens on Bill’s own community, the city’s Irish Americans. Dedicated to his mother, Mary Ann Brett, Boston, Irish chronicles and crystallizes…

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Me and my friend, the 2013 Red Sox trophy. Thank you to Arlington state Rep. Sean Garballey for getting the Red Sox to allow the trophy to travel to Arlington Town Hall earlier this week.

how'd they get this photo of my house?

(Credit: City of Boston archives)

9 Easton Street, 1914 November 9, Building Department, Special Examination photograph collection, 1914-1918   (Collection # 5410.010)

This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

Please attribute to City of Boston Archives

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#AndThenThisHappened! They're just arriving (in batches) in town. @BillBrettBoston's fifth book, BOSTON: IRISH. They make great Christmas gifts...

Totally falling for this cheap and wonderful play for the heart strings. Puppies! Cute Puppies! To quote Joan Plowright in #101Dalmatians: The Puppies are Here!

Don’t worry: No puppies were drowned in the making of Underwater Puppies. Photographer Seth Casteel says his shoots actually doubled as pool safety lessons:

So many people forget that our swimming pools, as much fun as they are, they are a danger, and they can be a danger to … our fur children. … I mean, a lot of these puppies I work with — for Underwater PuppiesI worked with over 1,500 — all it took was just a few times, putting them in the water and teaching them where the exit is, and they figured it out.

More photos (and Casteel’s interview on Morning Edition) here!

-Nicole

That's Tony DeBlois on the piano @UMassBoston's @TEDx gathering w/ chef-entrepreneur Barbara Lynch, USA Hockey Captain Meghan Duggan....