At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds is widely considered to be Flann O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction.
Peter Doig
Peter Doig is one of the absolute best painters working today.
Chartreuse
Chartreuse is a French liqueur composed of distilled alcohol flavored with 130 herbal extracts. The liqueur is named after the Grande Chartreuse monastery where it was formerly produced, located in the Chartreuse Mountains. The liqueur is nowadays produced in a factory in the nearby town of Voiron under the supervision of monks from the monastery.
Runit Island
Beneath this concrete dome on Runit Island, part of Enewetak Atoll, built between 1977 and 1980 at a cost of about $239 million, lie 111,000 cubic yards or radioactive soil and debris from Bikini and Rongelap atolls.
Liar’s Poker
Liar's Poker is a non-fiction, semi-autobiographical book by Michael Lewis describing the author's experiences as a bond salesman on Wall Street during the late 1980s.
André Malraux
André Malraux was a French author, adventurer and statesman.
Chinese scholar rocks
Chinese scholar rocks are small shaped or naturally-occurring rocks appreciated by Chinese scholars from the Song dynasty onwards, and quite frequently found in traditional Chinese gardens.
Samuel Steward
Samuel Steward was a university professor, writer, tattoo artist, and pornographer.
Spinalonga
Spinalonga is located at the eastern section of Crete. The island was used as a leper colony, from 1903 to 1957. It is notable for being one of the last active leper colonies in Europe.
Nicobar Pigeon
The Nicobar Pigeon is a pigeon found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Nicobar Islands.