Found this awesome site (hosted by the British Library) that has the digitized versions of books/ images that I would consider treasures from times past: Turning the pages or their new beta site

 

My favorites:

- Leonardo's Notebook

- Blake's Notebook

 

Just finished reading a book called:

The Paradox of Choice - Why More Is Less
By Barry Schwartz

It revolves around the my favorite philosophy ...choices, but with a different angle. Rather than focus on the consequences of the choices we make, this author spends his time discussing the psychological effect of the number of choices we have (either the lack of choice or a sheer overwhelming number of choices.) A good book where the language used is simple (with a number of case studies) and I'd classify it as light reading.