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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. — Robertson Davies

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Introduction¹

The Evolution of the Book (Julie Dreyfuss, TED-Ed)
TED-Ed (YouTube Channel)

Dictionary

book : a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Encyclopedia

Book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is a leaf, and each side of a leaf is a page. A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book, or e-book.

Books may also refer to works of literature, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature. In novels and sometimes other types of books (for example, biographies). — Wikipedia

Book (Encyclopædia Britannica)

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Inspiration

Talks about Books (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Books (Big Think)

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Preservation

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Participation

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. — Benjamin Disraeli

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

Library Thing
Good Reads

Organization

Association of American Publishers

News

Bookwire (Bowker)
Booklist (American Library Association)
Textualities
Books (New York Times)
Best Seller List (New York Times)
Books (National Public Radio)

Books (ISBNdb)

More …

NYT > Books

Robert Coles, Pulitzer-Winning Child...
by Douglas Martin on June 7, 2026 at 10:14 pm
His five-volume “Children of Crisis” series, published between 1967 and 1977, drew on his conversations with American children whose voices were not often heard.
Book Review: ‘Contrapposto,’ by Dave Eggers
by Alexandra Jacobs on June 7, 2026 at 9:00 am
In this satisfyingly old-school novel, an artist tries to find his place, and hold onto his spark, in a world that values fads and flash.
Alan Riding, Times Correspondent in Latin America...
by Alan Cowell on June 6, 2026 at 10:14 pm
He was a cosmopolitan observer and interpreter of societies he knew firsthand, whether writing about war in Nicaragua or the history and cultural salons of France.
An Edith Wharton Short Story Is Published About...
by Emmett Lindner on June 6, 2026 at 8:46 pm
The short story, which is set during World War I, is believed to have been printed for the first time on Friday. The story is thought to have been written no earlier than July 1918.
In ‘Waist Deep,’ Linea Maja Ernst Explores...
by Amelia Nierenberg on June 6, 2026 at 11:59 am
The Danish writer Linea Maja Ernst’s debut novel, “Waist Deep,” a hit in Europe, explores the flirtations and frustrations within a millennial friendship circle.

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