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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
Dictionary
book : a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory — Webster See also OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary
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
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Preservation
History
Centre for the History of the Book (The University of Edinburgh)
Bibliography and History of the Book (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
History of the Book (Wikipedia)
Quotation
Museum
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. — Benjamin Disraeli
Education
Course
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
Library Thing, Book Lovers Community
Event
Forum
Reddit, Books
Reddit, More Books…
News
New York Times Books Page
New York Times Best Seller List
Bookwire, Reviews & Sources
Gale’s Book Review Index, Online
NPR Archives>
Book
Government
Document
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Expression
Fun
Arts
A brief history of book illustration (Chris Russell, Literary Hub)
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Music
Future
The Institute for the Future of the Book
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