The ‘Online Edition of India’s National Magazine’, The Hindu (Hindu.com): has an interesting article about two very different libraries. Here is an excerpt:
“One was set up in 1898 and the other in 2004. One was established in the context of the freedom movement and the other started to preserve its memoirs. Both were started by […]
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The Fall 2008 issue of O At Home (An Oprah Magazine) gave an ‘All-Access Guide to Her Favorite Room’. One page, Anatomy of Oprah’s Bookshelves’ says:
“Oprah’s library - 1,500 volumes strong, and still growing - including first-edition Pulitzer Prize winners, Oprah’s Book Club selections, and John Steinbeck’s first novel, Cup of Gold…”
Oprah is quoted:
“I’m […]
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The Private Library by Arthur L Humphreys was originally published in 1897
In the book the author sought to convey “What we do know, what we don’t know, what we ought to know about our books.”
An 1903 edition is available to be read on Google Books .
Thanks to From: JaneyP and the Librarian Google Group for […]
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Read a good book (you already know how to do that)
Register it here (along with your journal comments), get a unique BCID (BookCrossing ID number), and label the book
Release it for someone else to read (give it to a friend, leave it on a park bench, donate it to charity, “forget” it in a coffee […]
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bookcrossing
n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
(added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in August 2004)
The information above and below is from the Website of BookCrossing.com
“You’ve come to a friendly place, and we welcome you to our book-lovers’ […]
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