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A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other various material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book (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 (e.g. biographies), a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc.). A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm. A store where books are bought and sold is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries. In 2010, Google estimated that there were about 130 million unique books in the world. History of booksMain article: History of booksFrom Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What kind of books did your parents have when you were a child? Q. What kind of books did your parents have in your house as you were growing up? Not books for you, but books for them... See, as i was growing up my parents had books on the theory of alien civilizations & extraterrestrial research, amongst other things such as psychology books & books on unexplained phenomenons. Today I am very interested in these things, especially the alien stuff. As my mum was growing up her mum had a lot of books about the workings of the brain & a lot of encyclopedias & today she is very stuff like that. From this i saw a pattern. How about you? Do your current interests stem from the books you grew up around as a child? Asked by ritualeclipse - Tue Aug 7 13:59:02 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. When i was growing up my mom has some really outdated encyclopedia's they had red covers she had some v.c andrews books she had some sick romance books i thought were gross she had a few horror and monster books she wasn't really much of a reader which is funny because i am Answered by dreamsofinsomnia - Tue Aug 7 14:08:50 2007 What books have eagerly awaited and then been dissapointed by? Q. I recently got the first five books from Jim Butcher's Dresden Files for a lovely reading marathon. I love paranormal stuff, and he came so highly recommended I was champing at the bit in anticipation of a new series with many instalments to look forward to. I've only managed the first two and am really disappointed. I can't figure out why they haven't clicked with me. Have you ever had this happen with a book? Asked by Upsydaisy - Tue Oct 14 10:05:00 2008 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments A. I kept reading reviews about a book called "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" that made it sound like it was brilliant. It WASN'T, and I hate reading a whole book waiting for something to happen and nothing interesting ever does. Answered by L T - Tue Oct 14 10:13:48 2008 What books can you reccommend to someone who likes the Twilight series?
Q. The books don't have to be about vampires, I actually would prefer them not to be about vampires. But what books could you also recommend for a 13-year old who reads very fast (I finished Twilight in 2 days) and has great punctuation? Asked by summerboy.<3 - Sun Nov 30 13:19:07 2008 - - 20 Answers - 0 Comments A. My first recomendation is The Host by the same author, Stephanie Meyer. It's sold as a novel for adults but a 13 year old will have no problem reading it. It's just longer than Twilight but that's a good thing. I think it has even more emotional impact that the Twilight series. I also recomend the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. The first book is The Golden Compass. If you haven't seen the Twilight movie yet, definitely see it. I think it's one of the best out there in terms of movies based on books and staying true to the book. They did a really fantastic work with this one. Answered by Final H - Wed Dec 3 04:59:20 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Books"  video.google.com Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:43:37 PST Diamond articulately spelled out how his best-selling book, COLLAPSE, took shape. At first it was going to be a book of 18 chapters chronicling 18 ... video.google.com.  cwtv.com Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:41:01 PDT about Elena's brother Jeremy, one of the few characters who do not appear in the books. ... Vampire diaries episode Vampire diaries full ... cwtv.com.  video.google.com Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:40:16 PST Marketing, an Amazon Top 100 bestseller for a year and a Fortune Best Business Book. His newest book, All Marketers are Liars , has already made ... video.google.com. From Google Video Search: "Books"  heraldsun.com.au Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:21:00 GMT+00:00 Herald Sun The books comprise pseudo-Seinfeldian comic letters to businesses, celebrities and politicians around the world. The circumstantial evidence is strong that ... UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News UPI.com  marketwire.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:52:42 GMT+00:00 Marketwire (press release) Despite sales of e- books outselling hardbacks on Amazon for the first time, OneNewsPage users felt the physical book has a healthy future. ... E- books fail the classroom test Financial Times Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Julio Ojeda-Zapata column TMCnet Amazon says new Kindle a best seller Saudi Gazette News Simplified  mobility.cbronline.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:39:11 GMT+00:00 Computer Business Review Sony Electronics has launched its new line of Reader digital books , including the new Reader Pocket Edition, Reader Touch Edition and, in the US, ... Sony finally brings its e-readers to Australia The Canberra Times From Google News Search: "Books"  digitalapoptosis.com 677px x 782px | 250.80kB [source page] next Bookshelf You can learn a lot about a man by going through his books  luciebartlett.files.wordpress.com 327px x 470px | 58.50kB [source page] A little online meme currently doing the Facebook rounds is that of the Top 100 books as identified by the BBC in 2003 the BBC reckons that the average adult has only read 6 From Yahoo Image Search: "Books"  abooksblog.com Bookman Beattie Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:44:00 GM Bound . Books. vs. Ebooks, That is Still the QuestionPublishing PerpectivesIn our Friday editorial, Canadian author and bookseller Deborah Willis discusses the differences between bound . books. and e-. books. . While she is intrigued by the ... From Google Blog Search: "Books" BooksFrom Wikiquote Jump to: navigation, search There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891, preface Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. ~ William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1 scene 2Quotations about books: Sourced
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