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Looking for a Book Now Means Choosing the Right Medium

What is a book? I have lately seen publicity for the new movie, Far From the Madding Crowd, based, of course, on the book by Thomas Hardy. I thought it would be fun to read it. I tried several different … Continue reading

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A new kind of library search

A few days ago, for reasons that aren’t relevant here, I was interested in finding a book about the Punic Wars (Carthage against Rome with General Hannibal and elephants in the mountains.) Rather than just look at a list in… Continue reading

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