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All of the libraries in the world-whether small or large, public or private-serve the same purpose: to preserve, cherish, or show off the riches of human knowledge. Now, for the first time, an internationally renowned photographer takes the reader on a journey to more than 20 of the most historic of these magical places, all architectural treasures. From the dramatic, baroque Library of the Institut de France in Paris, to the splendid Vatican Library in Rome; from the majestic Royal Library in El Escorial, Spain, to the famed New York Public Library, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece-here are some of the most exquisite libraries of the Western world.

Included are national, scholarly, and religious libraries from 12 countries, which have in common a distinguished heritage and an architectural setting that emphasizes art and culture. The accompanying text traces the history of libraries to the present day, and describes how they came to serve famous personalities and men of letters. Libraries must be counted among civilization's crowning achievements; this elegant book is a fitting tribute to that accomplishment.

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Makes a great gift. These Embossers are precision crafted with heavy-duty frames to give crisp impressions on envelopes, stationery, greeting cards, books, photos, foil labels, or valuable documents. Choose from a 1in x 2in rectangular die or a 1-5/8in round die with your personalized text. Embossers add a mark of distinction and they make great gifts for family, friends, and business associates. This item is not interchangeable with the 2" round embosser dies.

TThe Map Library Subscription card provides unlimited downloads for one-year to the DeLorme Map Library using Topo USA 7.0 software (sold separately). This library lets you select U.S.geographic areas of interest and download USGS 7.5-minute topographic quad maps, color satellite maps, and NOAA nautical charts using the NetLink tab of Topo USA. Once downloaded, they’re yours to keep. Topo USA software is available separately or included with the DeLorme Earthmate PN-Series GPS. Topo USA contains the blended DeLorme vector street and topographic maps. The additional map types downloaded from the Map Library are yours to layer on the DeLorme PN GPS, enabling you to switch among map types of your GPS location. It’s amazing!

"Splendidly articulate, informative and provoking....A book to be savored and gone back to."—Baltimore Sun

On the survival and destruction of knowledge, from Alexandria to the Internet. Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited foray from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries, from the Vatican to the British Library, from socialist reading rooms and rural home libraries to the Information Age.

He explores how libraries are built and how they are destroyed, from the decay of the great Alexandrian library to scroll burnings in ancient China to the destruction of Aztec books by the Spanish—and in our own time, the burning of libraries in Europe and Bosnia. Encyclopedic in its breadth and novelistic in its telling, this volume will occupy a treasured place on the bookshelf next to Baker's Double Fold, Basbanes's A Gentle Madness, Manguel's A History of Reading, and Winchester's The Professor and the Madman.

Century CD is the affordable remedy to your CD or DVD storage headaches. Storing up to 100 discs per unit, or up to 127,000 by stacking multiple units, Century CD, coupled with a PC or notebook CD/DVD drive, enables faster, easier, safer, and more accurate CD/DVD storage, retrieval and management for business and home users. The CD DVD Organizer allows you to store and organize all of your discs (CDs, Music, Video, DVDs, CDRs, CDRWs, Game CDs and more). Finding your CD takes only a single command from your PC and is located in seconds.. Once the CD has been used it can simply be replaced into the slot for further storage. The software also allows you to scan in CD/DVD covers to save within the database and retrieve based on the cover design. From software developers with CDs loaded with code, to schools with stacks of educational CDs, the super low-cost Century CD storage solution is simplifying people's lives everywhere, and it can simplify yours, too. Century-CD is the industry's first affordable, intelligent CD and DVD storage unit, providing the user with a 100 disk capacity per unit. By stacking multiple CD units the device is scaleable to manage up to 127,000 disks from a single interface on your PC or Mac. This allows you to have the safest and most convenient way to store and retrieve your important data. Loading disks into the CCD is quick and easy. The CCD software offers you a list of all currently stored CDs. You just point and click, or use the built-in search capability to locate a CD, even if you only remember part of its name. Don't remember which disk a certain song is on? No problem: the track search facility will locate it for you. From software developers to desktop publishers, everyone needs to keeps reference materials within easy reach. With much of this information on multiple disks, CCD is the perfect solution for minimizing downtime and maximizing productivity.

A small creature offers his big voice for aspiring authors everywhere

Every child can be a writer—and Library Mouse shows them how!

Beloved children’s books author and illustrator Daniel Kirk wonderfully brings to life the story of Sam, a library mouse. Sam’s home was in a little hole in the wall in the children’s reference books section, and he thought that life was very good indeed. For Sam loved to read. He read picture books and chapter books, biographies and poetry, and ghost stories and mysteries. Sam read so much that finally one day he decided to write books himself!

Sam shared his books with other library visitors by placing them on a bookshelf at night. Until there came the time that people wanted to meet this talented author. Whatever was Sam to do?

The joy of reading, writing, and sharing is brought to life in this warmhearted tale.

The New York Public Library Student Planner makes it easy to organize the minutiae of your life. This powerful, user-friendly tool helps you keep all your subjects, schedules, and daily details in one spot, saving you time and leaving more of your brain free for lifes larger issues. Features include space for listing a years worth of classes, organized by quarter or semester; weekly grids where you can record meetings, study schedules, and other activities; full-page monthly grids for long-term planning; and space for addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. You will also find incisive, inspiring, sometimes wryly comical quotations and lists of Internet resources, reference books, weights and measures with metric conversion tables, US and Canadian holidays, and toll-free numbers and websites for travel and lodging. Size: 6 x 8 1/4 in.; 160 pages; Wire-O bound, softcover with flaps; printed on recycled paper using soy-based inks. ISBN 978-0-7649-4787-2.