Noun

books

  1. Plural form of book.
  2. (plural only; not used in singular form) (accounting) Accounting records.

Verb

books

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of book.

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Fri Sep 3 15:54:46 2010

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 books

Main article: History of books

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Fri Sep 3 00:51:07 2010

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A. When i was growing up my mom has some really outdated encyclopedia's they had red covers she had some v.c andrews books she had some sick romance books i thought were gross she had a few horror and monster books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 is a book similar to the books in the inheritance trilogy?
Q. I have finished all 3 of the inheritance trilogy books, and I want to know what is a book, or book series that are similar to this series. I am into fantisy mostly.
Asked by Elliot C - Fri Aug 14 01:55:25 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The Dragonlance series. Their fairly similar, and Dragonlance also features the Dragon Riders idea. The books really aren't bad. They aren't literary genius, but they're definitely good.
Answered by Mystress Vampyre - Fri Aug 14 02:27:12 2009

How many books did Shakespeare write and whats their names?
Q. How many books did Shakespeare right? What are the names to the books? I want to at least read half of his books before 8th grade and I am in 7th so yeah I kinda wanna get a head Sorry I meant plays... How many plas did he write?
Asked by ashnordonez - Wed Apr 21 21:24:00 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. He wrote 38 plays available today, and 2 plays that were "lost" (Love's Labour Won and Cardenio) The ones that are stared are ones I would recomend starting with. When you start out, I would recomend either getting a side-by-side edition (they "translate" the Shakespearean language into modern language next to the original text to help with understanding) or renting/finding copies of recordings of the plays to help with understanding... Shakespeare is hard to read when you first start out, and it may take some time to get used to the language. Seeing it performed is a big help: Comedies The Tempest* The Two Gentlemen of Verona the Merry Wives of Windsor Measue for Measure The Comedy of Errors Much Ado About Nothing* Love's Labour Lost A… [cont.]
Answered by Glissade - Wed Apr 21 21:38:07 2010

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From 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 2

Quotations about books:

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  • One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort.
  • Why is marking a book indespensible to reading it? First, it keeps you awake — not merely conscious, but wide awake. Second, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in wordes, spoken or written...Third, writing your reactions down helps you to remember the thoughts of the author...Marking a book is literally an expression of your differences or your agreements with the author, It is the highest respect you can pay him.
  • Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
  • Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
  • The covers of this book are too far apart.
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