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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Tue Aug 4 13:58:30 2009

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other 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 e-book.

Books may also refer to a literature work, 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, 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.

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Sun Aug 2 17:26:16 2009

What books do you suggest reading that are really great thrillers?
Q. I am in the mood to read some thrillers. Any suggestions on any books to read especially any by regular authors (not the big sellers like Michael Chrichton, but not excluding them either). Plus only adult literature as well, not books for teens or kids. Please don't just list books, but tell me why they are good that so I have some info to know what I should get.
Asked by roast_beef - Thu Sep 25 00:04:54 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. i tend to like older ones - agatha christie is the best, hands down. "and then there were none," "the murder of roger ackroyd," and "witness for the prosecution" are all murder mysteries with really unpredictable, gasp-worthy plot twists. a newer one that i haven't finished but find really interesting is "eye contact" by cammie mcgovern. it's about an autistic boy who witnesses the murder of his friend but is unable to communicate what he saw. hope this helps!
Answered by disapprovingrabbit - Thu Sep 25 01:15:55 2008

What are some good american historical fiction books?
Q. i looking for books related to american wars for example revolutionary war, civil war, ww1,ww2 my english teacher forces his students to read, analize, write essays and get tested on his boring and out dated books about america history. he want the books that we read in his class to connect to other classes. his intentions are good but he needs to choose better books and give kids more options. Please reccomend books are exciting, will apeal to kids age 12-14 and appropriate for class. can you also reccomend books not relating to war but in the same time period. any good books related to physcial science are also helpful.
Asked by vampbookworm - Fri May 25 22:40:57 2007 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You should look into the author Ann Rinaldi, she writes excellent historical fiction for young readers both at the middle school and high school level and her books cover all the major events in history. Here are a couple: The Secret of Sarah Revere (Revolutionary War) An Acquaintance with Darkness (Civil War) A Break with Charity- (Salem Witch Trials) And she has many others. Excellent writer and she is used by a lot of classroom teachers although apparently not yours.
Answered by Jackie Oh! - Fri May 25 22:48:48 2007

What books should I read after reading Harry Potter and the Twilight series?
Q. Loved the Harry Potter books and the Twilight series by Meyer. I've also read The Da Vinci Code and enjoyed that. If someone can give me suggestions that are similar reads to these books and are more for late teens/early 20's readers I'd appreciate it.
Asked by M.T. - Wed Jul 29 17:38:06 2009 - - 18 Answers - 0 Comments

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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
  • 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.
  • Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
    • Harold Bloom, quoted in O Magazine (April 2003)
  • Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be.
    • Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979), translated by William Weaver (1981), p. 72
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Last weekend I had been to my uncle s place and after lunch he proudly took me to his library he called it that Thre were around 40 books and I picked up a few I had never heard of

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