Yet another addition to the container vs. content debate: http://tinyurl.com/2tqxye
From the article: a fascinating example of putting books to other uses…
“there was no outcry in 2003 when 2.5 million romance novels from the publisher Mills & Boon were buried to form the noise-reducing foundation of a motorway extension in Manchester, England.”
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- Books like sapphires : from The Library of Congress Judaica Collection / Ann Brener ; foreword by Martin J. Gross.
- Temples of knowledge : art & science / texts by Alberto Manguel, António Filipe Pimentel, Stefano Salis; photographs, Massimo Listri.
- Jewish languages and book culture / edited by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger & César Merchán-Hamann.
- The book-makers : a history of the book in eighteen lives / Adam Smyth.
- Ductus : an online course in paleography / course, Bernard J. Muir ; software and graphics, Nick Kennedy ; video and ms images, Graeme Smith.
