The famous library in Egypt flourished for six centuries and was the cultural and intellectual center of the ancient Hellenistic world before falling into ruin.
32 months ago

Never have I been more disappointed about a 250-word count than now. I need an Alexandrian library full of volumes to describe how I feel...
21 months ago

The 1935 novel by the forgotten Nobelist Elias Canetti, is a cautionary tale of intellectual blindness and petrification.
5 months ago

Mary Ann Mavrinac, the University's vice provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of University of Rochester Libraries, has started her term as the...
86 months ago

Unfortunately, this is not the first, nor will it be the last time the greater book community lets me down.
26 months ago

Larry King attends the 2017 International Emmy Awards in New York in 2017. The longtime talk show host died Saturday at 87.
46 months ago

The burning of the library of Louvain University (known then as the Université catholique de Louvain) in 1914 by the invading German army would be the focus of...
48 months ago

Andrea DenHoed writes about the expressive and colorful profiles for dogs on Petfinder, and how her search led to a little Chihuahua named...
78 months ago

Did you know 'Umar b. al Khattab was accused of burning down the Alexandrian Library?
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On January 4, Tripoli's historic Al Sa'eh Library, one of Lebanon's largest, burnt down. Two-thirds of its 80000 books and manuscripts were...
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