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Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.
Excerpt from The Library of Fiction, Vol. 1: Or Family Story-Teller; Consisting of Original Tales, Essays, and Sketches of Characters To the desultory reader, whose leisure or inclination does not suffice for the perusal of more elaborate works, yet who is by no means indisposed to bask occasionally in the sunlight of fancy and invention, this Collection is peculiarly fitted; while, as a companion to the family circle, its careful inculcation (though more by way of induction than direct tutorage) of the purest principles of morality, will abundantly recommend it. It may be remembered that many of the most exquisite, as well as most celebrated efforts of Fiction, both in our own and other languages, have tended, by their dimensions, to realize the adage that "Brevity is the soul of wit." The Novelette has, indeed, from the days of Boccaccio to the present, been the favourite medium with gifted writers of pouring forth the spirit of passion, or striking out the flashes of mirth. Our aim is similar: we seek to reach, through its various points of access, that mysterious agent, the human heart; either to touch it with sympathy or brighten it by amusement. When we reflect on the distinguished names that have already graced our work, and that are pledged to grace its future pages, we cannot doubt of succeeding in this aim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from A Library of Famous Fiction: Embracing the Nine Standard Masterpieces of Imaginative Literature (Unabridged); With an Introduction The well-known portrait-picture, by Gilbert, of a scene in the life of Gold smith, which confronts the title of this volume, forcibly suggests the differ ence between our own times and those which it portrays, with respect to the relations of the author to his publisher, not only, but of the publisher him self to his public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.