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Reflections on the value of books

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posted on 2023-05-22, 00:58 authored by Elaine StratfordElaine Stratford
It may sound glib to declare my abiding affection for books, but it is there. I feel fortunate to have grown up in a home where Winnie‐ther‐Pooh1 sat alongside the Bhagavad Gita, Shakespeare, multiple atlases, Agatha Christie, Albert Camus, the Britannica, or Susan Sontag. I have gained enormous satisfaction prowling libraries for targeted items and serendipitous finds, and could spend (and indeed have spent) endless hours in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library, the Mortlock Library of South Australia, or the British Library, among others.

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Publication title

Geographical Research

Volume

56

Pagination

249-251

ISSN

1745-5863

Department/School

College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia

Place of publication

Australia

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in human society

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