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- Powell's Books
- A Portland institution that rightfully claims to be the largest new and used bookstore in the world.
"The point is Powell's probably is the world's greatest bookstore. It is a place of staggering ambition, hidden in the very humble wrapper of a worn-out warehouse. Any library we seek tax money to build ought to measure up to Powell's or it isn't worth it." The Seattle Times, March 6, 1997 -
(Added: 17-Apr-2000) [Rate It]
- Rereadables Used Book Store
- Online used book store. Thousands of authors and titles. Science fiction, romance, classics, children, mystery and more. -
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- Stephen King
- Stephen King is probably the most popular author in the world. And his Web site's not too shabby, either. In addition to the regular features you'd expect to find - which include a rumor debunking section, a Q&A, the Past, Present and Future of King's work, a links page and an area to contact the author. You can also access the serialized novel "The Plant" on his site. "The Plant" will be posted on the site in monthly installments. -
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- The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center
- Book lovers and biblical historians alike are familiar with these prized passages, now scanned and available online in astonishing detail. The Gutenberg Bible was the first ever book made utilizing the movable type process in Germany circa 1454. Lovingly bound in Johann Gutenberg's tiny studio - only 21 copies remain today. Prior to his landmark invention, bibles and books were laboriously written on scrolls. During the middle ages, monks painstakingly inked manuscripts in a room called a scriptorium. Short books could take months to finish, while bibles could take years. As demands for wood-block pictures and engravings rose throughout Europe, the need for a better, faster process was evident. Gutenberg's revolutionary print presses spread, and literacy flourished. As for his great first work, you can admire it in up close, almost 600 years after it was first bound. -
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