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  • 21“Book, The“ —    (title supplied by R.H.Barlow).    Story fragment (1,200 words); probably written c. October 1933. First published in Leaves(1938); first collected in Marginalia;corrected text in D. The unnamed firstperson narrator, whose “memories are very… …

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  • 22Bookstand — Book stand , n. 1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall. [1913 Webster] 2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23Collector — Col*lect or, n. [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.] 1. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins …

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  • 24Stall — (st[add]l), n. [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, Icel. stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place; akin also to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr. ste llein to… …

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  • 25Stall reader — Stall Stall (st[add]l), n. [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, Icel. stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place; akin also to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr.… …

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  • 26Avicenna — Infobox Muslim scholars | notability = Persian scholar| era = Islamic golden age| color = #cef2e0 | | image caption = | | name = transl|ar|Abū ʿAlī al Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā Balkhi (Avicenna)| title= Sharaf al Mulk, Hujjat al Haq, Sheikh… …

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  • 27Kurt Cobain — Cobain (right) performing with Nirvana at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards …

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  • 28Robert Chambers — (10 July 1802 ndash; 17 March 1871), was a Scottish author and publisher, who, in partnership with his brother William, was highly influential in the middle years of the century. He was the anonymous author of the Vestiges of Creation. Early life …

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  • 29Vanity Fair — Infobox Book name = Vanity Fair title orig = translator = image caption = Title page to Vanity Fair , drawn by Thackeray, who furnished the illustrations for many of his earlier editions author = William Makepeace Thackeray illustrator = William… …

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  • 30George MacDonald — Infobox Writer name = George MacDonald birthdate = birth date|1824|12|10|mf=y birthplace = Huntly, Scotland deathdate = death date and age|1905|9|18|1824|12|10|mf=y deathplace = Ashtead (Surrey), England occupation = Minister, Poet, Novelist… …

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