Saturday, May 10, 2008

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

M-O-T-H-E-R
"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold,
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together,
they spell "MOTHER",
A word that means the world to me.

Howard Johnson (c. 1915)
To all mothers in this world.

Saturday, May 03, 2008

What is a book


A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an e-book.
Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science
, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines,journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature.
In novels
, a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc).
A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile
, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.
A store where books are bought and sold
is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries or obtained for reading through the practice of Book Crossing.