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"BOOKS" is a plural of: book. |
Date "BOOKS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Chemistry | Consists of mica crystals of irregular shape covered with earth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | Pleasant pursuits, honor and riches to dream of studying them. For an author to dream of his works going to press, is a dream of caution; he will have much trouble in placing them before the public. To dream of spending great study and time in solving some intricate subjects, and the hidden meaning of learned authors, is significant of honors well earned. To see children at their books, denotes harmony and good conduct of the young. To dream of old books, is a warning to shun evil in any form. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Books He is in my books, or in my good books. The former is the older form; both mean to be in favour. The word book was at one time used more widely, a single sheet, or even a list being called a book. To be in my books is to be on my list of friends. "I was so much in his books, that at his decease he left me his lamp."- Addison. "If you want to keep in her good books, don't call her `the old lady.' "- Dickens. He is in my black (or bad) books. In disfavour. (See Black Books.) On the books. On the list of a club, on the list of candidates, on the list of voters, etc. In the universities we say, "on the boards." Out of my books. Not in favour; no longer in my list of friends. The battle of the books. The Boyle controversy (q.v.). (See Battle.) To take one's name off the books. To withdraw from a club. In the passive voice it means to be excluded, or no longer admissible to enjoy the benefits of the institution. The university phrases are "to keep my name on the boards"; "to take my name off the boards," etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | BOOKS. Cards to play with. To plant the books; to place the cards in the pack in an unfair manner. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A book is a collection of one or more written works, often on paper and bound within protective covers to facilitate the organization and storage of the printed material.The oral account (word of mouth, tradition, hearsay) is the oldest carrier of messages and stories. When writing systems were invented in ancient civilizations, clay tablets or parchment scrolls were used as, for example, in the library of Alexandria.
Scrolls were later phased out in favor of the codex, a bound book with pages and a spine, the form of all books today. The codex was invented in the first few centuries A.D. (or earlier? Some have said that Julius Caesar invented the first codex during the Gallic Wars. He would issue scrolls folded up accordion style and use the "pages" as reference points). Before the invention and adoption of the printing press, all books were copied by hand, which made books expensive and rare. During the middle ages, when only churches, universities, and rich noblemen could typically afford books, they were often chained down to prevent theft. The first books used parchment or vellum (calf skin) for the pages, which was later replaced with paper.
Later in the Middle Ages books began to be produced by block printing. In block printing, a relief image of an entire page was carved out of wood. It could then be inked and used to reproduce many copies of that page. Creating an entire book, however, was a painstaking process, requiring a hand-carved block for each page.
The oldest dated printed book is The Diamond Sutra, a Perfection of Wisdom text, printed from wooden blocks. It was found in 1907 by the archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein in a walled-up cave near Dunhuang, in northwest China. The colophon, at the inner end, reads: `Reverently [caused to be] made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 13th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong [i.e. 11th May, AD 868]'. This is 587 years before the Gutenberg Bible. It is on display at the British Library in London.
The Chinese inventor Pi Sheng made moveable type of earthenware circa 1045, but we have no surviving examples of his printing. He embedded the characters, face up, in a shallow tray lined with warm wax. He laid a board across them and pressed it down until all the characters were at exactly the same level. When the wax cooled he used his letter tray to print whole pages.
It was not until Johann Gutenberg popularized the printing press with metal moveable type in the 15th century that books started to be affordable and widely available. This upset the status quo, leading to remarks such as "The printing press will allow books to get into the hands of people who have no business reading books" (need source for quote).
The following centuries were spent on improving both the printing press and the conditions for freedom of the press through the gradual relaxation of restrictive laws. See also intellectual property, public domain, copyright, need expansion; early books were usually freely copied.
All books of the world are said to constitute the Gutenberg Galaxy, or, to use a term coined by eBook author Rick Sutcliffe in the early 1980s, the Metalibrary (see http://www.metalibrary.ca/ ).
In the mid-19th century, paper made from pulp (cellulose, wood) was introduced because it was cheaper than cloth-based paper (term?). Pulp based paper made cheap novels, cheap school text books and cheap books of all kinds available to the general public. This paved the way for huge leaps in the rate of literacy in industrialised nations and eased the spread of information during the Second Industrial Revolution.
However, this pulp paper contained acid that causes a sort of slow fires that eventually destroys the paper from within. Earlier techniques for making paper used limestone rollers which neutralized the acid in the pulp. Libraries today have to consider mass deacidification of their older collections. Books printed 1850--1950 are at risk; more recent books are often printed on acid-free or alkaline paper.
The proper care of books takes into account the possibility of chemical changes to the cover and text. Books are best stored in reduced lighting, definitely out of direct sunlight, at cool temperatures, and at moderate humidity. Books, especially heavy ones, need the support of surrounding volumes to maintain their shape. It is desirable for that reason to group books by size.
Maintaining a library used to be the privilege of princes, the wealthy, monasteries and other religious institutions, and universities. The growth of a public library system in the United States started in the late 19th century and was much helped by donations from Andrew Carnegie.
The advent of paperback books in the 20th century led to an explosion of popular publishing. Paperback books made owning books affordable for many people. Paperback books often included works from genres that had previously been published mostly in pulp magazines.
Throughout the 20th century, libraries have faced an ever-increasing rate of publishing, sometimes called an information explosion. The advent of electronic publishing and the Internet means that much new information is not printed in books, but made available online e.g. through a digital library, on CD-ROM, or in the form of ebooks (electronic books). This does not necessarily make life easier for libraries, and so far has not resulted in any decline in the rate of paper publishing.
There have also been new developments in the process of publishing books. Technologies such as print on demand have made it easier for less known authors to make their work available to a larger audience.
A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile.
Related articles and lists
- Author
- List of books by title
- List of books by author
- List of books by genre or type
- List of books by award or notoriety
- List of books by year of publication
External links
- http://www.HavenWorks.com/books/
- The Book & The Computer - "Its primary focus is how digital technology and the Internet will transform the book and other print media, and what new media may emerge from this transformation" (from about page)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Book."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Most major religions have an official or canonical list of books which make up their holy book. In Judaism the list of books of the Bible was settled approximately 2000 years ago. Since then, there has been no debate between the various Jewish groups over the canon of the Tanach (the Hebrew Bible, which has much text in common with the Christian Old Testament). In contrast, the small sect of Samaritans holds only the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) and the Book of Joshua to be sacred.The various denominations of Christianity are not in complete agreement on the canon of the Christian Bible. While the books of the Old and New Testaments are agreed upon by almost all Christians, there is a set of books that are not universally accepted. In Protestant Christianity, these books are called the Apocrypha, and are rejected as non-canonical. In Roman Catholicism, the books are known as the deuterocanonical books, and are a part of scripture. Protestant scholars often refer to these books as "Inter-testamental", as they were written after the books of the Old Testament, but before the books of the New Testament. Catholics use the word "Apocrypha" to refer to what Protestants call the Pseudepigrapha.
Eastern Orthodox Christians accept the deuterocanonical books, with the exception of Baruch. The Ethiopian church adds several other books, not accepted by the rest of Christianity, such as the Book of Jubilees and Book of Enoch, to the Old Testament.
The religion of Islam has no such issue, as their holy book consists of one book by one author, the Qur'an.
Bible and Tanach
Compares books of Tanach to Christian Old Testament
The Tanach (Hebrew Bible)
- Torah
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Prophetic books
- Joshua
- Judges
- Samuel
- Kings
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Ezekiel
- The Twelve Minor Prophets (consisting of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi)
- Hagiographa ("Writings")
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Job
- Song of Songs
- Ruth
- Lamentations
- Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)
- Esther
- Daniel
- Ezra and Nehemiah
- Chronicles
The Old Testament for the majority of Christians
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Esther
- Job
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)
- Song of Solomon
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
Apocryphal/deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament
Books that are found in the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Slavic Bibles:
Books that are found in the Greek and Slavic Bibles, but are not in the Roman Catholic canon:
- Book of Tobit
- Judith
- Additions to the Book of Esther
- Book of Wisdom
- Sirach
- Baruch
- Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch 6 in some Bibles)
- Susanna (Daniel 13 in the Catholic Bible)
- The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children (Between Daniel 3:23-24 in the Catholic Bible)
- Bel And The Dragon (Daniel 14 in the Catholic Bible)
- 1 Maccabees
- 2 Maccabees
Books that are in the Slavic Bible and the appendix to the Latin Vulgate:
- 1 Esdras
- Prayer of Manasseh
- Psalm 151
- 3 Maccabees
Books that are in the appendix to the Greek Bible:
- 2 Esdras
- 4 Maccabees
The New Testament of the Christians
(Letters of St Paul)
- Gospel of Matthew
- Gospel of Mark
- Gospel of Luke
- Gospel of John
- Acts of the Apostles
See also:
- Epistle to the Romans
- 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- 1 Thessalonians
- 2 Thessalonians
- 1 Timothy
- 2 Timothy
- Epistle to Titus
- Epistle to Philemon
- Epistle to Hebrews
- Epistle of James
- 1 Peter
- 2 Peter
- 1 John
- 2 John
- 3 John
- Epistle of Jude
- Book of Revelation or Apocalypse
- Bible
- Biblical canon
- Bible and Tanach Compares books of Tanach to Christian Old Testament
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Major prophets
- Minor prophets
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Books of the Bible."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accounts | Falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account. |
Books, account book, ledger; day book, cash book, pass book; journal; debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account; account current; balance, balance sheet; compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts; profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts. | |
Audit, field audit; check the books, verify accounts. | |
Book | Phrase: "among the giant fossils of my past"; craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux; "for authors nobler palms remain"; "I lived to write and wrote to live"; "look in thy heart and write"; "there is no Past so long as Books shall live"; "the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers"; "volumes that I prize above my dukedom". |
Knowledge of books, bibliography; book learning; (knowledge). | |
Friendship | Friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one's good graces, in one's good books. |
Lawsuit | Case; decision, precedent; decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books). |
Learning | Phrase: "a lumber-house of books in every head"; ancora imparo! "hold high converse with the mighty dead"; "lash'd into Latin by the tingling rod". |
Adverb: at one's books; in statu pupillari; (learner). | |
Prediction | Coscinomancy; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy; by precious stones, Lithomancy; by pebbles, Pessomancy; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy; by mirrors, Catoptromancy; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy; by dreams, Oneiromancy; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy; by finger rings, Dactylomancy; by numbers, Arithmancy; by drawing lots, Sortilege; by passages in books, Stichomancy; by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy; by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy; by walking in a circle, Gyromancy; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy; by currents, Bletonism; by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BOOKS |
| English words defined with "BOOKS": Hermetic books, hit the books ♦ In one's books ♦ Sibylline books. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BOOKS": Acherontian Books ♦ Bad Books, Black Books, Blue Books, Book of Books, books of account, BRAILLE-AND-TALKING BOOKS CLERK ♦ Clapping the Prayer Books, crayola books ♦ Devil's Books ♦ LIBRARY CLERK, TALKING BOOKS, Lloyd's Books ♦ Maccabees, Books of the, Mother of Books ♦ Reference Books, Medical ♦ statutory books ♦ white woordfree books. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BOOKS": Illuminator. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BOOKS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (books, crude mica). |
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Screenplays | I have two books at my bedside, Lieutenant: the Marine Corps Code of Conduct and the King James Bible (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Kevin lives in a world of books, and words, and things I don't even understand (The Mighty; writing credit: Charles Leavitt. Based on the novel 'Freak the Mighty' by Rodman Philbrick.) You're right, no human being would stack books like this (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.) I get everything from my books. They're all true (Shadow of a Doubt; writing credit: Gordon McDonell; Thornton Wilder) My idea of a perfect date would be a man who takes me to a romantic dinner, and then we walk along the beach barefoot discussing books and--and music and--and movies (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford) | |
Lyrics | No more books (School's Out; performing artist: Alice Cooper) Reading murder books tryin' to stay hip. (EYES WITHOUT A FACE; performing artist: Billy Idol) I used to think happy endings were only in the books I read (Butterfly; performing artist: Crazy Town) Read the books your father read (You Gotta Be; performing artist: Des'ree) Don't know much about science books (Wonderful World; performing artist: Herman's Hermits) | |
Clever | People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases. (references; author: Mark Twain) Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. (references; author: Mark Twain) Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. (references; author: Mark Twain) My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water. (references; author: Mark Twain) Most books now say our sun is a star, but it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Books for Beaver River (1961) Bugs and Books (1932) The Fable of Books Made to Balance (1916) Leaves from the Books of Charles Dickens (1912) The Trail of Books (1911) | |
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 | Pollie Williams (86) looks over books in the library of the Iverness Club Senior Living Center in FL. Credit: USDA. |  | Get your maps, books and licenses here! The Arizona Public Lands Information Center (PLIC) is a partnership between the nonprofit Public Lands Interpretive Association and the Bureau of Land Management. Credit: Chris Tincher. |
 | A BLM employee checks the books at the wild horse and burro adoption. Credit: Dorthea Booth. |  | Pencil drawing of Green-winged Teal by Lynn Bogue Hunt, one of America's foremost wildlife artists. His works were seen in numerous magazines and books. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. |
 | Black and white wash drawing of Harlequin Ducks by John H. Dick. As a world traveler and photographer, Mr. Dick illustrated several books about American birds. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |  | Thos. L. Clacher, ...Medical and Scientific Books... Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Rare medical books find safer haven. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Chief Petty Officers study books on "Personnel Management", in the battleship's "Chief's Quarters", circa 1923-25. Note ornate cuckoo clock on the bulkhead in the background. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Members of the carrier's V-2 Division rigging arresting gear on the flight deck, circa 1962. The caption released with this photo on 24 July 1962 reads: "Speeding toward a record-breaker, V-2 divisionmen aboard the USS Lake Champlain show what it takes to come out on top in barrier rigging. The 'Champ' crew recently broke the Atlantic Fleet record for setting the Davis (S2F) barrier with a time of 59 seconds flat. Having gained momentum, they went on to rig the conventional (AD) barrier in a pace-setting 53 seconds. When the men slowed down enough to look in the record books, they quickly found out that the record they had broken was their own, set in July of '61.". Credit: NAVY. |  | A chatty quarter of an hour over the teacups, check books and fountain pens put everything in order. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Books" by Tommy Johansen Commentary: "A pile of books, nothing more, nothing less." | "Teared books" by Eduardo Del Río P. Commentary: "Some books in bad condition." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Disraeli | Books . . . are the curse of the human race. |
Benjamin Franklin | Read much, but not many books. |
Bovee | Books are embalmed minds. |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Books succeed, and lives fail. |
John Milton | Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. |
MoliFre | Books and marriage go ill together. |
Socrates | A multitude of books distracts the mind. |
Sydney Smith | No furniture is so charming as books. |
Thomas Jefferson | I cannot live without books. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany undertakes to furnish to the University of Louvain, within three months after a request made by it and transmitted through the intervention of the Reparation Commission, manuscripts, incunabula, printed books, maps and objects of collection corresponding in number and value to those destroyed in the burning by Germany of the Library of Louvain. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Thirdly, a collection of passages, both prose and verse, from books other than the Bible |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | They had books and papers in their hands, and bowed to him. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This plat, consisting of three or four beds, occupied the bishop nearly as much as his books. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A thing like that had been done before by somebody in history, by some great person whose head was in the books of history |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I have perused many of their books, especially those in history and morality |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | And for the studious, lamplight, stationery, and access to a few books, rank next to necessaries, and can all be obtained at a trifling cost |
As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in the stones, and good in every thing |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You will only receive results on books. (references) | |
You have many options to locate books on Fuchs' dystrophy. (references) | ||
In the movies and in books, rabid animals foam at the mouth. (references) | ||
Business | As such, it is a major buyer of foreign books. (references) | |
The number of free textbooks is four books per level. (references) | ||
Presence The US supplied most of the books in English. (references) | ||
Children | Suriname | Families must supply uniforms, books, and miscellaneous supplies. (references) |
Netherlands | Vocational education is also free, except for the cost of books and materials. (references) | |
Tanzania | Fees are charged for books, enrollment, and uniforms, with the result that some children have been denied an education. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | Many foreign books were prohibited. (references) |
Comoros | Foreign newspapers and books are available. (references) | |
Pakistan | Foreign books must pass government censors before being reprinted. (references) | |
Economic History | Finland | Order books fell to the lowest level in two years. (references) |
Uk | Books still command a large readership in the training market. (references) | |
Yemen | If anticorruption laws exist on the books, they are not enforced. (references) | |
Human Rights | Congo | Lack of resources continued to be a severe problem; almost nothing remains of judicial records, case decisions, and law books following the looting during the civil wars. (references) |
Malaysia | In some cases each year, police use this legal authority to search homes and offices, seize books and papers, monitor conversations, and take persons into custody without a warrant. (references) | |
Korea | The Government also allows the personal perusal of North Korean books, music, television programs, and movies as a means to promote understanding and reconciliation with North Korea. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Guatemala | In June the President announced that every public school in the country would receive a series of texts: Literary works, reference books and historical works. (references) |
Minorities | Romania | Legionnaire (an extreme nationalist, anti-Semitic, pro-Nazi group) books from the interwar period continued to be published. (references) |
Armenia | Yezidi leaders complained that no books or newspapers were published in their native language and that no new teachers were being trained for their schools. (references) | |
Political Economy | DENMARK | Piracy of other intellectual property, including books, appears limited. (references) |
GHANA | There is no evidence of a significant export market for Ghanaian-pirated books, cassettes, or videotapes. (references) | |
URUGUAY | Uruguay affords copyright protection to artistic works, including movies, books, records, videos, and software. (references) | |
Trade | Armenia | New investment is helping to offset old uncollected loans remaining on the banks' books. (references) |
Philippines | Although the regulation had previously been on the books, only in 1999 did it begin to be applied. (references) | |
Botswana | Most items of food, construction materials, capital goods, medicines, books and stationery are exempted. (references) | |
Travel | Mexico | Many U.S. books, magazines and other publications are available at newsstands. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Small gifts (pens, company logo pins, memo, and books) are frequently given at the end of an initial meeting as a token of appreciation. (references) | |
Finland | Comprehensive school is a nine-year compulsory general schooling for all children aged 7-16. The municipalities pay teachers' salaries, books, health care, and school meals. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | Children in the centers receive free schooling, uniforms, books, and meals. (references) |
Uruguay | Many workers--both native and foreign--work off the books and thus forfeit certain legal protections. (references) | |
Nepal | These groups commonly use leaflets, comic books, films, speaker programs, and skits to convey antitrafficking messages and education. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust. "Chief Deputy," the Master cried, "To-day the books are to be tried By experts and accountants who Have been commissioned to go through Our office here, to see if we Have stolen injudiciously. Please have the proper entries made, The proper balances displayed, Conforming to the whole amount Of cash on hand -- which they will count. I've long admired your punctual way -- Here at the break and close of day, Confronting in your chair the crowd Of business men, whose voices loud And gestures violent you quell By some mysterious, calm spell -- Some magic lurking in your look That brings the noisiest to book And spreads a holy and profound Tranquillity o'er all around. So orderly all's done that they Who came to draw remain to pay. But now the time demands, at last, That you employ your genius vast In energies more active. Rise And shake the lightnings from your eyes; Inspire your underlings, and fling Your spirit into everything!" The Master's hand here dealt a whack Upon the Deputy's bent back, When straightway to the floor there fell A shrunken globe, a rattling shell A blackened, withered, eyeless head! The man had been a twelvemonth dead. Jamrach Holobom |
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Bob Woodward | Books are like children. You love them all. And you love them all the same, but you also know their defects and shortcomings. And so I can't pick one out. Certainly working with Carl Bernstein on the Watergate story was one of the most fascinating times. |
Dennis Miller | As a matter of fact, you don't even have to cook the books any more. |
James Dobson | Well, you know, Christians live in the culture just like everybody else does. And we're influenced by the same forces. We read many of the same books and the same magazines. We watch the same television. |
Louise Ashby | Through writing a book. I'm writing another two books. You know, the old acting job. I'm modeling here and there and now, you know, I'm in talks about having a TV show. |
Martha Stewart | We publish about three or four books a year, not just my own, but Martha Stewart's Living Books. They are really useful books. As the magazine is useful, the books are just as useful. |
Rosemary Altea | My money is made from books and lectures. And I'm in a really fortunate position. I also have a priority list, which is for people who have lost their children, and that's where I'm at the most. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The expediency of providing a fire-proof building for the important books and papers of the Post Office Department is worthy of consideration. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We don't have to turn to our history books for heroes. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I challenge Congress to keep those laws on the books. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "BOOKS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "BOOKS" is used about 13,072 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.9% | 13,059 | 703 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.08% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13,072 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BOOKS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Books | Last name | 1,000 | 15,909 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "BOOKS". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Pentateuch | N/A | Biblical | The five books of Moses |
| Sepharvaim | N/A | Biblical | The two books |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | Indigo Books & Music, Inc. | USA | Crown Books Corporation |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "BOOKS": a list of forthcoming books ♦ account books ♦ Account Books [Publication Type] ♦ ad at one's books ♦ balance the books ♦ balancing of the books ♦ be in smb.'s black books ♦ be in smb.'s good books ♦ be on the books ♦ bent over his books ♦ books intended for ♦ books of account ♦ braille books ♦ bury oneself in one's books ♦ canonical books ♦ check the books ♦ collection of books ♦ cook the books ♦ crayola books ♦ devil's books ♦ get one's books ♦ Hermetic books ♦ hit the books ♦ hordes of books ♦ In one's books ♦ in one's good books ♦ Index of forbidden books ♦ junior books ♦ juvenile books ♦ keep books ♦ keep the books ♦ machine used to grecquer the backs of unsewn books ♦ make one a pile of books ♦ make one's a pile of books ♦ naughty books ♦ not based on books ♦ obscene books ♦ off the books ♦ on the books ♦ one for the books ♦ our books ♦ pile a table with books ♦ plod at one's books ♦ pore over one's books ♦ range books by size ♦ reading of books ♦ Reference Books ♦ required books ♦ sapiential books ♦ scientific books ♦ see reference books ♦ set books ♦ Sibylline books ♦ stacks of books ♦ statutory books ♦ take one's name off the books ♦ The Book of Books ♦ the books ♦ white woordfree books. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BOOKS": books-on-a-disk. | |
Ending with "BOOKS": cheque-books, dream-books, guide-books, hymn-books, log-books, news-books, non-books, note-books, off-the-books, picture-books, prayer-books, rule-books, school-books, story-books, text-books, wage-books. | |
Containing "BOOKS": enthusiast-for-books-about. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
amazon books.com | 68 | bantam books.com | 3 |
border books.com | 46 | books.co.uk cygnus | 3 |
half price books.com | 28 | books.com harlequin | 3 |
abe books.com | 24 | back books.com buy specialty | 3 |
boarder books.com | 24 | books.com waldon | 3 |
walden books.com | 23 | books.com half priced | 3 |
books.com scholastic | 14 | books.vs lark | 3 |
recorded books.com | 11 | books,windows file internals nt system | 2 |
age books,wholesale new | 7 | beste books.com | 2 |
varsity books.com | 6 | books.com goosebumps | 2 |
books.com doubleday | 5 | books.com eee | 2 |
books.com powells | 4 | books.com daedalus | 2 |
arabesque books.com | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "BOOKS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | libër llogarish (daybook, journal). (various references) | |
Arabic | حزم الكتب (make one a pile of books), تذكر كل شىء (keep the books), الكتب (the books), أدار الحسابات (keep books). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | карти за игра (devil's books), правя списък на залаганията (keep books). (various references) | |
Chinese | 圖書 , 書籍 (works). (various references) | |
Czech | být u koho dobře zapsán (be in good odour with smb., be in smb.'s good books), vést obchodní knihy (keep books), knihy pro (books intended for), falšovat úèty (cook the books). (various references) | |
Danish | books (crude mica), raa glimmer (crude mica). (various references) | |
Dutch | book-mica (crude mica), ruwe mica (crude mica). (various references) | |
Finnish | tilinpäätös (balance sheet, closing of the books), tilikirja (account-book), suuri määrä kirjoja (a great number of books), pöydällä on kirjoja (there are books on the table), olla huonoissa kirjoissa (be in bad books), laissa vaaditut kirjanpitokirjat (statutory books), kurssikirjat (set books), kirjanpäätös (closing of the books), hyvin paljon kirjoja (lots of book, plenty of books), aloittaa kirjanpito (to open up books of account, to set up the books, to set up the general ledger). (various references) | |
French | books, mica brut, livre de comptes (account books). (various references) | |
German | Bücher. (various references) | |
Greek | ακατέργαστος μαρμαρυγίας (crude mica). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לנהל חשבונות (keep accounts, keep books). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ördög bibliája (devil's books, devil's picturebooks), sikkaszt (defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate, to cook the books, to embezzle, to misappropriate), kegyvesztett lett vkinél (to be in sy's bad books), könyvel (book, keep books, to book, to keep the accounts, to keep the books), könyvekkel ellát vkit (to set sy up in books, to set sy up with books), két könyv hiányzik (there are two books short), feketelistán van vkinél (to be in sy's bad books, to be in sy's black book). (various references) | |
Italian | books (crude mica), scrittura (accounts, contract, document, handwriting, parol, scripture, scriptures, writing), mica greggia (crude mica). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 双紙 (copybook, fiction, notebook, storybook), 文献 (literature), 書物 , 典籍 , 図書 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そうし (cadet, copybook, copy-book, creation, fiction, founding, initiating, mutual affection or love, notebook, ruffian, small shrine, Song poetry, storybook, swaggerer, young man in his prime), しょもつ, ぶんけん (decentralization of authority, detachment, detail, literature), としょ (slaughterhouse), てんせき (transfer of residence or registration). (various references) | |
Manx | ym-lioar (cyclopaedia, set of books, volume, volume book). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ooksbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | books (crude mica), mica em bruto (crude mica), livros. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | livros. (various references) | |
Romanian | imprimat. (various references) | |
Russian | карты (devil's books). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | voditi knjige (keep books), knjige đavolje (devil's books). (various references) | |
Spanish | books (crude mica), mica en bruto (crude mica), los libros, libros (tomes), contabilidad (accountancy, accounting). (various references) | |
Swedish | böcker (writings). (various references) | |
Turkish | kilise kanunu (Canon, canon law, canonical books, ecclesiastical law), defter tutmak (keep books, keep records), çocuk kitapları (junior books). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | заритися з головою в книжки (bury oneself in one's books). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | littera, litterae, litteram, litterarum, litteras, litteris. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Omologw de touto soi oti kata thn odon hn legousin airesin outwV latreuw tw patrww qew pisteuwn pasin toiV kata ton nomon kai toiV profhtaiV gegrammenoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Confiteor autem hoc tibi quod secundum sectam quam dicunt heresim sic deservio patrio Deo meo credens omnibus quae in lege et prophetis scripta sunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But Y knowleche to thee this thing, that aftir the secte which thei seien eresie, so Y serue to God the fadir, `and Y bileue to alle thingis that ben writun in the lawe and profetis; and Y haue hope in God, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But this I confesse vnto ye that after that waye (which they call heresy) so worshippe I the God of my fathers belevinge all thinges which are writte in the lawe and ye Prophetes |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But this I confess to thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 14 |
| Albanian | Por unë po të rrëfej këtë: sipas Udhës që ata e quajnë sekt, unë i shërbej kështu Perëndisë së etërve, duke u besuar të gjitha gjërave që janë shkruar në ligjin dhe në profetët, |
| Cebuano | Hinoon ipahayag ko kini kanimo, nga sumala sa Dalan nga ilang gitawag ug pundok, ako nagasimba sa Dios sa among mga ginikanan, ug nagatoo sa tanan nga nahimutang diha sa kasugoan o nahisulat diha sa mga profeta, |
| Croatian | "Jamèim ti, naprotiv, ovo: Putom koji nazivaju sljedbom služim otaèkom Bogu vjerujuæi u sve što je u Zakonu i u Prorocima napisano, |
| Danish | Men dette bekender jeg for dig, at jeg efter den Vej, som de kalde et Parti, tjener vor fædrene Gud således, at jeg tror på alt det, som står i Loven, og det, som er skrevet hos Profeterne, |
| Dutch | Maar dit beken ik u, dat ik naar dien weg, welken zij sekte noemen, den God der vaderen alzo diene, gelovende alles, wat in de wet en in de profeten geschreven is; |
| Finnish | Mutta sen minä sinulle tunnustan, että minä sitä tietä vaeltaen, jota he lahkoksi sanovat, niin palvelen isieni Jumalaa, että minä uskon kaiken, mitä on kirjoitettuna laissa ja profeetoissa, |
| French | Je t`avoue bien que je sers le Dieu de mes pères selon la voie qu`ils appellent une secte, croyant tout ce qui est écrit dans la loi et dans les prophètes, |
| German | Das bekenne ich aber dir, daß ich nach diesem Wege, den sie eine Sekte heißen, diene also dem Gott meiner Väter, daß ich glaube allem, was geschrieben steht im Gesetz und in den Propheten, |
| Haitian Creole | Men, m'ap rekonèt sa devan ou: m'ap sèvi Bondye zansèt nou yo dapre chemen yo pretann di ki pa bon an. Men, mwen kwè tout bagay ki ekri nan lalwa Moyiz la ak nan liv pwofèt yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Memang saya harus akui kepada Tuan bahwa saya menyembah Allah nenek moyang kami menurut ajaran Yesus yang mereka anggap salah. Tetapi saya masih percaya akan semuanya yang tertulis di dalam Buku Musa dan Buku Nabi-nabi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi inilah yang hamba mengaku kepada Tuan bahwa menurut jalan agama yang mereka itu mengatakan suatu mazhab itu, maka demikianlah hamba menyembah Allah, Tuhan nenek moyang hamba, serta percaya akan segala sesuatu seperti yang tersurat di dalam hukum Taurat dan kitab nabi-nabi; |
| Maori | Otira me whaki tenei e ahau ki a koe, ko te ara e kiia nei e ratou he titorehanga, ko taku tena i ahau e karakia nei ki te Atua o oku matua; e whakapono ana hoki ahau ki nga mea katoa kua oti te whakarite i roto i te ture, kua oti hoki te tuhitu hi ki ta nga poropiti: |
| Norwegian | Men det vedgår jeg for dig at efter den Guds vei som de kaller en sekt-lære, tjener jeg så mine fedres Gud at jeg tror alt det som er skrevet i loven og i profetene, |
| Portuguese | Mas confesso-te isto: que, seguindo o caminho a que eles chamam seita, assim sirvo ao Deus de nossos pais, crendo tudo quanto está escrito na lei e nos profetas, |
| Rumanian | Kyi mqrturisesc cq slujesc Dumnezeului pqrinyilor mei dupq Calea, pe care ei o numesc partidq; eu cred tot ce este scris kn Lege wi kn Prooroci, |
| Shuar | Túrasha juna paant ujaajme. Jesus yamarman Jintíana nuna Umíajai. Kame Israer-aentska Wáitiaiti tuinia nuna wikia Umíajai. Túrasha nuna Túran ii uuntri Yusri akupkamia nunak umiktasan pujajai. Jes, Ashí Muisais aar akupkamia nuna tura Ashí Yúsnan yaunchu etserin aar akupkarmia nunasha uminiaitjai. |
| Spanish | Sin embargo, te confieso esto: que sirvo al Dios de mis padres conforme al Camino que ellos llaman secta, creyendo todo lo que está escrito en la Ley y en los Profetas. |
| Swahili | Ninachokubali mbele yako ni hiki: Mimi ninamwabudu Mungu na wazee wetu nikiishi kufuatana na Njia ile ambayo wao wanaiita chama cha uzushi. Ninaamini mambo yote yaliyoandikwa katika vitabu vya Sheria na manabii. |
| Swedish | Men det bekänner jag för dig att jag, i enlighet med 'den vägen'*, vilken de kalla en partimening, så tjänar mina fäders Gud, att jag tror allt vad som är skrivet i lagen och i profeterna, |
| Uma | Sampale-di to kupangaku' hi Gubernur, aku' mpotuku' Tudui' Pue' Yesus, to rasapuaka bali' -ku toera. Ntuku' tudui' toe-mi mepue' -a hi Alata'ala to rapue' ntu'a-kai owi, pai' bate kuparasaya hawe'ea to te'uki' hi rala Atura Musa pai' sura nabi-nabi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BOOKS": bookseller, booksellers, bookselling, booksellings, bookshelf, bookshelves, bookshop, bookshops, bookstall, bookstalls, bookstore, bookstores. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BOOKS": audiobooks, bankbooks, bluebooks, casebooks, cashbooks, chapbooks, checkbooks, codebooks, cookbooks, copybooks, datebooks, daybooks, guidebooks, handbooks, hornbooks, hymnbooks, lawbooks, logbooks, matchbooks, nonbooks, notebooks, overbooks, passbooks, playbooks, pocketbooks, prebooks, promptbooks, psalmbooks, rebooks, schoolbooks, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, songbooks, sourcebooks, storybooks, studbooks, stylebooks, textbooks, wordbooks, workbooks, yearbooks. (additional references) | |
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"BOOKS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bakow, Bioko, Boakes, Boaks, Boiko, boinks, boka, bokes, boki, Bokor, Bokov, booc, Booka, bookd, booke, bookes, bookk, booksy, booky, bools, boook, boooks, Boops, Bosk, bosks, bouis, Boyks, buka, bukas, Bukoshi, Buochs, dooks, obols, Obukw, tooks, zooks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BOOKS" (pronounced buh"ks) |
| 3 | -uh" k s | Brooks, chinooks, cooks, crooks, hooks, looks, nooks, rooks, schnooks, snooks. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kobos. | |
| Words within the letters "b-k-o-o-s" | |
-1 letter: book, boos, bosk, kobo, kobs, sook. | |
-2 letters: boo, bos, kob, kos, sob. | |
-3 letters: bo, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-k-o-o-s" | |
+1 letter: brooks. | |
+2 letters: bookers, bookies, bookish, boshbok, kobolds, rebooks. | |
+3 letters: bazookas, bollocks, bonnocks, bookcase, bookends, bookfuls, bookings, booklets, bookrest, bookshop, boomkins, boschbok, boshboks, bousouki, bowknots, brookies, casebook, cashbook, daybooks, lawbooks, logbooks, nonbooks, passbook, prebooks, songbook, studbook. | |
+4 letters: backrooms, backwoods, bankbooks, billhooks, bluebooks, boathooks, bobolinks, bodyworks, bonteboks, bookcases, bookishly, booklores, booklouse, bookmarks, bookracks, bookrests, bookshelf, bookshops, bookstall, bookstore, bookworms, boondocks, bootjacks, bootlicks, boschboks, bousoukia, bousoukis, bouzoukis, brookites, brooklets, buckaroos, buckeroos, casebooks, cashbooks, chapbooks, cockboats, cockscomb, codebooks, cookbooks, copybooks, datebooks, doorknobs, handbooks, hornbooks, hymnbooks, jackboots, lockboxes, notebooks, overbooks, passbooks, peekaboos, playbooks, psalmbook, roorbacks, scrapbook, songbooks, storybook, studbooks, stylebook, textbooks, unbookish, wordbooks, workboats, workbooks, workboxes, yearbooks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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