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This technology is just sitting on our bookshelves and almost none of us are using it.
Literature Should Be Taught Like Science - Issue 97: Wonder | Kevin Berger | February 24, 2021 | NautilusSome of her other favorite projects include building bookshelves, restoring an old bike, and crafting a jewelry box as a gift for a friend.
I once hid behind a fallen bookshelf in a school, thinking I’d be safe.
‘Little Nightmares II’ made me dread every moment. And I loved it. | Elise Favis | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostCapitol Police were barricading the doors with tables and bookshelves, she said.
Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob breaches building | Washington Post Staff | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostFor those who don’t want to clutter their window sills and bookshelves, hanging planters offer a chic, floating alternative.
These hanging planters bring life to your space | PopSci Commerce Team | October 8, 2020 | Popular-Science
There is a large frame on the bookshelf in my bedroom in New York.
Diane von Furstenberg: Becoming the Woman She Wanted to Be | Diane von Furstenberg | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI helped him find pictures of a bookshelf and suited business people at a conference table.
How I’ll End the War: Making Collage Art With Afghan Students | Nick Willard | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the woman steadied herself on a bookshelf and the tears came down.
All the same, it gives one a chance to survey the bookshelf (and more) of work.
Writers Pick Their Favorite Philip Roth Novel | The Daily Beast | December 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTProsecutors say Fernandez caused the fatal injuries by slamming him into a bookshelf.
13-Year-Old Cristian Fernandez Will Face Life Without Parole for Killing Brother, Court Rules | Eliza Shapiro | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"Certainly—certainly," said the Assistant Commissioner, waving one large hand in the direction of a bookshelf.
Dope | Sax RohmerOne cannot enter a schoolroom or look at a boy's bookshelf without seeing half-a-dozen of his familiar volumes.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyBehold the bookshelf of a dunceWho borrows—never lends; Yon work, in twenty volumes, onceBelonged to twenty friends.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousAcross the forward bulkhead was a bookshelf crammed to overflowing with volumes of all sizes, many upside down and some coverless.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersHe reached up to the bookshelf for what looked like an ancient ledger, and turned over the leaves.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers
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