دانلود کتاب The Library Book – کتاب کتابخانه

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A constant pleasure to readEverybody who loves books should check outThe Library Book. TheWashington Post

CAPTIVATINGDELIGHTFUL. Christian Science Monitor* EXQUISITELY WRITTEN, CONSISTENTLY ENTERTAINING. The New York Times* MESMERIZINGRIVETING. Booklist(starred review)

A dazzling love letter to a beloved institutionand an investigation into one of its greatest mysteriesfrom the bestselling author hailed as a national treasure byTheWashington Post.

On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, Once that first stack got going, it was Goodbye, Charlie. The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the libraryand if so, who?

Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winningNew Yorkerreporter andNew York Timesbestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before.

InThe Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago.

Along the way, Orlean introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters from libraries past and presentfrom Mary Foy, who in 1880 at eighteen years old was named the head of the Los Angeles Public Library at a time when men still dominated the role, to Dr. C.J.K. Jones, a pastor, citrus farmer, and polymath known as The Human Encyclopedia who roamed the library dispensing information; from Charles Lummis, a wildly eccentric journalist and adventurer who was determined to make the L.A. library one of the best in the world, to the current staff, who do heroic work every day to ensure that their institution remains a vital part of the city it serves.

Brimming with her signature wit, insight, compassion, and talent for deep research,The Library Bookis Susan Orleans thrilling journey through the stacks that reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just booksand why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country. It is also a master journalists reminder that, perhaps especially in the digital era, they are more necessary than ever.

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در صبح روز 28 آوریل 1986، زنگ خطر آتش سوزی در عمومی لس آنجلس به صدا درآمد. کتابخانه. با گذشت لحظات، مشتریان و کارکنانی که از ساختمان خارج شده بودند، متوجه شدند که این زنگ هشدار آتش معمولی نیست. همانطور که یکی از آتش نشان ها نقل می کند، هنگامی که اولین پشته شروع به کار کرد، خداحافظ چارلی بود. آتش فاجعه بار بود: به 2000 درجه رسید و بیش از هفت ساعت سوخت. تا خاموش شد، چهارصد هزار جلد کتاب خورده و هفتصد هزار جلد دیگر آسیب دیده است. بازرسان به صحنه آمدند، اما بیش از سی سال بعد، این راز همچنان باقی است: آیا شخصی عمداً کتابخانه را به آتش کشیده است و اگر چنین است، چه کسی؟ سوزان اورلئان، خبرنگار برنده جایزهنیویورکرو نویسنده پرفروشنیویورک تایمز، کتابی مسحورکننده و منحصر به فرد را ارائه می دهد که داستان گسترده تری از کتابخانه ها و کتابداران را در راهی که قبلا هرگز انجام نشده بود.