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Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins

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Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust “from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid and envious confessor and the stocks and pillories of the Puritans, to drag it from the category of sin to that of virtue.” Blackburn, author of such popular philos… More >>

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Benefiting From Public Libraries

Public libraries have through time, changed and become full-blown learning centers where you get more than just a book read to kill time.

Time has brought about the need for libraries to adapt to modern trends of conveying information. These include powerful tools like CDs DVDs and Podcasts. Therefore, it is not a shocker if someone you know asked you to join a public library.

Getting people to visit a library calls for the person inviting them to also walk the talk. You can only be successful at inviting your kids to be visiting a library if you are yourself a frequent face in the library.

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A Public Library System Trashing Used Books

Recently, in February of this year in fact, a particular public library system was investigated and found guilty of tossing garbage bags full of used library books into their dumpsters. Several of these books were still in excellent condition and this was not just a one time occurrence either.

The Knox County public library system, which is sponsored by the taxes that are paid by that counties residents, was recently investigated by one of the local news channels within the state of Tennessee and their investigation infuriated several Knox County residents. Across the county there are at least twenty public libraries and eighty percent of the libraries were found guilty of throwing away many garbage bags of books each week. The books that were recovered ranged from books for children to textbooks to magazines, but the most shocking thing was that some of the books looked as if they had never been opened. All of these books had been stamped by the library with their withdrawn stamp, which indicated that it was no longer within their system.

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