A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book (e-book).
Books may also refer to works of literature, 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 and sometimes other types of books (for example, biographies), a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, and so on). A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a philologist, or, more informally, a bookworm.
The first books I read were White Fang/Call of the Wild and The Colditz story/ Latter days of Colditz. The first christian book I read was God's Smuggler by brother Andrew. I now have about 3000 books now - not all read. The greatest book is of course the Bible and it is interesting that I had just read God's Smuggler (a very exciting book about a man who risked his life to bring the Bible into countries in which it was forbidded) before starting read it seriously. My favourite Christian authors include Spurgeon, Tozer, Stott, Still,Packer, Lloyd Jones and Verwer to name a few, along with Gresham, Jack London and other general reference and historical writers. Check my profile for more favourites.
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