News, Weight of book collection damaging house. "We're talking 30 tons of books,"

[Happy in Wyoming]

Three hundred and fifty thousand books in a personal library represents an incredible achievement. To think that an evil woman would have burned them is sickening. I'd take them if the Washington government would let them into this country.

Perhaps a few people on this forum could do it. Send me a private message or e-mail if you're interested. I doubt, however, that a bibliophile could part with these books. The folks who have them can't even bear to sell books on basketball. e-bay sales are self appraised as we all know.

[TribalCat]

Time to donate to the local library or Goodwill and invest in a Kindle. Buying a second house just for books is insane. Maybe they should just open their own library? If it's not going to be re-read or used for reference, let it go.

[Happy in Wyoming]

Originally Posted by TribalCat

Time to donate to the local library or Goodwill and invest in a Kindle. Buying a second house just for books is insane. Maybe they should just open their own library? If it's not going to be re-read or used for reference, let it go.

Would you have said "so what" when the Moslems burned the library at Alexandria?

[Mooseketeer]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

Would you have said "so what" when the Moslems burned the library at Alexandria?

Actually most Historians and Archaeologists now agree that Muslims did not burn the Great Royal Library at Alexandria.

John of Nikiou, A Christian Coptic Contemporary Chronicler of the Muslim Conquest does not even hint at it . The sources referring to a Muslim arson are about 6 centuries older and not credible at all and have been widely discredited. There is no physical evidence left of the Library which probably lies somewhere at the bottom of the sea right now but the most credible explanation is that the Library went through a gradual decline due to various events such as fires and political upheaval and then finally collapsed due to an earthquake.

Perfect political propaganda for certain factions though.