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Book (other)
A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. Book or Books may also refer to: Places * Book, Louisiana, a community in the United States * Book's Covered Bridge, also known as Kaufman Covered Bridge, an historic wooden bridge in Jackson Township, Pennsylvania People with the name * Book (surname) * Bob Books (American football) (1903–1954), American football player Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Shepherd Book, a character in the ''Firefly'' television series and the following film, ''Serenity'' * J. B. Books, a character in the film ''The Shootist'' Music * The Books, an American band * Books (EP), ''Books'' (EP), a 2004 Extended Play music recording by Belle & Sebastian * "Book", a 2015 song by Chon from ''Grow (Chon album), Grow'' * Book (album), ''Book'' (album), a 2021 album by They Might Be Giants Other arts, entertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is '' codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's ''Physics'' is called a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
