O]ne of the heroes discovered, in the prize he had made, the very wife of his bosom; and his companion perceived that he had stumbled in the dark upon his own mother. Their mutual astonishment was unspeakable at this eclaircissement […].

armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.

There were some flat slabs of rock in the centre, with an excellent well close by, and there we sat in cleanly comfort while we made our first plans for the invasion of this new country.

But I tell her that many librophiles could see iPads – which Airport Library embraces wholeheartedly – as a serious threat to libraries as well as the traditional book form. / But for Deckers, it’s not only about taking the library to the people but also how the information is carried: if libraries offer new forms to carry information, the better this is for their future. / “We’re not librophiles,” she states. “A library is not about books. A book is just a carrier and information can be stored on all kind of carries: film, computers, anything. Most librarians I know agree on that.”