Libraries: What Role Do They Play in Your Life?

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«Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and archive, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.» this are quotations of Sidney Sheldon’s words, he was American writer and a master storyteller, who wrote best-selling novels, such as «Master of the Game», «The Other Side of Midnight and «Rage of Angels», he become one of the best selling fiction writers of all time. A good library provides support for every mood. Book may help to know life, its laws and regulations, can teach a person to appreciate the kindness, irreconcilablе concern to evil and sort out the people around you. They can support in any trouble and help give an answer to a tantalizing question. Thus, books can become your private teacher. In addition, it can become a friend with whom interesting, meaningful, and fun to spend time. The need for reading books and visiting the library depends on internal human culture. Some people have this kind of need on a level of instincts as eating or sleeping, and some people don't. Of course, the habit of loving books in itself can be developed inside each person. However, you have to reasonably explain why you need to read a book. Reading good books can give a person what is necessary for the life, mind, heart and soul. With a good book, man is not alone under any circumstances; he always feels safe and comfortable like at home. The 21st century is a time of great achievements in the field of computer science because computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones appeared. People live with the times; they enjoy high-speed Internet, e-books and audio books. Many are wondering: why do we really need libraries? Why ...

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...ed person, sometimes you have to visit this amazing temple of books. This are very wise words said by Norwegian writer and law professor, Jon Bing, «To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if roadmaps are necessary now that there are so very many roads.»

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1. http://www.nypl.org/events

2. http://public.collier-lib.org/programs/storytimes-2014.html

3. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections

4. https://marbl.library.emory.edu/collections/rare-books.html

5. http://www.buzzfeed.com/wordsbydan/28-quotes-about-libraries-on-photos-of-beautiful-l-b6bd?s=mobil

6.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bing

7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

8. http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/bio.htm

9. http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/sidneysheldon/sheldon_bio.html

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