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“Libraries are not just for reading in, but for sociable thinking, exploring, exchanging ideas and falling in love. They were never silent. Technology will not change that, for even in the starchiest heyday of Victorian self-improvement, libraries were intended to be meeting places of the mind, recreational as well as educational.”

Quote by Ben Macintyre

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Ben Macintyre is a British author known for his historical novels, which often focus on real stories from World War II. His works typically use fictional characters and plots to reveal the true nature of historical events. more

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