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You could fill a book with the list of lost libraries of the world, and in fact, there have been many books written about them, including one with the haunting title Libricide, written by a professor of library science.
The Library Book
Susan Orlean
Seduction – Covert-aggressive personalities are adept at charming, praising, flattering or overtly supporting others in order to get them to lower their defenses and surrender their trust and loyalty. Covert-aggressives are also particularly aware that people who are to some extent emotionally needy and dependent (and that includes most people who aren’t character-disordered) want approval, reassurance, and a sense of being valued and needed more than anything.
In Sheep's Clothing
George K. Simon Ph.D.
When I was young, one of the standard characters in science-fiction stories was the granite-jawed hero who was never afraid of anything.
Creating Short Fiction
Damon Knight
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