Books have been with us long before the printing press. Phil Valentine and Campbell Valentine talk about the rich history of the written word, and some interesting stories about books.
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Selected references:

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• The Call of the Wild
   

• The Grapes of Wrath
   

• History of books
   

• Epic of Gilgamesh
   

• The Art of War
   

• Bible sales stats
   

• Red-headed villains of the Bible
   

• Old Testament murder count
   

• Library of Alexandria
   

• The burning of the Library of Alexandria
   

• Bill Gates buys most expensive book in the world
   

• Where's the Rest of Me by Ronald Reagan
   

• The fake books of Charles Dickens
   

• Best-selling books of all time
   

• Best-selling authors of all time
   

• Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
   

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
   

• Phil Valentine in Atlas Shrugged
   

• Gadsby never uses letter 'E'
   

• George Orwell stole '1984'