bookcase

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Scanning my bookcase, which contains a few hundred volumes, it occurred to me that none of them would make sense if Sister Albertine hadn’t grown me into a reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Rahaf immediately set up what she called "a shrine" to her sister Sara, with photographs and mementoes, including her watch, carefully laid out on a bookcase.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

In its Old Hollywood heyday, it once featured a secret casino accessed by hidden doors; the casino has since been removed, but the hidden door and hallway, found through a rotating bookcase, remain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

"Dementia is like a bookcase - your newest memories would be on the top and then sometimes memories fall out."

From BBC • May 30, 2024

Or I should say, the ceiling sagged down and rested on top of the bookcase.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney