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

A pile of luggage, the vaulted ceiling of a Victorian train station, a sliding staircase and a frolicsome bookcase conjure the various settings with minimal fuss.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 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

When he finished for the night, Ellsberg rolled McNaughton’s special bookcase into the safe.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin