bookcase
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Price cuts for British customers include the Kallax shelving unit going from £60 to £49 and the Billy bookcase being cut by £10 to £25.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
Slaughter’s bookcase — which she reveals she designed herself — includes work by Southern writers she admires and champions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 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
I walk over to the mirror that hangs near the bookcase.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
If your home contains more than two bookcases, you probably know the cautionary tale of Homer and Langley Collyer.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
But the oversize leather seats, plush couches and even the faux library bookcases are all staying, albeit with U.S. presidential seals now affixed to the walls, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
“A purchaser has the option of retaining a huge amount of custom millwork: closets, bookcases, kitchen cabinetry, bathroom cabinets, marble counters, and high end appliances,” the listing said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
The two accompanied one another as they walked through bookcases filled with leather-bound volumes, before inspecting some of the miniatures made especially for the world's largest dollhouse.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
Someone trying to climb the bookcases had pulled out a whole section of books and spilled them in broken-backed confusion on the floor.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
