why i love library book sales

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The System: As Uncovered by The San Francisco Graft Prosecution by Franklin Hichborn (copyright, 1915)
first line: "A tethered bull does not know that he is tied until he attempts to go beyond the rope's limits."


Mass Culture: The Popular Arts in America by Bernard Rosenberg & David Manning White (copyright, 1957)
first line: "This book is the result of a need for such a collection which both editors personally experienced in trying to teach courses where no traditional source books were available."


Horror!: 333 Films to Scare You To Death by James Marriott & Kim Newman (copyright, 2006)
first line: "This book contains 333 film reviews, listed in chronological order."


North Korea Today by Robert A. Scalapino (copyright, 1963)
first line: "If one were to believe the official histories written in North Korea during the past few years, political developments in North Korea after 1945 and even the entire history of the Korean Communist movement would seem to have been relatively simple."


Psychokinesis: Moving Matter with the Mind by Adrian V. Clark (copyright, 1973)
first line: "The most demanding desires of the human mind have always been to rise by the 'willing of the mind' and soar above the common routine of normal humanity, to obtain fame, fortune, power, friendship, love, and self-satisfaction by controlling the matter around us."

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