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You need to know / Re: World’s Best Selling Books

« on: July 05, 2011, 07:29:38 PM »

A Message to Garcia is an inspirational essay written by Elbert Hubbard that has been made into two motion pictures. It was originally published as a filler without a title in the March, 1899.It was wildly popular, selling over 50,000,000 copies, and being translated into 37 languages.

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You need to know / Re: World’s Best Selling Books

« on: July 05, 2011, 07:28:52 PM »

McGuffey’s Readers was more popular and widely used. McGuffey’s Readers are still in use today in some school systems It is estimated that at least 120 million copies were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster’s Dictionary. Since 1961 they have continued to sell at a rate of some 30,000,000 copies a year.

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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:27:59 PM »

The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of world records, both human achievements and the extreme of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted series of all-time. Approximately over 81,000,000 books have been sold.

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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:27:12 PM »

Webster’s Dictionary is the title given for the common type of English language dictionaries in the United States. The dictionary was fully published in 1961, which added 450,000 entries. This is the one of the best selling book. Approximately over 100,000,000 books have been sold.

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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:26:25 PM »

The Bible is the collection of religious writings of Judaism and of Christianity. The Christian Bible consists of the Hebrew scriptures, which have been called the Old Testament, and some later writings known as the New Testament. Some groups within Christianity include additional books. This is the one of the best selling books. Approximately its over 6,000,000,000 copies have been sold.

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You need to know / World’s Best Selling Books

« on: July 05, 2011, 07:25:46 PM »

The Quran is a divine scripture of Islam. This book was sent on Hazrat  Muhammad (PBUH) the prophet of Islam. Quran contains all the rules and regulations, principles and injunctions of Islam. According to an estimate at least 4,000,000,000 copies of Quran have been sold. Therefore it is considered as the second most purchased book in the world.

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You need to know / Re: Library Of The World: Top Ten Biggest Or Largest National Or Public Libraries

« on: July 05, 2011, 07:19:00 PM »

Yale University Library is the library system of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1701. It is one of the largest academic library in the world, with approximately (13,000,000) volumes housed in 22 individual libraries. Several of its collections rank among the best anywhere and attract scholars from around the globe.

Official Website http://www.library.yale.edu/


Source of all these postings: http://www.einfopedia.com/library-of-the-world-top-ten-biggest-or-largest-national-public-libraries.php

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You need to know / Re: Library Of The World: Top Ten Biggest Or Largest National Or Public Libraries

« on: July 05, 2011, 07:17:11 PM »

National Diet library is the one of the largest and greatest libraries of the world, located in Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1948 for the purpose of researching matters of public policy. There are over (14,304,139) books of all types. It has 27 branches in the country. Books on all topics like science, religion, politics, laws, maps, music etc, are available in this library.

Official Website http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/index.html

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You need to know / Re: Library Of The World: Top Ten Biggest Or Largest National Or Public Libraries

« on: July 05, 2011, 07:15:42 PM »

New York Public Library (NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America’s most significant research libraries. It was founded in 1895 and now it has 87 branches. Its books collection is over (14,685,192).

Official Website http://www.nypl.org/

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You need to know / Re: Library Of The World: Top Ten Biggest Or Largest National Or Public Libraries

« on: July 05, 2011, 07:14:48 PM »

Russian State Library is the national library of Russia, and was founded in 1795 and it is  located in Moscow. It is the largest and the oldest library in the country and the sixth largest in the world. Its books collection is over (14,750,000). This is the most popular or famous library in Russia.

Official Website http://www.nlr.ru/eng/

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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:13:44 PM »

Harvard University Library system comprises about 90 libraries, with more than (15,000,000) books. It is the oldest library system in the United States and one of  the largest academic library system in the world. It is the sixth largest library in the world. It was founded in 1638.

Official Website http://hul.harvard.edu/

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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:12:41 PM »

British Library is the national library of the UK, which was founded in 1753. It is based in London and  one of the world’s most significant research libraries, holding over (15,500,000) items in all known languages and formats. The Library’s collections include around 23,500,000 books. BL includes almost three million books every year in its archives.

Official Website http://www.bl.uk/

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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:11:40 PM »

Deutsche Bibliothek is the national library of Germany which was established in 1912. The prime purpose of this library is to collect all the German publications and collection of all material published on Germany in other languages. It is the third largest or biggest library in the world as it has 24,487,010 items.

Official Website http://www.d-nb.de/eng/index.htm

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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:10:36 PM »

National Library Canada is a Canadian federal government department responsible for the collection and preservation of the documentary heritage of Canada through texts, pictures and other documents relevant to the history and culture of Canada. Its books collection is over (26,006,054) and this is the third largest library in the world. This most beautiful library is the national asset of Canada.

Official Websitehttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/

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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:07:04 PM »

National Library of China is the largest and great library of Asia, and second biggest library of the World. It’s collection is over 28,980,777 books which includes individually counted periodicals of about 12 million. It holds the largest worldwide collection of Chinese literature. The Library was founded in 1909 in Beijing, China and all the books on China’s history are available in the library.

Official Websitehttp://www.nlc.gov.cn/