Moscow's libraries are once again giving away withdrawn books: some 70,000 volumes in all

Moscow's libraries are once again giving away withdrawn books: some 70,000 volumes in all. The mechanics of the project are very simple: you register on the website, browse the list of books by author, subject or title, or the list of libraries, choose the editions you want, reserve up to 10 volumes at a time and collect them at a convenient hour. Last year I did not spare myself the trouble and twice made my way to the Dobrolyubov Library, the one nearest my home, adding missing authors to my own book repository

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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Moscow's libraries are once again giving away withdrawn books: some 70,000 volumes in all

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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