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Home office bookcase & entertainment center

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This exquisite combination of a home office bookcase and and entertainment center perhaps illustrates the direction in which home library design will be soon heading. Portable media and universally available Internet resources it will become less important to own vast libraries, even if one’s academic needs are very demanding. It will, however, remain important to reserve a comfortable space in your house where various kinds of media can be accessed. This Barcelona Entertainment Library is perfectly designed to fit in an average size room while creating an absolutely stunning room of a traditional home library.

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Bookcase of interest

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A truly remarkable bookcase, as captured by Elsie esq. At first it looks a little overloaded with statuary and earthenware, but everything is so carefully selected and pretty much matches the actual content of each shelf. The bookcase itself looks neoclassical in style, as does the chair next to it and the painting on the wall.

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Fireplace in a home library

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An excellent image of a home library fireplace (Riccardo Cuppini). From the looks of it, the library does not have any books that are intrinsically valuable (which is perfectly ok). Otherwise it would be a risky idea to have a fireplace in a library room. You can see all the black surrounding the hearth! Still, the fireplace is massive with the fire burning deep within the structure. The wide mantel collects a lot of the soot and the heat is projected away from the books. Another amazing thing is that the fireplace looks very much used. There are various utensils that indicate that sometimes it is even used for cooking.

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Home library gem: The Complete Clay Sanskrit Library, 56-volume Set

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At the age when many people are buying hard cover books by the foot, wouldn’t you rather improve the value and the appearance of your home library by getting something extraordinary? Today’s home library is a statement about the owner’s interests and aspirations, more than ever. So, if your intellectual interest lie in the area of Eastern philosophy and literature (whatever it means to you), the Complete Clay Sanskrit Library Set of 56 volumes cannot be beat!

“The Clay Sanskrit Library makes everything easier for any reader: the Sanskrit text, written in familiar Roman letters, faces a fresh English translation, and the convenient pocket size is both elegant and practical. This exciting collection includes many volumes from the two beloved Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Maha*bharata, in addition to other classics of Sanskrit literature. Each book is published in a jacketed hardcover edition, in a compact 4.5″ x 6.5″ format, designed to bring the literature of India to the general public, scholars, and students. For many interested readers, access to this vast treasure store has been hindered by an unfamiliar language and a difficult script.”

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