Books may also refer to works of literature, or a main division of such a work.

The British Statute of Anne ( 1710 ) further alluded to individual rights of the artist, beginning: " Whereas Printers, Booksellers, and other Persons, have of late frequently taken the Liberty of Printing ... Books, and other Writings, without the Consent of the Authors ... to their very great Detriment, and too often to the Ruin of them and their Families :" A right to benefit financially from the work is articulated, and court rulings and legislation have recognized a right to control the work, such as ensuring that the integrity of it is preserved.

The Internet, facilitated by the development of search engines, has grown into a common source of information for many people, and provides easy access to reliable original sources and expert opinions, thanks in part to initiatives such as Google Books, MIT's release of its educational materials and the open PubMed Central library of the National Library of Medicine.

HBC also has other HBC Rewards corporate partners such as: Imperial Oil / Esso, M & M Meat Shops, Chapters / Indigo Books, Kelsey's / Montana's Restaurants, Thrifty Car Rental, Cineplex Entertainment Theatres, etc.

Most of our knowledge of ancient Hebrew medicine during the 1st millennium BC comes from the Torah, i. e. the Five Books of Moses, which contain various health related laws and rituals, such as isolating infected people ( Leviticus 13: 45-46 ), washing after handling a dead body ( Numbers 19: 11-19 ) and burying excrement away from camp ( Deuteronomy 23: 12-13 ).

Digitisation of books, particularly those that are out-of-print, in projects such as Google Books provides resources for library and other online users.

Magick is an Early Modern English spelling for magic, used in works such as the 1651 translation of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's De Occulta Philosophia, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, or Of Magick.

Books such as Dr. Joseph Lichten's A Question of Judgment ( 1963 ), written in response to The Deputy, defended Pius XII's actions during the war.

Linguistic amendments were also included ; the line in the preamble emphasising that authors possessed books as they would any other piece of property was dropped, and the bill moved from something designed " for Securing the Property of Copies of Books to the rightful Owners thereof " to a bill " for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of such Copies ".

Some scholars believe that passages such as these in the Books of Kings were not written by the same authors who wrote the rest of the text, instead probably by the Deuteronomist.

The main rules were detailed in three such booklets, sold as a boxed set while the same format was used for early support material, such as the Adventures, Supplements and further Books.

They are sometimes also divided into such categories as Sifrei Emet ( ספרי אמת, literally " Books of Truth ") of Psalms, Proverbs and Job ( the Hebrew names of these three books form the Hebrew word for " truth " as an acrostic, and all three books have unique cantillation marks ), the " wisdom books " of Job, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs, the " poetry books " of Psalms, Lamentations and Song of Songs, and the " historical books " of Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles.

Books became available online, and electronic devices such as Amazon Kindle threatened the popularity of printed books.

2007 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Fighting Fantasy, and to commemorate the event Wizard Books published a special hardcover edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain that used the original 1982 cover image and contained extra material such as the dungeon solution and a commentary on Fighting Fantasy by Livingstone.

The section from Leicester Square tube station to Cambridge Circus is home to specialist bookshops, and more general second-hand and antiquarian shops such as Quinto Bookshop, Henry Pordes and Any Amount of Books.

Such freedom and experimentation has produced such series as The League of Gentlemen, Marion and Geoff, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Black Books and Green Wing.

Academic literary critics teach in literature departments and publish in academic journals, and more popular critics publish their criticism in broadly circulating periodicals such as the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Times Book Review, the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, The Nation, and The New Yorker.

For example, Tamsin Greig, who plays Debbie Aldridge, has appeared on television comedy shows such as Green Wing, Love Soup and Black Books.

Others such as Books That Work were relocated to Bellevue.

One such ' art-zine ' publisher ( who also publishes books ) is Nieves Books in Zurich, founded by Benjamin Sommerhalder.

Books such as The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability and the 25th Amendment, by Herbert Abrams, and Reagan's autobiography, An American Life, argue Reagan's intent to transfer power to Bush was clear.

Eckert and other " post-Farmerian " writers ( denoting authors working with or in a similar vein as Eckert, who are admirers of Farmer's Wold Newton biographies and fiction ) have – through crossovers documented in Eckert's massive online Crossover Chronology ( published in book form by Black Coat Press in two volumes in 2010 as Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World ), and through parascholarly articles such as those appearing on the various WNU-themed websites online ; Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe ( edited by Win Scott Eckert, MonkeyBrain Books, 2005, a 2007 Locus Award finalist ) and in various issues of the pro-zine dedicated to and authorized by Farmer, Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer ( published by Michael Croteau, webmaster of the Official Philip José Farmer Home Page ) – brought numerous further fictional characters into the WNU.

* Paul Kurtz, A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology, Prometheus Books, 1985, ISBN 0-87975-300-5

* The Handbook to Jewish Spiritual Renewal: A Path of Mussar Transformation for the Modern Jew, Rabbi Arthur Segal, Amazon Books, 2009

* Baba Ifa Karade, The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts, Weiser Books, York Beach, New York, 1994.

Bob Bond " The Handbook of Sailing " DK & Pelham Books revised 1996 ISBN 0-7207-2016-8

* Richard A. Purdy, " Carl F. H. Henry " in Elwell, Walter A., editor, Handbook of Evangelical Theologians, 260-75 ( Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1993 ).

In 2002, Picardo authored the book The Hologram's Handbook, published by Pocket Books.

Johns is the author of one book, U. S. and Africa Statistical Handbook ( ISBN 0-891-95228-4 ) ( The Heritage Foundation, 1990, second edition, 1991 ), and a contributing author to two others, Freedom in the World: The Annual Guide of Political Rights and Civil Liberties ( Freedom House, 1993 ) and Finding Our Roots, Facing Our Future: America in the 21st century ( Madison Books, 1997 ).

In 1989, Microtrend Books published the first " Xbase " cross-reference book ( before the term was coined ), The dBASE Language Handbook, by David M. Kalman, which covered Quicksilver, Clipper, dbxl, dBASE III, dBASE III Plus, dBASE IV, and FoxBase +.

In addition to writing Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater, Brady is the author of The Craft of the Screenwriter ( Simon & Schuster, 1981 ), as well as two books for journalists -- The Craft of Interviewing ( Random House Vintage, 1976 ) and The Interviewer's Handbook ( The Writer Books, 2004 ).

Additionally, officer and enlisted Sailors had to complete sections of the Marine Battle Skills Training Handbook ( Books 1, 2 and 4 ), which covered Military Justice and Law of War ; Marine Corps Organization, History, Customs, and Courtesies ; Marine Corps Uniform, Clothing and Equipment ; Marine Corps General Leadership ; Substance Abuse ; Troop Information / Training Management ; Combat Leadership ; Individual Weapons ( M16A2 Service Rifle, M9 Service Pistol ); Tactical Measures ; Hand Grenades, Mines, and Pyrotechnics ; NBC Defense ; First Aid and Field Sanitation ; Land Navigation ; Communication ; and Maintain Physical Fitness.

* Burnham's Celestial Handbook by Robert Burnham, Jr. ( Volume One, Volume Two, Volume Three at Google Books )

Books on Church Music: Church Music A Practical Handbook ( 1927 ) London The Faith Press

* Sweetser, M. F., " King's Handbook of Boston Harbor ", Moses King Corporation, Boston, 1882 ; reprinted in 1988 by Applewood Books, and The Friends of Boston Harbor Islands.

* The Official Bank-Haters ' Handbook Also By Joel D. Joseph ( Natl Pr Books, 1984 )

* The Official Bank-Haters ' Handbook Also By Joel D. Joseph ( Natl Pr Books, 1984 )

He is best known as the author of The Complete Hypercard Handbook ( 1987, Bantam Books, 650, 000 copies in print ), The JavaScript Bible ( 1996, IDG Books, 500, 000 copies in print ), and Dynamic HTML ( 1998, O ' Reilly & Associates, 100, 000 copies in print ).

** Best Product Specific Book ( 1987 ): The Complete HyperCard Handbook ( 1987, Bantam Books )

** Best Introductory How-To Book, Systems ( 1992 ): Danny Goodman's Macintosh Handbook ( 1992, Bantam Books )

* E. M. Horsburgh Napier Tercentenary Celebration: Handbook of the Exhibition of Napier Relics and of Books, Instruments, and Devices for facilitating Calculation, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1914.

* Walker, Annette, The Reed Handbook of Common New Zealand Insects, Reed Books, 2000 ISBN 0-7900-0718-5

He is the co-editor of The Happy Mutant Handbook ( 1995, Riverhead Books ), and was the author and illustrator of Mad Professor ( 2002, Chronicle Books ).

Konica Pocket Handbook: An Introduction to Better Photography ( New York: Verlan Books, 1960 ).