I would listen to the steady rhythm of her breath, the pages of her book turning.
Library employees handled the book, turning the pages and returning the volumes to their secure location after each session.
And so, with the book turning 100 this year, I decided to retrace one of the 78 routes that it recommends for exploring Britain.
Lord Crisp's fabulous book, Turning the World Upside Down illustrates a number of these, such as being able to train practically anybody to do C-sections.
He never goes back to the book, turning on the television instead, treating the screen as though he's never heard of such a thing.
Mr. O'Neill cooperated extensively on the book, turning over 19,000 documents from his two years as Treasury secretary, including transcripts of National Security Council meetings, Mr. Suskind told "60 Minutes".
"But other types of book should be more contemplative reads," he says, noting that in his book Turning the Page, he writes: "If books in digital form enable us to read faster, this may not necessarily be a good thing.
By Jeffrey Toobin The New Yorker, May 31 , 1993P. 32 Talk story about Daniel Burstein's book, "Turning the Tables: A Machiavellian Strategy for Dealing with Japan", which he sent to various high government officials.
