bookshelf

A bookcase, or bookshelf, is a piece of furniture, almost always with horizontal shelves, used to store books. Bookcases are used in private homes, public and university libraries, offices and bookstores. A bookcase may be fitted with glass doors. A bookcase consists of a unit including two or more shelves which may not all be used to contain books or other printed materials. Bookcases range from small, low models the height of a table to high models reaching up to ceiling height. Shelves may be fixed or adjustable to different positions in the case. In rooms entirely devoted to the storage of books they may be permanently fixed to the walls and/or floor. Bookcases may have doors that can be closed to protect the books from air pollution, and bookshelves are open-fronted. These doors are almost always glazed, so as to allow the spines of the books to be read. Especially valuable books may be kept in locked cases with wooden or glazed doors. A bookshelf normally stands on some other piece of furniture such as a desk or chest. Larger books are more likely to be kept in horizontal piles and very large books flat on wide shelves.
In Latin and Greek the idea of bookcase is represented by Bibliotheca and Bibliothēkē (Greek: βιβλιοθήκη), derivatives of which mean library in many modern languages.
A bookcase is also known as a bookshelf, a bookstand, a cupboard and a bookrack. In a library, large bookshelves are called "stacks."

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  1. JediMaster

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    Experts, please suggest to me a good pair of Bookshelf speakers for 2 channel Music. I will hook this with my Denon X1600H AVR (Zone 2) and will mostly stream Tidal/local FLAC files via Roon. The budget is around $1000, no sub at this moment.
  2. R

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  3. R

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  4. C

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  5. S

    Hi, wall mounted speaker advice required!

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  6. Bob Sacamano

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  7. RMCF

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  8. P

    Best Bookshelf Speakers for Inconvienent Spaces? Up High Elipson Planet L???

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  9. C

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  10. RedCarp

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  11. C

    Question about bookshelf speaker

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  12. gasolin

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  13. S

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  14. A

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  15. R

    Need Advice!! Bookshelf speakers on top or inside Entertainment center?

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  16. C

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  17. lgans316

    Powerful Bookshelf speakers for under £700

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  18. M

    Help with buying some bookshelf speakers - B&W 607?

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  19. R

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  20. al2813

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