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Article: McMaster University Library Partners With Kirtas Technologies, Ristech and Lulu.com to Unleash Thousands of Rare Books to the World.
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- May 21, 2008
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HAMILTON, Ontario, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine owning a copy of Galileo's 1632 book, Dialogo di Galileo Galilei (Galileo's Dialogue), challenging the traditional thinking that the universe revolves around the earth. At the time, the book and its concepts were so controversial, that Galileo was convicted of heresy in 1633 and the book was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books.
Or perhaps a first-edition, autographed copy of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine is a more suitable choice for your own personal library?
These books and more will be made available to the public, beginning this fall, through a unique partnership between Canada's McMaster ...