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Good old book-burning planned for 30-ton library

6/20/2012

What do you do with 300,000 books no one wants? Burn them, obviously. That's the fate in store for a collection in Saskatoon, Canada. Shauna Raycraft inherited the books in 2005 from a neighbor, whose widow also wanted to burn them. Seven years later, Raycraft has no idea what to do with the massive library. She's managed to sort through only about a third of it, and has called for volunteers to help her organize the rest so she can donate the books to needy readers. But the deadline is fast approaching: If the 200,000 remaining books aren't sorted by the end of the month, Raycraft is bringing in the fire department to help her get rid of them.

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