![]() Any day of the week, library stacks offer you the opportunity to be the Indiana Jones of your own mysteries.įor example. Treasures you aren’t looking for shine brightest. Wonders are more often discovered than sought. That’s what library’s stacks offer any time you visit. Wonder, in it’s most basic senses means something that causes astonishment or admiration, or being in a state of astonishment or admiration. The Ninth Wonder of the World is any library’s stacks, it’s collection. A wonder that is neither arbitrary nor ephemeral and, I suspect, never categorized as a wonder because it’s ubiquitous. Today, I propose a 9th Wonder of the World. Then there are ephemeral “8th Wonders of the World,” brand lures like King Kong, Gorgo, and the West Baden Springs Hotel in West Baden Springs, Orange County, Indiana (no kidding, look it up). As Jimmy Durante said: “Everybody wants to get into the act!” And you’re probably familiar with the fact that “Seven Wonders” is a category that not only applies to ancient architectural sites, but, according to who is making the list, arbitrary wonders of the natural world, the modern world, industrial world, underwater world, the solar system, and USA Today. ![]() ![]() You’ve heard of the Seven Wonders of the World. ![]()
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