Essay: Why Your Books Are Like Your Mind

I nearly lost all my old books - and it shook me to the core.

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Recently, I had an odd and disturbing experience. The family house I lived in with my wife before we divorced five years ago contained a large number of my books. Last week, the house was finally sold, and I had to take the books away. But I had nowhere to put them, so I put them temporarily in the basement of the block of flats where I live now. I was going away for a week, and had no time to store them properly, but I thought they were safe. Who steals books?

When I got back from my holiday, the books were gone.