"Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business."

Henry David Thoreau

In a time of seemingly unlimited information it is important to consider the benefits of a well organized piece of information such as a book. While the current debate rages about books disappearing or becoming nothing more than decorative pieces, its ability to convey information in a journey-like experience from front cover to back cover is difficult to digitally imitate. The experience garnered from reading a book remains as important today as it was for Thoreau.