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' Epic of Gilgamesh'  is t he earliest known work of literature. It   is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. The  Deluge  tablet of the  Gilgamesh  epic in  Akkadian Because paper books did not exist at the time, the whole tale is told on 12 tablets. Today, the Epic of Gilgamesh is available on a digital tablet or e-reader.

Some facts about books: The first book bought on Amazon was called Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought. SF writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) is the only author to have published a book in nine out of the ten Dewey library categories. When asked what book he’d like to have with him on a desert island, G. K. Chesterton replied, ‘Thomas’s Guide to Practical Shipbuilding.’ Hugh Lofting, author of  Dr Doolittle , thought books should have a ‘senile’ category to complement the ‘juvenile’ section. Dickens’s house had a secret door in the form of a fake bookcase. The fake books included titles such as ‘The Life of a Cat’ in 9 volumes. Playwright Joe Orton went to prison in 1962 for defacing library books. One of the cartoons he drew shows an elderly tattooed man in trunks. According to one estimate, J. R. R. Tolkien is the author of the second and third biggest-selling novels in the world. ...