When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book;

故事是这样的，在亚历山大很有名的图书馆被焚时，只有一本书幸免与难，但这本书却没有什么价值。

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Too many books limit themselves to the first (glossy photos of finished buildings), so Solid wood is a valuable book for architects interested in designing with wood.

太多的书把自己局限于第一章(光泽照片成品建筑)，所以《实木》对于建筑师来说价值非凡。

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Despite the print size, though, this is a valuable little book.

尽管这本书版面太小，但它的确是一本很有价值的书。

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Read with the volume turned down a notch, the book is a valuable, if unhappy, account of the last years of her life.

ECONOMIST: Russia

Now, a valuable new e-book describes the challenges of long-term care financing and suggests some potential solutions.

FORBES: New Ways to Think About Long-Term Care Insurance

Nevertheless, this book is a valuable addition to the literature on the Sierra Leone war, written by a well-informed Sierra Leonean intellectual.

BBC: Koidu in 2001