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Preface | |
Overseas Disposal | p. 3 |
Original Keepsakes | p. 12 |
Destroying to Preserve | p. 22 |
It Can Be Brutal | p. 37 |
The Ace Comb Effect | p. 47 |
Virgin Mummies | p. 54 |
Already Worthless | p. 65 |
A Chance to Begin Again | p. 73 |
Dingy, Dreary, Dog-eared, and Dead | p. 82 |
The Preservation Microfilming Office | p. 97 |
Thugs and Pansies | p. 106 |
Really Wicked Stuff | p. 111 |
Getting the Champagne out of the Bottle | p. 118 |
Bursting at the Seams | p. 136 |
The Road to Avernus | p. 141 |
It's Not Working Out | p. 148 |
Double Fold | p. 152 |
A New Test | p. 158 |
Great Magnitude | p. 162 |
Special Offer | p. 168 |
3.3 Million Books, 358 Million Dollars | p. 174 |
Six Thousand Bodies a Day | p. 178 |
Burning Up | p. 184 |
Going, Going, Gone | p. 190 |
Absolute Nonsense | p. 198 |
Drumbeat | p. 203 |
Unparalleled Crisis | p. 207 |
Microfix | p. 213 |
Slash and Burn | p. 216 |
A Swifter Conflagration | p. 222 |
Crunch | p. 227 |
A Figure We Did Not Collect | p. 230 |
Leaf Masters | p. 234 |
Turn the Pages Once | p. 240 |
Suibtermanean Convumision | p. 249 |
Honest Disagreement | p. 254 |
We Just Kind of Keep Track | p. 259 |
In Good Faith | p. 263 |
Epilogue | p. 270 |
Notes | p. 271 |
References | p. 335 |
Index | p. 354 |
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