An Army at Dawn- The War in North Africa 1942-1943 Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson

For a long period of time books were very rare and because of such confines only some 'esoteric' people could afford them. And you know what? Books always have some notes of mysticism. Just remember that special atmosphere of solitude in the library or in the old book-store, it seemed that imponderable scent of rational identity is in the air... Yeah, they are worth our admiring.