Instead, he dropped it on the little table next to his chair, shaking his right hand as though the book had burnt him.

Plato is said to have disliked him so much that he wished all his books burned.

The hospitals were destroyed, the books burned, the teachers slain.

Many schools, universities, and libraries were destroyed, books burned, and scholars killed.

One book, older than the others, burned almost immediately, sending up a tongue of flame.

His book crashed and burned when it was spurned by conservative readers.

This time, the flames from the bottom of the display area, where the books were burning fiercely, actually subsided.

The books were burning, except for ones I saved.

The first book, which she had copied parts of several times and might have partially memorized, I would burn last.

The book caught fire eventually but did not burn well.