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Thanks. I guess I was just too traumatized to do any googling, but I'll have a look at those links and do some searching on my own. One thing I'm worried about is if the mouse urine can carry any diseases. I know that hanta virus is spread by mouse droppings and urine, but I don't know if it...

If you don't want to read my sad story below, here's my question: Mice got into my books and peed on the outer page surfaces. Is there any good way to clean this? I had just planned on using warm water and a towel (and some rubber gloves). I (kind of) recently bought a house and have...

Thanks for that link. There were some good suggestions there.

I just purchased a set of 3 books on eBay and they were obviously owned by a smoker. Are there any tricks for getting the smoke smell out? There are HB books with about 300-400 pages each.

Thanks for the quick replies. I actually bought an Oxford Pocket Dictionary a couple of years ago, but returned it the next day after failing to find (if I remember correctly) the word "palfrey". Come on! "Palfrey"?!?! As I remember, the Oxford font was fairly large which limited the number...

I am looking for something in-between a pocket sized and full sized dictionary. Ideally, I would like something to keep on hand while reading that is not a huge hardback, yet has the content of a "collegiate" dictionary. I was thinking that something like this would exist, but I have been...