"Books are a high priority for Wise -- Eliezer Wise -- who, as a rabbi's son, has spent his entire life immersed in them. Born in Plymouth, Mass., he moved around a lot as a child, though one memory, while he was living in Elizabeth, N.J., remains perfectly clear: 'The first time I went into a library was in 1955, in first grade, and I thought it was the coolest place -- all those cabinets and cards in it. All those books -- what a place!'"

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