Shanghai Library (Simplified Chinese: 上海图书馆; Pinyin:Shànghǎi túshūguǎn) is the second largest library in China after the National Library of China in Beijing. It is located in Shanghai, China. At 24 stories and 348 feet (106 m) tall, it is the tallest library in the world, as well as one of the largest. The building has a tower that looks like a giant lighthouse.
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“It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.”
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Howbeit eluding fallopian diagnosis,
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That Keats died of tuberculosis . . .”
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