Big Book

Big Book

Big Book may refer to:

* The book "Alcoholics Anonymous : the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism", known in the Alcoholics Anonymous fellowship as the "Big Book."cite book | author = Alcoholics Anonymous | title = Alcoholics Anonymous : the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism | publisher = Alcoholics Anonymous World Services | date = 1976-06-01 | isbn = 0916856593 | oclc = 32014950 | url = http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/]
* The Big Read, a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Book" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS and telephone.
* A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Book_(thought_experiment) thought experiment] involving ethics developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

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