Robert David Sullivan was intrigued to learn from a Globe story that the BPL main branch has a no man's land where the research material and rare and valuable books are kept:

... At first, I assumed that the Globe staff was under the mistaken belief that "no man's land" could refer to a place where "no man" is allowed, rather than an area where no government or army is in firm control. But it's possible that there's some kind of war going on between different factions among the books, and visitors risk getting beaned by flying volumes. ...