When going to write or forward in Thunderbird, my address book has disappeared

I have to assume that I hit something as I was getting ready to forward a note to a friend. When I went to go down my address book list for a second address, I found the the address book had been eliminated from the left side of my screen. My only access now is to open my address book from the tools area and select one address at a time rather than the way I had been used to. I would just like to get things back the way the always have been.

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