From the Bodleian, the Folger, and the Smithsonian to the fabled libraries of Middle Earth and other fictional libraries, Kells explores the bookish places that capture our imaginations. The result is an exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder, a celebration of books as objects, and an account of the personal nature of these spaces.
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Höhe: 208 mm
Breite: 148 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-1-64009-226-6 (9781640092266)
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STUART KELLS is an author and historian. His history of Penguin Books, Penguin and the Lane Brothers, won the prestigious Ashurst Business Literature Prize. The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders was short-listed for the Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award and the New South Wales Premier's General History Prize, and has been published around the world in multiple languages. Find out more at stuartkells.com.
PREFACE
AN INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY HISTORY
1. A LIBRARY WITH NO BOOKS
2. THE LAST DAYS OF ALEXANDRIA
3. THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION
4. A DAMNED SEWERFUL OF MEN
5. FREE FOR ALL
6. WHAT THE BARBARIANS DID NOT DO
7. THE SECRET HISTORY
8. CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST
9. THE QUINTESSENCE OF DEBAUCHERY
10. EXECRATION UPON VULCAN
11. GOING WITHOUT
12. THE INTERIOR OF A LIBRARY SHOULD WHISPER, NOT SHOUT
13. FOR THE GLORY
14. KILLING A MONK
15. A LOVE LETTER
