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A history of reading / by Alberto Manguel

By:

Manguel, Alberto

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Viking , 1996Edition: 1st American edDescription: 372 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780670843022

Subject(s):

Books and reading -- --History

DDC classification:

028.9 MAN

LOC classification:

Z1003 .M292 1996

Summary: From clay tablets to CD-ROM, from book thieves to book burners, bibliophiles, book fools and saints, noted essayist Alberto Manguel follows the quirky and passionate 4,000-year-old history of the written work whose true hero is the reader. Photos & line drawings.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	028.9 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		067044

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-353) and index.

From clay tablets to CD-ROM, from book thieves to book burners, bibliophiles, book fools and saints, noted essayist Alberto Manguel follows the quirky and passionate 4,000-year-old history of the written work whose true hero is the reader. Photos & line drawings.

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