Shelf Life

Informationen zum Autor Alex is a professional blogger and journalist, part of The Independent's online team. Alex runs Shedworking (www.shedworking.co.uk) which inspired the book 'Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution' published by Frances Lincoln, The Micro Life (www.themicrolife.co.uk), and curates Bookshelf (www.onthebookshelf.co.uk), which was published as a book in 2012 by Thames & Hudson as 'Bookshelf'. Klappentext Books; reading, collecting and the physical housing of them has brought the book-lover joy and stress for centuries. Fascinated writers have tried to capture the particular relationships we form with our library, and the desperate troubles we will undergo to preserve it. With Alex Johnson as your guide, immerse yourself in this eclectic anthology and hear from an iconic Prime Minister musing over the best way to store your books and an illustrious US President explaining the best works to read outdoors. Enjoy serious speculations on the psychological implications of reading from a 19th century philosopher, and less serious ones concerning the predicament of dispensing with unwanted volumes or the danger of letting children (the enemies of books) near your collection. The many facets of book-mania are pondered and celebrated with both sincerity and irreverence in this lively selection of essays, poems, lectures and commentaries ranging from the 16th to the 20th century. Zusammenfassung The many facets of book-mania are pondered and celebrated with both sincerity and irreverence in this lively selection of essays! poems! lectures and commentaries ranging from the 16th to the 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Johnson
• Assisted by: Alex Johnson (Editor), Johnson Alex (Editor)
• Publisher: British Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2018
• EAN: 9780712352864
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5286-4
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides