Library At Night

Informationen zum Autor Alberto Manguel is an internationally acclaimed anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor, and the author of several award-winning books, including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading . Klappentext Inspired by the process of creating a library for his 15th-century home near the Loire, in France, Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries in this captivating meditation on their meaning and significance. Zusammenfassung Offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. This title conducts a library tour that extends from the author's childhood bookshelves to the 'complete' libraries of the Internet! from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world! from China and Rome to Google.

Product details

• Authors: Albert Manguel, Alberto Manguel
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9780300151305
• ISBN: 978-0-300-15130-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, Library & Information Sciences, Library and information sciences / Museology