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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Albert Manguel, Alberto Manguel
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9780300151305
• ISBN: 978-0-300-15130-5
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Commercio librario, biblioteconomia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Alexandria, Seneca, Talmud, Michelangelo, Marina, digital, Caesar, History of Ideas, Workshop, America, Oblivion, Marchand, Montaigne, Egypt, Cosmopolitan, HISTORY / Social History, Loire, Meditations, Censorship, Commedia, Niccolo, Virtual, Collector, Red Carpet, Lend, Russian, Collecting, lighting, Roberto Calasso, barn, Library & Information Sciences, libraries, Library and information sciences / Museology, Bibliophiles, Lending, Desk, Imaginary, Scrolls, new year's resolution, dantes, books on cosmopolitans, books on meditations, human curiosity, books on mazzotta, books on fulford, books on bate, books on virtual shelves, library school, books on cruickshank, laurentian, books on commedias, books on lendings, Fulford, mazzotta, books on talmuds, books on collectors, books on greek words, books on michelangelo, Idiosyncrasy, 15th-century, Rutgers, books on censorships, enthroned, cruickshank, books on altschuler, books on workshops, books on lightings, erudite, books on rutgers, books on national libraries, books on dantes, rain taxi, books on montaignes, books on alexandria, virtual shelves, books on marina, books on seneca, books on imagines, books on libraries, books on loire, books on minto, books on niccolo, bate, greek word, books on human curiosities, books on caesar, altschuler, shelf awareness, books on red carpets, National Post, books on laurentian, minto, books on egypt, National Library, books on scrolls, imagines, unsystematic, books on library schools, books on bibliophiles