03467cam a2200745 4500 530543134 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781640090217 1640090215 B075L61R78 Amazon 62585857-36e6-4647-b532-e10579d6f9aa OverDrive (Reserve ID) 675374 675374 675374 3509057 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kells, Stuart,. The Library [Libby] : A Catalogue of Wonders. Catapult, 2018. Biography. anthropology. autobiographies. Cultural anthropology. Science. World History. Autobiography. Memoirs. homosapiens. Evolution. social engineering. biographies. human evolution. History. memoir. Sociology. biographies and memoirs. history books. science books. historical books. gifts for history buffs. historical nonfiction. biographies of famous people. sociology books. memoir books. anthropology books. autobiography books. history gifts. history buff gifts. history lovers gifts. history teacher gifts. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1448kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1059kB. Biography & Autobiography. History. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>"Excellent . . . Tracks the history of that greatest of all cultural institutions." —<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /> <br /> Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist today; some are lost, like those of Herculaneum and Alexandria; some have been sold or dispersed; and some never existed, such as those libraries imagined by J.R.R. Tolkien, Umberto Eco, and Jorge Luis Borges, among others.<br /> <br /> Ancient libraries, grand baroque libraries, scientific libraries, memorial libraries, personal libraries, clandestine libraries: Stuart Kells tells the stories of their creators, their prizes, their secrets, and their fate. To research this book, Kells traveled around the world with his young family like modern–day “Library Tourists.” Kells discovered that all the world’s libraries are connected in beautiful and... Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=62585857-36e6-4647-b532-e10579d6f9aa&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=62585857-36e6-4647-b532-e10579d6f9aa&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=62585857-36e6-4647-b532-e10579d6f9aa&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)