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The Theory of Need in Marx

By Agnes Heller

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Hardcover:

9780312798000 | Palgrave Macmillan, November 1, 1976, cover price $19.95 | also contains Authorship in the Long Eighteenth Century

Book: A Lecture Sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the Authors' League of America, Presented at the Library of Congress

Product Description: "A lecture sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the Authors League of America and presented at the Library of Congress October 17, 1979."

By Barbara Wertheim Tuchman

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9780844403229 | Library of Congress, June 1, 1980, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: "A lecture sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the Authors League of America and presented at the Library of Congress October 17, 1979.

Red Heroin

Product Description: When engineer and army vet Paul Crane agrees to accompany his police officer friend on a night cruise, he never expected a deadly shoot-out would lead to his being recruited in a CIA sting operation involving China and the heroin trade.

By Jerry Pournelle

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9780441710898 | Reissue edition (Ace Books, October 1, 1985), cover price $2.95 | also contains Material Moments in Book Cultures: Essays in Honour of Gabriele Muller-oberhauser | About this edition: When engineer and army vet Paul Crane agrees to accompany his police officer friend on a night cruise, he never expected a deadly shoot-out would lead to his being recruited in a CIA sting operation involving China and the heroin trade.

Timely Reading: Between Exegesis and Interpretation

Product Description: Book by Noakes, Susan

By Susan Noakes

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Hardcover:

9780801421440 | Cornell Univ Pr, August 1, 1988, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Book by Noakes, Susan

The Culture of Print: Power and the Uses of Print in Early Modern Europe

Product Description: The leading historians who are the authors of this work offer a highly original account of one of the most important transformations in Western culture: the change brought about by the discovery and development of printing in Europe...read more

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9780691055800 | Princeton Univ Pr, August 1, 1989, cover price $59.50 | About this edition: The leading historians who are the authors of this work offer a highly original account of one of the most important transformations in Western culture: the change brought about by the discovery and development of printing in Europe.

Paperback:

9780691607627 | Princeton Univ Pr, July 14, 2014, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: The leading historians who are the authors of this work offer a highly original account of one of the most important transformations in Western culture: the change brought about by the discovery and development of printing in Europe.

The Man Who Loved Books

By dark of night Columba copies Finian's new book, and before too long, the High King and armies of Irishmen have entered into the dispute that has developed between Finian and Columba

By Jean Fritz

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Library:

9780399612848 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1990, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A brief biography of the Irish saint who was known for his love of books and his missionary work throughout Scotland.

The History and Power of Writing

By Lydia G. Cochrane (trans) and Henri-Jean Martin

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Hardcover:

9780226508351 | Univ of Chicago Pr, March 1, 1994, cover price $39.95

Paperback:

9780226508368 | Univ of Chicago Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $32.00

Augustine the Reader: Meditation, Self-Knowledge, and the Ethics of Interpretation

By Brian Stock

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Hardcover:

9780674052765 | Belknap Pr, March 1, 1996, cover price $61.00

Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading

Product Description: Reading, like any human activity, has a history. Modern reading is a silent and solitary activity. Ancient reading was usually oral, either aloud, in groups, or individually, in a muffled voice. The text format in which thought has been presented to readers has undergone many changes in order to reach the form that the modern Western reader now views as immutable and nearly universal...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Paul Saenger

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9780804726535 | Stanford Univ Pr, December 1, 1997, cover price $82.95 | About this edition: Reading, like any human activity, has a history.

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

Lists the one hundred books that have most influenced history, each accompanied by its historical background, little-known facts about its author and its creation, reasons for its inclusion, and an analysis of its influence today. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. (view table of contents)

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780806520001 | Citadel Pr, September 1, 1998, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Presents the history of each book, little-known facts about its author and its creation, reasons for its inclusion, and an analysis of its influence today

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Though from Ancient Times to Today

Details the books that have forever changed civilization, from the Bible and the Koran to Darwin's Origin of the Species and Freidan's Feminine Mystique, and includes a historical overview and fascinating facts for each author and book, and much more. Original. (view table of contents)

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780806521923 | Citadel Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Presents the history of each book, little-known facts about its author and its creation, reasons for its inclusion, and an analysis of its influence today.

After Augustine: The Meditative Reader and the Text

By Brian Stock

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9780812236026 | Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, April 25, 2001, cover price $45.00

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Product Description: From Pierre de Fermat to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Graham Greene, readers have related to books through the notes they write in the margins. In this pioneering bookâthe first to examine the phenomenon of marginaliaâH.J. Jackson surveys an extraordinary range of annotated books to explore the history of marginalia, the forms they take, the psychology that underlies them, and the reactions they provoke...read more

By H. J. Jackson

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9780300088168 | Yale Univ Pr, July 1, 2001, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: From Pierre de Fermat to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Graham Greene, readers have related to books through the notes they write in the margins.

Paperback:

9780300097207 | Yale Univ Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $33.00 | About this edition: From Pierre de Fermat to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Graham Greene, readers have related to books through the notes they write in the margins.

Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture

The author explores the history and continuing relavance of books, introducing readers to librarians, readers, writers, scholars, bookbinders and booksellers around the world. 40,000 first printing.

By Nicholas A. Basbanes

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9780060196950 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, October 1, 2001), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Explores the history and continuing relevance of books, introducing readers to librarians, readers, writers, scholars, bookbinders, and booksellers around the world.

A Potencie of Life: Books in Society: The Clark Lectures, 1986-1987

Product Description: Based on lectures given at the William Andrews Clark Library in 1986-87, these essays discuss the many aspects of the history of the book, with a range of topics related to manuscripts as well as books. This is the second title in "The British Library Studies in the History of the Book" series...read more

By Nicolas Barker (editor)

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9781584560548 | Reprint edition (Oak Knoll Pr, November 1, 2001), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Based on lectures given at the William Andrews Clark Library in 1986-87, these essays discuss the many aspects of the history of the book, with a range of topics related to manuscripts as well as books.

Across a Dark and Wild Sea

Describes the life of Saint Columba, a sixth-century prince, monk, and scribe.

By Don Brown

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School and Library:

9780761315346 | Roaring Brook, March 1, 2002, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Describes the life of Saint Columba, a sixth-century prince, monk, and scribe.

Library:

9780761324157 | Roaring Brook, March 1, 2002, cover price $22.90 | About this edition: Describes the life of Saint Columba, a sixth-century prince, monk, and scribe.

A History of Reading

By Steven Roger Fischer

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Hardcover:

9781861891600 | Reaktion Books, May 1, 2003, cover price $29.95

Paperback:

9781861892096, titled "History Of Reading" | Reaktion Books, November 4, 2004, cover price $17.95

The Role Of Reading In Nine Famous Lives

'This book attempts to demonstrate the role that reading has played throughout the course of history. The subjects are presented in chronological order according to birth. Respective chapters contain brief biographies of the subjects and discuss the waysin which each used books as a principal aid in the development of his or her exceptional talents'--Provided by publisher.

By Donald E. Howard

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9780786421336 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, April 30, 2005, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: 'This book attempts to demonstrate the role that reading has played throughout the course of history.

Readers and Leaders

Product Description: Readers and Leaders is a collection of ten reproducible short biographies, extension activities, and further reading and Web resource listings that explores the role that books and reading played in the lives of ten historical figures: Andrew Carnegie, Melvil Dewey, Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Edison, Anne Frank, Benjamin Franklin, Helen Keller, Norman Rockwell, and Harry Truman...read more

By Susan Steffensen Romaine

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9781591585169 | Libraries Unltd Inc, September 30, 2007, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Readers and Leaders is a collection of ten reproducible short biographies, extension activities, and further reading and Web resource listings that explores the role that books and reading played in the lives of ten historical figures: Andrew Carnegie, Melvil Dewey, Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Edison, Anne Frank, Benjamin Franklin, Helen Keller, Norman Rockwell, and Harry Truman.

Books Without Borders: The Cross-national Dimension in Print Culture

Product Description: Where does the book belong? Does it enshrine the soul of a nation, or is it a means by which nations talk to one another, sharing ideas, technologies, texts? This book, the first in a two-volume set of original essays, responds to these questions with archive-based case studies of print culture in a number of countries around the world...read more

By Robert Fraser (editor) and Mary Hammond (editor)

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9780230210295 | 1 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, August 15, 2008), cover price $110.00 | About this edition: Where does the book belong?

9780230537590 | Palgrave Macmillan, July 22, 2008, cover price $75.00

Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives

Product Description: In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices...read more

By Sandra L. Beckett

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Hardcover:

9780415980333 | Routledge, September 3, 2008, cover price $150.00

Paperback:

9780415879361 | 1 edition (Routledge, January 1, 2010), cover price $54.95 | About this edition: In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L.

Books Without Borders: The Cross-national Dimension Inprint Culture & Perspectives from South Asia

Product Description: Where does the book belong? Does it enshrine the soul of a nation, or is it a means by which nations talk to one another, sharing ideas, technologies and texts? This two-volume set responds to these questions, using archive-based case studies of print culture from around the world...read more

By Sarah Brouillette

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9780230217171 | Palgrave Macmillan, September 30, 2008, cover price $199.00 | About this edition: Where does the book belong?

Books Without Borders: Perspectives from South Asia

Product Description: This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artifact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work...read more

By Robert Fraser (editor) and Mary Hammond (editor)

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9780230210332 | Palgrave Macmillan, August 15, 2008, cover price $110.00 | About this edition: This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artifact and component of cultural hierarchies.

The Library at Night

By Alberto Manguel

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Hardcover:

9780300139143 | Yale Univ Pr, April 29, 2008, cover price $27.50

Paperback:

9780300151305 | Yale Univ Pr, April 28, 2009, cover price $18.00

A History of Reading and Writing: In the Western World

Product Description: Martyn Lyons surveys the changing relationships enjoyed by men and women with the written word, from early times to the present day. He provides a highly-readable account of the social history of reading and writing, relating it to key historical moments such as the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Enlightenment...read more

By Martyn Lyons

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Hardcover:

9780230001619 | Palgrave Macmillan, December 15, 2009, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: Martyn Lyons surveys the changing relationships enjoyed by men and women with the written word, from early times to the present day.

Paperback:

9780230001626 | 1 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, December 15, 2009), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Martyn Lyons surveys the changing relationships enjoyed by men and women with the written word, from early times to the present day.

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