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Books on Fire: The Tumultuous Story of the World's Great Libraries
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Hardcover
With Jon E. Graham |
from Gardners Books (September 24, 2007)
9780500513842 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $31.60
About: Takes you on a journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times, showing how the urge to write, read and collect books has always gone hand in hand with the impulse to destroy them.
About: Takes you on a journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times, showing how the urge to write, read and collect books has always gone hand in hand with the impulse to destroy them.