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For the Love of Books
Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature.
Do you know:
Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?
Why Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?
Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
What...
How Books Came to America
The Rise of the American Book Trade
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Anyone who pays attention to the popular press knows that the new media will soon make books obsolete. But predicting the imminent demise of the book is nothing new. At the beginning of the twentieth century, for example, some critics predicted that the electro-mechanical phonograph would soon make...
A Lifetime of Fiction
The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
A Lifetime of Fiction: The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102 is the most authoritative set of fiction book recommendations in the United States because it is a composite of the most noteworthy book award lists, best book publications, and recommended reading lists from leading libraries,...
Piety in Pieces
How Medieval Readers Customized their Manuscripts
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Medieval manuscripts resisted obsolescence. Made by highly specialised craftspeople (scribes, illuminators, book binders) with labour-intensive processes using exclusive and sometimes exotic materials (parchment made from dozens or hundreds of skins, inks and paints made from prized minerals, animals...
Minecraft: Diary of an Enderman Ninja - Book 1
Unofficial Minecraft Diary Books for Kids age 8 9 10 11 12 Teens Adventure Fan Fiction Series
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Love MINECRAFT? **Over 16,000 words of kid-friendly fun!**This high-quality fan fiction fantasy diary book is for kids, teens, and nerdy grown-ups who love to read epic stories about their favorite game!
Elias was a young Enderman. And he was a NINJA.
As an initiate of the Order of the...
Old Books, Rare Friends
Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Louisa May Alcott once wrote that she had taken her pen for a bridegroom. Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern, friends and business partners for fifty years, have in many ways taken up their pens and passion for literature much in the same way. The "Holmes & Watson" of the rare book business, Rostenberg...
Collector's Guide to Easton Press Books
A Compendium
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This handy reference guide contains an semi-exhaustive list of Easton Press books. It contains more than 3,000 entries of Easton Press titles, both in-print and out-of-print. The Collector’s Guide to Easton Press Books provides numerous lists of Easton Press collections and is broken down by sets...
Interactive Books
Playful Media before Pop-Ups
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Movable books are an innovative area of children’s publishing. Commonly equated with spectacular pop-ups, movable books have a little-known history as interactive, narrative media.Since they are hybrid artifacts consisting of words, images and movable components, they cross the borders between story,...
by Michael Burkhimer
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
Few politicians have fascinated the American people as much as Abraham Lincoln. The 1990s witnessed heightened interest in the sixteenth president and a flood of books about him that continues to the present. A recent tally indicates that at least 14,000 books and pamphlets have been written about...
by Michael Dirda
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
From Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Michael Dirda comes a collection of his most personal and engaging essays on the literary life—the perfect companion for any lover of books.
Michael Dirda has been hailed as "the best-read person in America" (The Paris Review) and "the...
Dear Fahrenheit 451
Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
A librarian's laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and breakup notes to the books in her life.
If you love to read, and presumably you do since you’ve picked up this book (!), you know that some books affect you so profoundly they forever change the way you think...
Antonia and the Big Competition
The Rosenburg Riding Stables, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Antonia’s greatest love is riding horses. So it’s no surprise that her dream is to become a successful show jumper. But when her riding instructor presents an opportunity for Antonia to realize her dream by entering her for a big show-jumping competition, Antonia’s courage seems to fail her....
by Leah Price
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who...
Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read
125 Books That Will Turn Any Child into a Lifelong Reader
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
Get Your Child Hooked on Books!
Reading can become a favorite part of any child's life—even children who think they hate to read. And, with the help of this unique book, it's easy to put your reluctant reader on the path to becoming an enthusiastic reader. Inside are 125 books that are certain to...