Every book its reader : the power of the printed word to stir the world / Nicholas A. Basbanes.
In celebration of five eventful centuries of the printed word, Basbanes considers of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that have both nudged the course of history and fired the imagination of influential people. Basbanes asks what we can know about such figures as...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Basbanes, Nicholas A., 1943- |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New York :
HarperCollins,
c2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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