A history of reading
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Viking, 1996.
Format
Book
Edition
1st American ed.
ISBN
0670843024, 9780670843022
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Falmouth - Main Library - Adult
028.9 MAN
1 available
028.9 MAN
1 available
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Falmouth - Main Library - Adult | 028.9 MAN | On Shelf |
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orleans Snow Library - Adult | 028.9 Mang | On Shelf |
| Wellfleet Public Library - Adult | 028.9 Man | On Shelf |
| Woods Hole Public Library - Adult | 028 MAN | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Viking, 1996.
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
ISBN
0670843024, 9780670843022
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-353) and index.
Description
At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book - that string of confused, alien ciphers - shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. Noted essayist Alberto Manguel moves from this essential moment to explore the 6000-year-old conversation between words and that magician without whom the book would be a lifeless object: the reader. Manguel lingers over reading as seduction, as rebellion, as obsession, and goes on to trace the never-before-told story of the reader's progress from clay tablet to scroll, codex to CD-ROM.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Manguel, A. (1996). A history of reading (1st American ed.). Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Manguel, Alberto. 1996. A History of Reading. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Manguel, Alberto. A History of Reading Viking, 1996.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Manguel, Alberto. A History of Reading 1st American ed., Viking, 1996.
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