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"The Library at Night - a series of essays on what might call the Platonic idea of a library - reveals some of its author's intellectual range and magpie learning... [It] is an elegant volume, in both its design and its text... Alberto Manguel has brought out a richly enjoyable book, absolutely enthralling for anyone who loves to read and an inspiration for anybody who has ever dreamed of building a library of his or her own." - Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World
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Books and reading, Classification, History, Information organization, Libraries, architecture, culture, language, library, metadata, CriticismPeople
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The Library at Night
September 26, 2006, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover
in English
- 1st
0676975887 9780676975888
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"The library in which I have long last collected my books began life as a barn sometime in the fifteenth century, perched on a small hill south of the Loire."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-356) and index. /// There is also a non-canonical list of some of Manguel's favourite books at the end. /// You can preview almost the entire book at Google: http://books.google.com/books?id=zXZlE5KJiZsC&source=gbs_navlinks_s /// Interesting writing on Warburg's library & eBooks from Mandy Brown, Creative Director at W. W. Norton: http://aworkinglibrary.com/library/book/library_at_night/
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