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Library: An Unquiet History more books like this

by Matthew Battles

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This history of libraries by a rare-book librarian analyzes, among other things, famous book-burnings and book-bannings, and casts often surprising light on the mixed fates of books and their storage and preservation through the ages.

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Widener: Biography of a Library more books like this

by Matthew Battles

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Wallace Stegner called its stacks "enchanted." Barbara Tuchman called it "my Archimedes bathtub, my burning bush." But to Thomas Wolfe, it was a place of "wilderment and despair." Since its opening in 1915, the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library has led a spirited life as Harvard's physical and, in a sense, its spiritual heart. Originally ...

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Die Welt Der Bücher: Eine Geschichte Der Bibliothek

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