Description
Featuring a foreword by James Naughtie, this treasury explores more than 75 of the world's most celebrated, rare and seminal books, revealing the stories behind them. It is a unique encyclopedia spanning the history of the written word from 3000 BCE to the modern day. Chronological chapters show the evolution of human knowledge and the changing ways in which books are made. Discover influential works including the Mahabharata, Shakespeare's First Folio, The Diary of Anne Frank and Penguin's first paperbacks, as well as Darwin's On the Origin of Species and Louis Braille's conception of the Braille system still used today. Each book is presented with photography and biographies of its creators. Dictionaries, diaries, plays, poems, treaties and religious texts come together in a celebration of the enduring power of books.
Information
Author: Naughtie James
Language: English
Publication date: September 7, 2017
Manufacturer: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, History books in english, Non-fiction literature in english
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 256
ISBN/EAN: 9780241289334