The Library Book: The Story Of Libraries From Camels To Computers,Used

The Library Book: The Story Of Libraries From Camels To Computers,Used

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Everyone Who Has A Library Card (And Those Who Dont Will Want One After Reading This Book) Will Love This Fascinating Account Of How Libraries Have Evolved. From Camels Delivering Books In Kenya To Information Compression Today, This Is A Book Thats Long Overdue!Awardwinning Librarian Maureen Sawa Takes Readers On A Breathless Ride From The Origins Of Libraries To The First Bookshelves, From Packhorse Librarians In Kentucky To The Revolution That Was Vertical Shelving. She Presents Familiar Library Heroes Like Gutenberg And Benjamin Franklin And The More Obscure Ones, Such As Hypatia, The Great Female Librarian Of Alexandria Killed By A Mob For Opposing The Teachings Of Plato, And Vizier Abdul Kasem Ismail, The Persian Bibliophile Who Traveled With Forty Camels Carrying 117,000 Books In Alphabetical Order.Libraries, Past, Present, And Future, Have A History As Fascinating As The Books They House. A Musthave For Every Reader!

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