Description:
The Book - Keith Houston - 2019
A Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
By: Keith Houston
Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-30-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
Publisher's Summary
We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages - of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today. The Book gives us the momentous and surprising history behind humanity's most important-and universal-information technology.
©2016 Keith Houston (P)2019 Tantor
Critic Reviews
“Erudite, playful, and illuminating . . . Houston is both witty and intensely detailed . . . A splendid, challenging mixture of information and fun.” (Kirkus Reviews)
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