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ISBN:
Category : Anecdotes
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes
Author: Andre BernardPublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0446931268
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in all fields. These short anecdotes provide remarkable insight into the human character. Ranging from the humorous to the tearful, they span classical history, recent politics, modern science and the arts. Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is a gold mine for anyone who gives speeches, is doing research, or simply likes to browse. As an informal tour of history and human nature at its most entertaining & instructive, this is sure to be a perennial favorite for years to come.
Anecdote Library
Author: New Anecdote Library. Good Things for Railway Readers
Author: The Library Book
Author: Maureen SawaPublisher: Tundra Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780887766985
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Everyone who has a library card (and those who don't 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 that's long overdue! Award-winning librarian Maureen Sawa takes readers on a breathless ride from the origins of libraries to the first bookshelves, from pack-horse 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 must-have for every reader!
Inspiring Library Stories
Author: Oleg KaganPublisher:
ISBN: 9781954640023
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Library Bus
Author: Bahram RahmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781772782653
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Inspired by Kabul, Afghanistan's first library bus and coloured by family memories, a touching snapshot of one innovative way girls received education in a country disrupted by war
The Best Reading: Hints on the Selection of Books
Author: Frederic Beecher PerkinsPublisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's sons [c1877]
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The best readings, hints on the selection of books [&c.] ed. by F.B. Perkins. 4th revised ed
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Author: Best readingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Catalogue of the Free Public Library of Lynn, Mass. Established 1862
Author: Free Public Library (Lynn, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Fall River
Author: Fall River Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description