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A History of Reading

A History of Reading

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A History of Reading

by Manguel, Alberto

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  • Paperback
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ISBN 10
0143126717
ISBN 13
9780143126713
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Penguin Books, 8/26/2014 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 1.1811 in x 9.0551 in x 6.1024 in. Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Cover displays a noticeable crease along its lower-right corner.

Synopsis

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book — that string of confused, alien ciphers — shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. Noted essayist Alberto Manguel moves from this essential moment to explore the 6000-year-old conversation between words and that magician without whom the book would be a lifeless object: the reader. Manguel lingers over reading as seduction, as rebellion, as obsession, and goes on to trace the never-before-told story of the reader's progress from clay tablet to scroll, codex to CD-ROM.

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Bookseller
Webster's Bookstore Cafe US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
mon0000131346
Title
A History of Reading
Author
Manguel, Alberto
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
0143126717
ISBN 13
9780143126713
Publisher
Penguin Books
Date Published
8/26/2014 12:00:01 A
Size
1.1811 in x 9.0551 in x 6.1024 i
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Book;
X weight
1.1023 lb

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Websters has been selling online since 1994. We're located in downtown State College, PA and have a busy cafe, a performance space, and also stock vintage vinyl. Community is our key! Woman-owned and LGBTQ-friendly, we are a general used bookstore.

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