Free e books for free download Shelf Life: Writers on Books and Reading by Alex Johnson

Shelf Life: Writers on Books and Reading by Alex Johnson

• Shelf Life: Writers on Books and Reading
• Alex Johnson
• Page: 176
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9780712352864
• Publisher: British Library Publishing

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Free e books for free download Shelf Life: Writers on Books and Reading by Alex Johnson

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Books: reading, collecting, and the physical housing of them has brought the book-lover joy and stress for centuries. Fascinated writers have tried to capture the particular relationships we form with our library, and the desperate troubles we will undergo to preserve it. With Alex Johnson as your guide, immerse yourself in this eclectic anthology and hear from an iconic Prime Minister musing over the best way to store your books and an illustrious US President explaining the best works to read outdoors. Enjoy serious speculations on the psychological implications of reading from a 19th-century philosopher, and less serious ones concerning the predicament of dispensing with unwanted volumes or the danger of letting children (the enemies of books) near your collection. The many facets of book-mania are pondered and celebrated with both sincerity and irreverence in this lively selection of essays, poems, lectures, and commentaries ranging from the 16th to the 20th century.

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