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The Book
- Author
- Keith Houston
- Narrator
- Dennis Kleinman
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 30 April 2019
- Run Time
- 9 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Keith Houston
- Narrator
- Dennis Kleinman
- Duration
- 9 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 April 2019
- ISBN
- 9781515919469
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- History, General and world history, Literature: history and criticism, Technology: general issues, History of engineering and technology
Synopsis
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.
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