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Portable Magic A History Of Books And Their Readers Emma Smith

Name: Portable Magic A History Of Books And Their Readers Emma Smith
SKU: BELL-60551836
Price: 31.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (28 reviews)

SKU: BELL-60551836

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Portable Magic A History Of Books And Their Readers Emma Smith instant download after payment.

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

File Extension: EPUB

File size: 5.61 MB

Author: Emma Smith

Language: English

Year: 2022

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Portable Magic A History Of Books And Their Readers Emma Smith by Emma Smith instant download after payment.

A history of one of humankind’s most resilient and influential technologies over the past millennium—the book. Revelatory and entertaining in equal measure, Portable Magic will charm and challenge literature lovers of all kinds as it illuminates the transformative power and eternal appeal of the written word.
Stephen King once said that books are “a uniquely portable magic.” Here, Emma Smith takes readers on a literary adventure that spans centuries and circles the globe to uncover the reasons behind our obsession with this captivating object.
From disrupting the Western myth that the Gutenberg Press was the original printing project, to the decorative gift books that radicalized women to join the anti-slavery movement, to paperbacks being weaponized during World War II, to a book made entirely of plastic-wrapped slices of American cheese, Portable Magic explores how, when, and why books became so iconic. It’s...