My Ideal Bookshelf

My Ideal Bookshelf
Title My Ideal Bookshelf PDF eBook
Author Thessaly La Force
Publisher Little, Brown
Pages 243
Release 2012-11-13
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 0316225002

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The books that we choose to keep -- let alone read -- can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most; books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. Contributors include Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Keller, Michael Chabon, Alice Waters, James Patterson, Maira Kalman, Judd Apatow, Chuck Klosterman, Miranda July, Alex Ross, Nancy Pearl, David Chang, Patti Smith, Jennifer Egan, and Dave Eggers, among many others. With colorful and endearingly hand-rendered images of book spines by Jane Mount, and first-person commentary from all the contributors, this is a perfect gift for avid readers, writers, and all who have known the influence of a great book.

Bookshelf

Bookshelf
Title Bookshelf PDF eBook
Author Lydia Pyne
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 149
Release 2016-01-28
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1501307339

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Every shelf is different and every bookshelf tells a different story. One bookshelf can creak with character in a bohemian coffee shop and another can groan with gravitas in the Library of Congress. Writer and historian Lydia Pyne finds bookshelves to be holders not just of books but of so many other things: values, vibes, and verbs that can be contained and displayed in the buildings and rooms of contemporary human existence. With a shrewd eye toward this particular moment in the history of books, Pyne takes the reader on a tour of the bookshelf that leads critically to this juncture: amid rumors of the death of book culture, why is the life of the bookshelf in full bloom? Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

The Pan American Book Shelf

The Pan American Book Shelf
Title The Pan American Book Shelf PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 668
Release 1940
Genre
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The Book on the Bookshelf

The Book on the Bookshelf
Title The Book on the Bookshelf PDF eBook
Author Henry Petroski
Publisher Vintage
Pages 308
Release 2010-12-01
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0307773280

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From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage. Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't. As a result, readers are guided along the astonishing evolution from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria to upright books shelved at the Library of Congress. Unimpeachably researched, enviably written, and charmed with anecdotes from Seneca to Samuel Pepys to a nineteenth-century bibliophile who had to climb over his books to get into bed, The Book on the Bookshelf is indispensable for anyone who loves books.

My Favorite Book-shelf

My Favorite Book-shelf
Title My Favorite Book-shelf PDF eBook
Author Charles Josselyn
Publisher San Francisco, Paul Elder & Company
Pages 320
Release 1903
Genre California
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Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Book of nature and outdoor life (part 3 and 4)

Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Book of nature and outdoor life (part 3 and 4)
Title Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Book of nature and outdoor life (part 3 and 4) PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 236
Release 1912
Genre Children's literature
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Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: I. Index. II. Reading and study courses. III. Graded and classified index. Guide to the bookshelf's use and enjoyment

Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: I. Index. II. Reading and study courses. III. Graded and classified index. Guide to the bookshelf's use and enjoyment
Title Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: I. Index. II. Reading and study courses. III. Graded and classified index. Guide to the bookshelf's use and enjoyment PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 314
Release 1912
Genre Children's literature
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