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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780300151305 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
027 |
| Item number |
MAN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Manguel, Alberto |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Library at night |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Yale University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2009 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
381 p. ; |
| Other physical details |
ill., (B & W) |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price amount |
19.95 |
| Price type code |
USD |
| Unit of pricing |
85.60 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Inspired by the process of creating a library for his home near the Loire, in France, Alberto Manguel, writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries. "Libraries have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I can remember I've been seduced by their labyrinthine logic." In this personal, deliberately unsystematic, and wide-ranging book, he offers a meditation on the meaning of libraries. Manguel, a guide of irrepressible enthusiasm, conducts a unique library tour that extends from his childhood bookshelves to the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. He ponders the personal libraries of Charles Dickens, Jorge Luis Borges, and others. He recounts stories of people who have struggled against tyranny to preserve freedom of thought, oral "memory libraries" kept alive by prisoners, libraries of banned books, and the library of books never written. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Libraries |
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Ashurbanipal |
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Literary collection |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Italy |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
London |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
National library |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Reader |
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Shelves |
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Space |
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University |
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Special Libraries |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Item type |
Books |