Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Written Word to Stir the World

by NicholasA.Basbanes (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $20.37

  Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, this book offers a consideration of writings that have made things happen in the world, works that have both nudged the course of history and fired the imagination of countless influential people.