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Praise for John Dermot Woods: Electric Literature 25 Best Novels of 2014 "Poignant and unsettling, and much like a good short story collection these tales resonate long after the book is closed."-Largehearted Boy "An accomplished artist and writer, in...

The Library invites you to enter the libraries of ancient Greece, early China, Renaissance England, and modern-day America."An eloquent account of the noble history of libraries, as it has unfolded from the earliest times to the present." -Nicholas A...

From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. The Meaning of the Library is a generously illustrated examination of this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what...