Library: An Unquiet History
"Splendidly articulate, informative and provoking....A book to be savored and gone back to."—Baltimore Sun\ On the survival and destruction of knowledge, from Alexandria to the Internet. Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian and a gifted narrator, takes us on a spirited foray from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries, from the Vatican to...
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"Splendidly articulate, informative and provoking....A book to be savored and gone back to."—Baltimore Sun
\ BookPageOne might expect a book that...[is] huge in scope and academically dry....Library is neither....[An] engaging book.\ \ \ \ \ Los Angeles Times Book ReviewBattles' sprightly narrative performs a valuable service by blowing the dust off our stodgy, conventional conception of the library to reveal the living heart of cultures that beats beneath its stone facade.\ \
