Library : an unquiet history /
Matthew Battles.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2003.
- x, 245 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading the library -- Burning Alexandria -- The house of wisdom -- The battle of the books -- Books for all -- Knowledge on fire -- Lost in the stacks.
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Libraries--History. Libraries and society--History. Books--History.