The Quotable Book Lover (Proprietary) (Quotable Ser.)

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Synopsis
"Some books are unreservedly forgotten; none are unreservedly remembered."-W. H. Auden"A room without books is like a body without a soul."-Cicero"The proper study of mankind is books."-Aldous HuxleyThis collection of more than five hundred quotations captures the wisdom and wit of the most insightful things ever said about books, spoken and written by such legendary figures as: Aeschylus, Ernest Hemingway, John Ruskin, Woody Allen, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Scribner, Maya Angelou, Franz Kafka, George Bernard Shaw, Jane Austen, Helen Keller, Wallace Stevens, Francis Bacon, Malcolm X, Robert Penn Warren, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams, William Faulkner, John Milton, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Frost, George Orwell, and W. B. Yeats.Encompassing the many facets of books and the pleasures and puzzlements they afford, The Quotable Book Lover includes chapters on writing, reading, and bookbinding, among other subjects.With its wide range of commentary, this compilation will surely entertain and enlighten bibliophiles everywhere.
Copyright:
1999

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781626364851
Related ISBNs:
9781620876251
Publisher:
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Nicholas A. Basbanes, Ben Jacobs, Helena Hjalmarsson
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Reference
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Helena Hjalmarsson
Edited by:
Ben Jacobs
Foreword by:
Nicholas A. Basbanes

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