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The Library at Night
Alberto Manguel
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The Library at Night
Alberto Manguel
Offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. This title conducts a library tour that extends from the author's childhood bookshelves to the 'complete' libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google.
384 pages, 76 black-&-white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 28, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300151305 |
| Publishers | Yale University Press |
| Pages | 400 |
| Dimensions | 138 × 176 × 26 mm · 546 g |
| Language | English |
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