Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World, (Paperback)

from amandabock

I picked this up on a whim at the Harvard Book Store sometime early last spring when I was feeling like I wasn't reading enough grown-up books. I read the first half and really enjoyed it, but then got distracted by some other book that needed to be read. I picked it up again when I needed someth...

from Aetatis

Fabulous. I am a Nicholas Basbanes groupie! His writing style is succinct and entertaining, he knows books and libraries and he includes marvelous photographs of rare book libraries. Kudos again to Mr. Basbanes on a wonderful book.

from Aetatis

Fabulous. I am a Nicholas Basbanes groupie! His writing style is succinct and entertaining, he knows books and libraries and he includes marvelous photographs of rare book libraries. Kudos again to Mr. Basbanes on a wonderful book.

from kingcvcnc

A powerful study of the influence books, and the ideas they generate, to shape our world and how we view the world. Basbanes cannot write a bad book.

from jobinsonlis

There were moments when Basbanes lost me (and one particular Bloom-filled section that riled me up) but this is an extraordinary book about books and their readers. Basbanes is a devoted and passionate bibliophile and this book is a celebration of that obsession in himself and others. I get it.