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The secret life of books : why they mean more than words / Tom Mole.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mole, Tom, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books.
- Books--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Elliott and Thompson Limited, 2019.
- Summary:
- We love books. We take them to bed with us. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on holiday. We display them on our bookshelves or store them in our attics. We give them as gifts. We write our names in them. We take them for granted. And all the time, our books are leading a double life.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Book/Book
- 2. Book/Thing
- Interlude: Caravaggio, St Jerome
- 3. Book/Self
- 4. Book/Relationship
- Interlude: Van Gogh, Still life with Bible
- 5. Book/Life
- 6. Book/World
- Interlude: Belcamp (attrib.), Great Picture
- 7. Book/Technology
- 8. Book/Future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1783964588
- 9781783964581
- OCLC:
- 1097612068
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