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Maimonides
An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world’s foremost bibliophiles …
History of Reading
This history of reading goes from the earliest examples of the clay tablets and cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to today's digital revolution. It argues that it is the …
By The Light Of The Glow-worm Lamp
From ancient Greece to the close of the second millennium, the keen scientific eye has been translated over and over into graceful and meaningful texts in which not only the world …
Packing My Library
A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries.“The author brings a fresh hopefulness to …
The Solitudes
An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new translation by one if the most acclaimed translators of our time.A towering figure of the Renaissance, Luis de Góngora …
Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm
As far as one can tell, human beings are the only species for which the world seems made up of stories, Alberto Manguel writes. We read the book of the world in many guises: we may …
Fabulous Monsters
An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming …
Bulfinch's Mythology
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and …
En historia om läsning
Från lertavla till hypertext Alberto Manguel tar oss med på en resa genom läsandets märkliga och lidelsefyllda historia. En historia som sträcker sig över 6000 år. Det blir en …
Reading Pictures
We say that every picture tells a story -- but does it really? Can we read a painting the way we read a book? Is there a vocabulary we can learn that will help us tease out its …
A Reading Diary: A Year Of Favourite Books
While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be …
A Reader on Reading
An intimate and exhilarating journey through the world of books by the internationally celebrated author In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George …