The first major history of the library--from the legendary collections of antiquity to the age of Amazon. Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen uncover the tumultuous history of the world's greatest libraries, and the immense, sometimes obsessive, length to which antiquarians, philanthropists and eccentrics have gone to acquire and possess knowledge. Libraries have taken every from imagina…
Pakar perbukuan dan perpustakaan asal Venezuela, Fernando Báez, tengah berada di Irak saat pasukan Amerika Serikat menggempur Baghdad pada Mei 2003. Ia saksikan secara langsung bagaimana peradaban dihancurkan lewat pembakaran buku dan perusakan museum-museum. Terhantui oleh pertanyaan Mengapa manusia menghancurkan buku? inilah kajian sejarah global pertama tentang bibliosida (penghancuran b…