| Book Love: A Celebration of Writers, Readers, and the Printed & Bound Book Contributor(s): Charlton, James (Editor), Henderson, Bill (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1888889616 ISBN-13: 9781888889611 Publisher: Pushcart Press OUR PRICE: $14.73 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Quotations - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 808.882 |
| Series: Literary Companion (Pushcart) |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.32" W x 7.41" (0.56 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book industry is changing at digital speed. This compendium of more than three hundred quotations reminds us that centuries of treasured tradition are threatened by our current obsessions with e-books and other gadgets. A room without books is a body without a soul.--Cicero If you go into a room filled with books, even without taking them down from their shelves, they seem to speak to you, to welcome you.--William Gladstone If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle, or as it were, fondle them. . . . Let them be your friends.--Winston Churchill There's something special about people who are interested in the printed word. They are a species all their own-learned, kind, knowledgeable, and human.--Nathan Pine, bookseller Books deserve more than digital gas.--Bill Henderson, from the introduction |
Contributor Bio(s): Charlton, James: - James Charlton is the editor of The Writer's Quotation Book, The Writer's Home Companion, and other titles. He lives in New York.Henderson, Bill: - "Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives on Long Island and In Maine where he runs the Pushcart bookstore - "the world's smallest bookstore."" |