01037cam a2200241 4500 272236528 TxAuBib 20110222120000.0 960415s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96002703 9780670843022 alk. paper 0670843024 alk. paper DLC DLC ICrlF NeWlARPL TxAuBib Manguel, Alberto. A history of reading [Non Fiction] / by Alberto Manguel. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 1996. 372 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-353) and index. Explores the 6,000-year-old connection between words and readers, providing a history of the act of reading through tales of thieves and anarchists, books burners and censors, slaves and the enslaved, whose lives were changed by books. Adult Follett Library Resources. Books and reading History.