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The catalogue of shipwrecked books / Edward Wilson-Lee.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2019]Copyright date: ℗2018Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 9 audio discs (approximately 660 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9781508280491
  • 1508280495
  • 9781508280507
  • 1508280509
Other title:
  • Catalog of shipwrecked books
  • Subtitle on container: Christopher Columbus, his son, and the quest to build the world's greatest library
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Contents:
Prologue: Seville, 12 July 1539 -- The sorcerer's apprentice. The return from Ocean ; In the chamber of clean blood ; The book of prophecies ; Rites of passage ; A knowledge of night -- A language of pictures. Shoes & ships & sealing wax ; The world city ; The architecture of order ; An empire of dictionaries -- An atlas of the world. The devil in the details ; No place like home ; Cutting through ; The library without walls -- Settings things in order. Another Europe and the same ; The King of Nowhere ; Last orders -- Epilogue: Ideas on the shelf.
Read by Richard Trinder.Summary: Edward Wilson-Lee tells the story of the first genius of the print age: Hernando Colón, who traveled the world buying countless books to build the world's greatest library.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Audiobook Adult Audiobook Main Library Audiobook 010.92 W749 Available 33111009497849
Total holds: 0

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Read by Richard Trinder.

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Edward Wilson-Lee tells the story of the first genius of the print age: Hernando Colón, who traveled the world buying countless books to build the world's greatest library.

Prologue: Seville, 12 July 1539 -- The sorcerer's apprentice. The return from Ocean ; In the chamber of clean blood ; The book of prophecies ; Rites of passage ; A knowledge of night -- A language of pictures. Shoes & ships & sealing wax ; The world city ; The architecture of order ; An empire of dictionaries -- An atlas of the world. The devil in the details ; No place like home ; Cutting through ; The library without walls -- Settings things in order. Another Europe and the same ; The King of Nowhere ; Last orders -- Epilogue: Ideas on the shelf.

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