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100	1		_aGarfield, Simon, _eauthor. _9187698
245	1	0	_aAll the knowledge in the world : _bthe extraordinary history of the encyclopedia / _cSimon Garfield.
250			_aUnabridged.
264		1	_a[New York, NY] : _bHarper Audio, _c[2023]
300			_a10 audio discs (12 hr.) ; _c4 3/4 in.
306			_a120000
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500			_aTitle from container.
511	0		_aRead by Tim Bentinck.
520			_aThe encyclopedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville Wright, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie and Indira Gandhi helped millions of children with their homework. Adults cleared their shelves in the belief that everything that was explainable was now effortlessly accessible in their living rooms. Now these huge books gather dust and sell for almost nothing on eBay. Instead, we get our information from our phones and computers, apparently for free. What have we lost in this transition? And how did we tell the progress of our lives in the past? Simon Garfield guides us on an utterly delightful journey, from Ancient Greece to Wikipedia, from modest single-volumes to the 11,000-volume Chinese manuscript that was too big to print. He looks at how Encyclopedia Britannica came to dominate the industry, how it spawned hundreds of competitors, and how an army of ingenious door-to-door salesmen sold their wares to guilt-ridden parents. He reveals how encyclopedias have reflected our changing attitudes towards sexuality, race, and technology, and exposes how these ultimate bastions of trust were often riddled with errors and prejudice.
650		0	_aEncyclopedias and dictionaries _xHistory and criticism. _9218496
655		7	_aAudiobooks. _2lcgft _91862
700	1		_aBentinck, Tim, _d1953- _enarrator.
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