Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack

Name: Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack
Author: Richard Ovenden
ISBN: 9781529378771

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Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack

Richard Ovenden

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An unforgettable 3,000-year-old journey - from Mesopotamian clay tablets trying to predict the future, to Tudor book-hunters and Nazi bonfires, and on into the dangers of our increasingly digital existence, Burning the Books shows how the preservation of knowledge is vital for the survival of civilization itself.

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