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Film, Video Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World

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Title

  • Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World

Summary

  • Popular journalist and book world chronicler Nicholas Basbanes discussed his new book, "Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World," which highlights interviews with a wide range of omnivorous readers. It's a sequel to "A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books" (1995) and "Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture" (2001), two volumes featured in previous Books & Beyond talks.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-01-31.

Headings

  • -  books, literature, literacy, reading
  • -  Literature

Notes

  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Nicholas Basbanes.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-01-31.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687740

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-31, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687740/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2006) Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-31. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687740/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-31, 2006. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687740/>.