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Reading and the Art of Librarianship: Selected Essays of John B. Nicholson, Jr.


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For keen insights, wisdom, and pure pleasure, read this collection of remarkable essays on such topics as the nature of reading, the power of books, literary creation, libraries and technology, and the freedom to read.

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface Section I--The Nature of Reading: Joys, Pleasures, and Fears Of the Pleasure of Rereading A Disease Known as Bibliophobia Power of the Unread A Matter of Taste Jam for Today Good Books A Desert Island Test The Act of Reading Unexpected Pleasures Friends The Power of Books Surprised by Joy A Long Dinner Dialogue With the Author Section II--Literary Creation and Types of Literature Exceptional Pleasures Books to Live Without Christmas Packages Counting Cats in Zanzibar Books and Winter Books About Books Family Sagas John Drinkwater and T. H. White on England and America Literary Creation The Familiar Essay Books and Journeys What Makes a Good Book? Bibliographic Ghosts Too Many Books? Literary Criticism Across Canada Alone Classics and Bestsellers Secret Worlds The Debonaire Springbord Books Fairy Tales Section III--Eleven Authors A Succeeding Pleasure: Constance Home Last of the Procounsuls: John Buchan A Murderous Love Affair An Enemy of the Devil The Jewel Naulakha Charles Dickens Austin Tappan Wright Charles Williams Stephen R. Donaldson His People, His Country Edwin Way Teale Section IV--Book Collecting Disreputable Scholarship Treasure Hunt Books as Treasures From Bibliomania to Bibliophobia Book Shops Book Hunting What Collectors Collect Disposing of Collections A Book Mystery When Is a Book Not a Book? Section V--Libraries, Librarianship, and the Freedom to Read Information Retrieval Books in Unexpected Places Computers Libraries and Technology Humor in the Library The Coonskin Library Edwin W. Willoughby The Pierpont Morgan Library Conversations and the Freedom to Read Blanche McCrum Carnegie Libraries The Bookish Empire The Freedom to Read Index


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  • ISBN-13: 9780866565851
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Haworth Press Inc
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 302
  • Sub Title: Selected Essays of John B. Nicholson, Jr.
  • ISBN-10: 086656585X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 1986
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 302
  • Returnable: N


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