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Americanon : an unexpected U.S. history in thirteen bestselling books

McHugh, Jess, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Books

Call Number

973 MCH

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SD_ILS:601295

A history of children's books in 100 books

Cave, Roderick, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Books

Call Number

002.08309 CAV

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SD_ILS:444649

The untold story of books : a writer's history of book publishing

Castleman, Michael, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

070.5 CAS

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SD_ILS:720321

Women writing musicals : the legacy that the history books left out

Tepper, Jennifer Ashley, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

782.1082 TEP

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SD_ILS:785010

Portable magic : a history of books and their readers

Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

002.09 SMI

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SD_ILS:664812

The madman's library : the strangest books, manuscripts and other literary curiosities from history

Brooke-Hitching, Edward, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Books

Call Number

809.002 BRO

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SD_ILS:631822

Dark archives : a librarian's investigation into the science and history of books bound in human skin

Rosenbloom, Megan, 1981- author.

Publication Date

2020

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Books

Call Number

002 ROS

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SD_ILS:586199

Burning the books : a history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge

Ovenden, Richard, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Books

Call Number

027.009 OVE

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SD_ILS:587085

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Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Episode 1, The Greatness of Gibbon's Decline and Fall [digital video].

Damrosch, Leo, actor.

Publication Date

2017

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Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Episode 2, The Making of Gibbon the Historian [digital video].

Damrosch, Leo, actor.

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2017

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Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Episode 3, The Empire at Its Beginning [digital video].

Damrosch, Leo, actor.

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2017

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Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Episode 4, The Theory and Practice of History [digital video].

Damrosch, Leo, actor.

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2017

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