Libraries of the World

Libraries of the World
Marianne Julia Strauss, Gestalten
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Hardback
h260 x 210mm - 288pg
29 Mar 2022 GE
Locally sourced in NZ eta 7-15 days
9783967040241
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In 2016, the world' s oldest existing library reopened in Fes, Morocco. It opened for the first time in the 9th Century. These shrines to the written word date back even further, and continue to be built today. They' re a place where some of the oldest written texts are preserved and some of the newest technology connects visitors with vast amounts of knowledge. Libraries are changing, but, as places that are fundamentally free and open to all, they' re also staying the same. Libraries of the World explores the most stunning examples, but it also explores how varied the idea of a library can be. It can be a grand Baroque hall with leather-bound tomes or a mid-century masterpiece, but it can just as easily be a few shelves in a repurposed phone booth.
German travel writer Marianne Julia Strauss has turned her curiosity into a job. Over the last ten years, she has roamed the world writing about the good things in life, covering love and motorcycles, books, bars and everything in between. Her first book Do You Read Me? , published by gestalten, surveyed the most inspiring and independent bookshops around the world.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9783967040241
Published: 29 Mar 2022
Published In: Germany
Imprint: Gestalten
Publisher: Gestalten
Format: Hardback
Height: 260mm
Width: 210mm
Pages: 288

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