The Secret Library: A Book-Lovers' Journey Through Curiosities of History [Audiobook] download free by Oliver Tearle
- Listen audiobook: The Secret Library: A Book-Lovers' Journey Through Curiosities of History
- Author: Oliver Tearle
- Release date: 2017/9/19
- Publisher: MICHAEL O'MARA BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9781782435570
- Rating: 8.47 of 10
- Votes: 456
- Review by: Jewel Kenney
- Review rating: 9.36 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/31
- Duration: 3H15M5S in 256 kbps (51.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-17
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MP4, MPEG4, WAV, MP3, MPEG-4 ALS, FLAC, WMA (compression TAR.LZO, ZIP, CBC, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 256
- Includes a PDF summary of 26 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 19M13S (5.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: A fascinating tour through the curious history of Western civilization told through its most emblematic invention - the book. As well as leafing through the well-known titles that have helped shape the world in which we live, Oliver Tearle also dusts off some of the more neglected items to be found hidden among the bookshelves of the past. You'll learn about the forgotten Victorian novelist who outsold Dickens, the woman who became the first published poet in America and the eccentric traveller who introduced the table-fork to England. Through exploring a variety of books - novels, plays, travel books, science books, cookbooks, joke books and sports almanacs - The Secret Library highlights some of the most fascinating aspects of our history. It also reveals the surprising connections between various works and historical figures. What links Homer's Iliad to Aesop's Fables? Or Wisden Cricketers' Almanack to the creator of Sherlock Holmes? The Secret Library brings these little-known stories to light, exploring the intersections between books of all kinds and the history of the Western world over 3,000 years.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: General, General & World History, Social & Cultural History
- Download servers: Uploaded, FileServe, MyUpload, MEGA, SeedPeer, 4Shared, Google Drive, Mediafire, Krakenfiles, FreakShare. Compressed in TAR.LZO, ZIP, CBC, RAR
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 13.10 USD
- Dimensions: 27x198x27.94mm
- Weight: 340.19g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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