Further Reading
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The book: the story of printing & bookmaking, by Douglas C. McMurtrie, Oxford University Press, 1943. 655.1 L52b
Early American books & printing, by John T. Winterich, Houghton Mifflin, 1935. 655.1 M22b
Great books and book collectors, by Alan G. Thomas, Putnam, 1975. 090 T361g
Pioneers of modern typography, by Herbert Spencer, Hastings House, 1970. AM745.1 S745p
Gutenberg to Plantin: an outline of the early history of printing, by George Parker Winship, Harvard University Press, 1926. 655.1 W69
A history of reading, by Alberto Manguel, Viking, 1996. 028.9 M314h
Books that changed the world, by Robert B. Downs, American Library Association, 1978. 028 D759b
Books: their history, art, power, glory, infamy and suffering according to their creators, friends and enemies, by Gerald Donaldson, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981. 028.9 D714b
The history and power of writing, by Henri Jean Martin, translated by Lydia G. Cochrane, University of Chicago Press, 1994. 411.09 M364h
The printing press as an agent of change: communications and cultural transformation in early modern Europe, by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Cambridge University Press, 1979, 2 vols. 686.2 E36p
The Gutenberg elegies: the fate of reading in an electronic age, by Sven Birkerts, Faber and Faber, 1994. 028.9 B534g
The unredeemed captive: a family story from early America, by John Demos, Alfred Knopf, 1994. 973.25 D399u
Puritans among the Indians: accounts of captivity and redemption, 1676-1724, edited by Alden T. Vaughan and Edward W. Clark, Belknap Press, 1981. 974.02 P974
The 100 most influential books ever written: the history of thought from ancient times to today, by Martin Seymour-Smith, Carol Pub. Group, 1998. 028.9 S521o
A book of traveller's tales, assembled by Eric Newby, Viking, 1986. 910.4 N429b
Hakluyt's voyages, selected and edited by Richard David, Houghton Mifflin, 1981. 910.941 H12hv
Maiden voyages: writings of women travelers, edited and with an introduction by Mary Morris, in collaboration with Larry O'Connor, Vintage Books, 1993. 910.4 M28
A taste for travel: an anthology, compiled by John Julius Norwich, Knopf, 1987. 910.4 T186t
Grand tours and Cook's tours: a history of leisure travel, 1750 to 1915, by Lynne Withey, W. Morrow, 1997. 910.9 W776g
Nerds 2.0.1: a brief history of the Internet, by Stephen Segaller, TV Books, 1998. NEWCAS 004.678 S454n
Netizens: on the history and impact of Usenet and the Internet, by Michael Hauben and Ronda Hauben, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997. 004.678 H29n. Also available online.
Readings, by Sven Birkerts, Graywolf Press, 1999. NEWCAS 809 B534r
A gentle madness: bibliophiles, bibliomanes, and the eternal passion for books, by Nicholas A. Basbanes, H. Holt, 1999. NEWCAS 002.075 B29g
Out of their minds: the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists, by Dennis Shasha and Cathy Lazere, Copernicus, 1998, NEWCAS 004.0922 S532o
