PAPER APER ( stock ) : usually made of wood pulp ; finer grade writing papers are cotton fiber ; variations are endless , but you'll need to know about three basic categories : bond paper , book and text papers and cover stock .
In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages—of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness.
"In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what"--
Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this delightful tour of 2,000 years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.
The book as object, as content, as idea, as interface. What is the book in a digital age? Is it a physical object containing pages encased in covers? Is it a portable device that gives us access to entire libraries?
In this clever rom-com debut a teen obsessed with nineteenth-century literature tries to cull advice on life and love from her favorite classic heroines to disastrous results.
Based on the award-winning 10-million-plus-hit blog 1000 Awesome Things, The Book of Awesome is an international bestselling high five for humanity and a big celebration of life’s little moments.
Truth is found between the stories we're fed and the stories we hunger for.
The Book of the Book
A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to PBS's ambitious summer 2018 series.
Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother’s keychain, and a husband’s Mosrite guitar.