The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives Stocking Stuffer with the T

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or to neighborhood charcuterie for pâtés and terrines and sausages

though some would call it a confession

New York Times #1 Bestselling artist Charles Santore

The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives Stocking Stuffer with the TThe five hundred year history of printed books, told through the people who created themBooks tell all kinds of storiesromances, tragedies, comediesbut if we learn to read the signs correctly, they can tell us the story of their own making too. The Book Makers offers a new way into the story of Western cultures most important object, the book, through dynamic portraits of eighteen individuals who helped to define it. Books have transformed humankind