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A Splendor of Letters
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A Splendor of Letters (2003) (edit title/settings)

The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World

by Nicholas A. Basbanes (Author) (edit contributors)

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In A Splendor of Letters, Nicholas A. Basbanes continues the lively, richly anecdotal exploration of book people, places, and culture he began in 1995 with A Gentle Madness (a finalist that year for the National Book Critics Circle Award) and expanded in 2001 with Patience & Fortitude, a... read more

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At the core of a high-stakes political speech that has survived the passage of twenty-four centuries is a caustic aside on the merits of safeguarding written testimony and the need to archive documentary material.

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