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Text, ConText, and HyperText: Writing with and for the Computer
In this text, 27 specialists present developments in three areas of technical communication: the design of effective documentation, the impact of new technology and research on technical writing, and the...
The Society of Text: Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Social
This is a collection of essays which continues the investigations into implementing networked online systems described in Barrett's first book, "Text, Context, and Hypertext", with a more focused emphasis on...
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their
Examining the art of displaying books effectively, this book offers advice on organizing and caring for books, looking at the collections of 40 well-known booklovers, including Loren and Frances Rothschild,...
Syria's Secret Library: The true story of how a besieged Syrian town
Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just south west of the Syrian Capital. Yet it lives in another world. Besieged by Syrian government forces since 2011, its people were...
Handwritten: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Treasures from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
In an era when the practice, indeed the art, of writing by hand is fast giving way to the keyboard, it is timely to pause and to consider the volume...
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
'Rich, authoritative, and highly readable ... [a] tour de force' David KynastonChairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving...
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict (SIGNED)
'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life.' David KynastonChairman Mao...
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
'Rich, authoritative, and highly readable ... [a] tour de force' David KynastonChairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving...