Every book its reader : the power of the Printed word to stir the world /
Nicholas A Basbanes.
- New York : Harper Perennial, 2006.
- 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, this book offers a consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that have both nudged the course of history and fired the imagination of countless influential people.