All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia by Simon Garfield
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

Simon Garfield

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

Simon Garfield

400 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative reflective medium-paced
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From the "deliriously clever" (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day."Garfield's witty history captures the...

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