false 12180 3 <P><b> Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively 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. </P><P> In his fifth work to examine a specific aspect of book culture, Basbanes also asks what we can know about such figures as John Milton, Edward Gibbon, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Adams, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Henry James, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller&ndash;&ndash;even the notorious Marquis de Sade and Adolf Hitler&ndash;&ndash;by knowing what they have read. He shows how books that many of these people have consulted, in some cases annotated with their marginal notes, can offer tantalizing clues to the evolution of their character and the development of their thought.</P><P> </b></b><b></P> 14509 2005 Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World total:55|5:18|4:20|3:13|2:4|1:0| 55 217 142 13 4 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 06:15:29 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 09:24:12 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 09:31:48 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 09:32:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Apr 20 16:49:35 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 17:01:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 04:19:28 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 04:20:12 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Wed Apr 29 07:38:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 06:32:45 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 07:38:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 15:46:09 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 15:49:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:09:08 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:10:53 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Mar 23 10:39:09 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 23 10:39:24 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Mar 08 20:08:57 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 20:14:18 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 07:20:12 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 09:25:05 -0800 2008 A Gentle Madness was the best. ]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 16:16:01 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 09:47:15 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 18:01:29 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 15:20:41 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Aug 10 21:19:13 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 16:57:38 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 21:19:13 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Oct 31 14:10:08 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:10:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 12:27:22 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 12:27:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 16:01:53 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 16:01:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 13:28:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 13:28:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 30 10:13:32 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 10:13:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 08:32:06 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 24 06:53:57 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 04:42:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 20:51:12 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 20:51:12 -0700 2009