Burning the books : a history of knowledge under attack / Richard Ovenden.

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Ovenden, Richard [author.]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 308 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:

9781529378771 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

363.31 23

LOC classification:

Z657 .O9 2021

Summary: Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, 'Burning the Books' takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General	The Harden Library, King's Hospital	Main	363.31 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R17741Y0499

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Originally published: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, 'Burning the Books' takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it.

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