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A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day Iraq
by Fernando Báez
ISBN: 1934633011
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oregondan
· 2018-02-12 ·
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A Universal History of the Destruction of Books is a really good book on the topic by Fernando Baez. It is historical, but it almost reads like a collection of short stories.
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