Alberto Manguel Books


TODOS LOS HOMBRES SON MENTIROSOSTODOS LOS HOMBRES SON MENTIROSOSTODOS LOS HOMBRES SON MENTIROSOSTODOS LOS HOMBRES SON MENTIROSOSReading Pictures: What We Think About When We Look at ArtReading Pictures: What We Think About When We Look at Art
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This book wasn't exactly what I expected when I bought it--Amazon recommended it based on my...
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded ClassicThe Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic
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I like the book. I got the earlier edition(1980) and the recent update(2002). However, the...
Erik Desmazières: Imaginary PlacesErik Desmazières: Imaginary Places
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'There are printmakers and printmakers, and then there is Erik DesmaziSres, a Frenchman who...


The Life of NumbersThe Life of Numbers
The title was properly selected, for the writers describe the development and evolution of the...
Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
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No one knows if there was a man named Homer, but there is no little doubt that the epic poems...
A Reading Diary: A Year Of Favourite Books: A Year of Favourite BooksA Reading Diary: A Year Of Favourite Books: A Year of Favourite Books
While travelling in Canada, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the particular novel he was...
A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of BooksA Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
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About 3/4 of the way through Manguel's account of rereading one of his favorite books every...
A History of ReadingA History of Reading
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Book titles can be misleading because they work under the assumption that hundreds of pages can...


Dictionary of Imaginary PlacesDictionary of Imaginary Places
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I enjoyed "The Dictionary of Imaginary Places" very much, and found it an...
White Fire Pb (Picador Books)White Fire Pb (Picador Books)MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS AN ANTHOLOGYMOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS AN ANTHOLOGYFATHERS AND SONS AN ANTHOLOGYFATHERS AND SONS AN ANTHOLOGYNews From A Foreign Country CameNews From A Foreign Country Came

A Reader on ReadingA Reader on Reading
In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called ?the...
El legado de Homero / Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey (Spanish Edition)El legado de Homero / Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey (Spanish Edition)
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The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded ClassicThe Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic
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From Atlantis to Xanadu and beyond, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of...
Antologia de Literatura Fantastica Argentina del Siglo XX - Golu (Spanish Edition)Antologia de Literatura Fantastica Argentina del Siglo XX - Golu (Spanish Edition)Biblioteca A Noite - Library At Night (Em Portugues do Brasil)Biblioteca A Noite - Library At Night (Em Portugues do Brasil)
Depois de viver em varios paises, Manguel encontra numa aldeia francesa o lugar perfeito para...

Guia de lugares imaginarios/ Guide of Imaginary Places (Spanish Edition)Guia de lugares imaginarios/ Guide of Imaginary Places (Spanish Edition)
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Diario de lecturas / A Reading Diary (Literatura/ Literature) (Spanish Edition)Diario de lecturas / A Reading Diary (Literatura/ Literature) (Spanish Edition)
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The Library of Robinson Crusoe.(references to books in literary work)(Critical Essay): An article from: American ScholarThe Library of Robinson Crusoe.(references to books in literary work)(Critical Essay): An article from: American Scholar
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This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society...
The City of Words (CBC Massey Lecture)The City of Words (CBC Massey Lecture)
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I am reading this book for the second time: there was too much for me to consider and integrate...
The Library at NightThe Library at Night
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I loved this book. Manguel thoughtfully explains both the importance of collecting books and...

Creating the 20th Century: 100 Artists, Writers and ThinkersCreating the 20th Century: 100 Artists, Writers and Thinkers
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This visual history takes us through a classic assemblage of famous personalities from the...
Die Bibliothek bei NachtDie Bibliothek bei NachtThe Library At NightThe Library At NightThe Library at NightThe Library at Night
This is an opus....and a grand one at that. This is a book that whets ones appetite for even...
News From a Foreign Country CameNews From a Foreign Country Came

Biblioteca Palafoxiana (Palafox Library), Artes de Mexico # 68 (Bilingual edition: Spanish/English) (Spanish Edition)Biblioteca Palafoxiana (Palafox Library), Artes de Mexico # 68 (Bilingual edition: Spanish/English) (Spanish Edition)
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Tal y como ocurrio con la legendaria biblioteca de Alejandria, los fundadores y despues los...
The Blind Bookkeeper (or Why Homer Must Be Blind) / Le comptable aveugle (l'Incontournable cécité d'Homère) (The Antonine Maillet-Northrop Frye Lecture)The Blind Bookkeeper (or Why Homer Must Be Blind) / Le comptable aveugle (l'Incontournable cécité d'Homère) (The Antonine Maillet-Northrop Frye Lecture)
In 1943, Northrop Frye wrote a paper, left unfinished, on "the state of the world."...
Black Water 2: More Tales of the FantasticBlack Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic
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The original Black Water was hailed by the Washington Post as "a celebration of nightmarish...
The Dictionary of Imaginary PlacesThe Dictionary of Imaginary PlacesIliada e Odisseia de Homero: Uma Biografia - Homer (Em Portugues do Brasil)Iliada e Odisseia de Homero: Uma Biografia - Homer (Em Portugues do Brasil)
Ninguem sabe com certeza se existiu um homem chamado Homero, mas ha pouca duvida de que os...

Biblioteca Palafoxiana (Palafox Library), Artes de Mexico # 68 (Bilingual edition: Spanish/English) (Spanish Edition)Biblioteca Palafoxiana (Palafox Library), Artes de Mexico # 68 (Bilingual edition: Spanish/English) (Spanish Edition)
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Tal y como ocurrio con la legendaria biblioteca de Alejandria, los fundadores y despues los...
A Reading Diary: A Year of Favourite BooksA Reading Diary: A Year of Favourite Books
While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading...
Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
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While it is unknown if there ever was a man named Homer, there is no doubt that the epic poems...
By The Light Of The Glow-worm LampBy The Light Of The Glow-worm Lamp
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From ancient Greece to the close of the second millennium, the keen scientific eye has been...
The City of Words (CBC Massey Lecture)The City of Words (CBC Massey Lecture)
In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to...

Black Water the Book of Fantastic LiteratureBlack Water the Book of Fantastic LiteratureBreve guia de lugares imaginarios / Brief Guide of Imaginary Places (El Libro De Bolsillo) (Spanish Edition)Breve guia de lugares imaginarios / Brief Guide of Imaginary Places (El Libro De Bolsillo) (Spanish Edition)
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Magic Land of ToysMagic Land of ToysStevenson Under the Palm TreesStevenson Under the Palm Trees
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I recently read and wrote a review on (December 3,2007) on "The Library at Night" by...
Homer's The Iliad and The Odyseey: A BiographyHomer's The Iliad and The Odyseey: A Biography
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The History of ReadingThe History of Reading
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Even those of us who read extensively rarely study and contemplate the act of reading to the...
News From A Foreign Country CameNews From A Foreign Country Came
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News from a Foreign Country Came was a disappointment. After Manguel charmed me on...
Stevenson Under the Palm TreesStevenson Under the Palm Trees
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In the lush, uninhibited atmosphere of Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson is languishing with the...
Stevenson under the Palm TreesStevenson under the Palm TreesA Blue Tale and Other StoriesA Blue Tale and Other Stories
Published to great acclaim in France in 1993, this collection is not only a delight for...

With BorgesWith BorgesWITH BORGES:WITH BORGES:
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The City of Words (Massey Lectures)The City of Words (Massey Lectures)
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The end of ethnic nationalism — building societies that promote civic nationalism with...
Im Labyrinth.Im Labyrinth.
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Unreasonable Hours (Passport Books)Unreasonable Hours (Passport Books)
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For this tiny volume of stories, I feel most of all a frequent hunger to reread. This collection...

Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
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I read the Iliad and the Odyssey in the French language back when I was in school. I loved the...
A Reader on ReadingA Reader on Reading
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In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called ?the...
The Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short FictionThe Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short FictionWith BorgesWith Borges
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This is a book you can easily devour in one sitting (about an hour and a half should do it),...
Breve tratado de la pasion / Short Treatise of Passion (Spanish Edition)Breve tratado de la pasion / Short Treatise of Passion (Spanish Edition)
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Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey: A Biography [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey: A Biography [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)
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No one knows if there was a man named Homer, but there is no little doubt that the epic poems...
The Redemption of the Cannibal Woman and Other Stories: And Other Stories (Passport Books)The Redemption of the Cannibal Woman and Other Stories: And Other Stories (Passport Books)
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The title novella and three shorter works translator Alberto Manguel drew from 1970s collections...
L'Iliade et l'Odyssée (French Edition)L'Iliade et l'Odyssée (French Edition)
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Black Water 2: More Tales of the FantasticBlack Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic
I stumbled upon Alberto Manguel's first anthology of fantastic literature, BLACKWATER...
The Second Gates of ParadiseThe Second Gates of Paradise
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Into the Looking-Glass Wood: ssays on Words and the WorldInto the Looking-Glass Wood: ssays on Words and the World
Like all of Manguel's works, "Into the Looking Glass Wood" is an...
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic LiteratureBlack Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature
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Alberto Manguel - anthologist extraordinaire - put together this definitive collection of...
The Library at NightThe Library at Night
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Alberto Manguel's The Library At Night is a curious confection: ostensibly a love letter to...
Reading Pictures: A History of Love and HateReading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate
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While I know the book from previous reading I am commenting on the quality of the paper and...
Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short FictionGates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short Fiction
This anthology is a tasteful and diverse collection of some of the world's most compelling...

A Reader on ReadingA Reader on Reading
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The continuing popularity of printed books in these digital times is due at least in a small way...
Into the Looking-Glass Wood: Essays on Books, Reading, and the WorldInto the Looking-Glass Wood: Essays on Books, Reading, and the World
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Manguel is best-known for his previous book of essays A HISTORY OF READING. Now, some people...
   
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