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The Book on the Bookshelf Author: From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage. — Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't.&... more »
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Somewhat interesting but gets really dragged down by a dry presentation
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