Anybody who loves the printed word will be bowled over by this amusing, erudite, beautiful book about books. It is in every way a triumph. One of the loveliest books to have been published for many, many years' Alexander McCall Smith 'Quite simply the best gift for any book lover this year, or perhaps ever' Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times Literary Book of the Year 'An utterly joyous journey into the deepest eccentricities of the human mind… The most cheering, fascinating book I’ve read for ages' Guardian From the author of the critically acclaimed and globally successful The Phantom Atlas, The Golden Atlas and The Sky Atlas comes a stunning new work. The Madman’s Library is a unique, beautifully illustrated journey through the entire history of literature, delving into its darkest territories to hunt down the very strangest books ever written, and uncover the fascinating stories behind their creation. This is a madman’s library of eccentric and extraordinary volumes from around the world, many of which have been completely forgotten. Books written in blood and books that kill, books of the insane and books that hoaxed the globe, books invisible to the naked eye and books so long they could destroy the Universe, books worn into battle, books of code and cypher whose secrets remain undiscovered… and a few others that are just plain weird. From the 605-page Qur'an written in the blood of Saddam Hussein, through the gorgeously decorated 15th-century lawsuit filed by the Devil against Jesus, to the lost art of binding books with human skin, every strand of strangeness imaginable (and many inconceivable) has been unearthed and bound together for a unique and richly illustrated collection ideal for every book-lover.
HIstorians At Work Volume Three Niebuhr To Maitland
VICTOR G. WEXLER,PETER GAY
OUTDOOR LIFE BOOKS, HARPER & ROW, NEW YORK
JOHN MORLEY LIBERAL INTELLECTUAL IN POLITICS
D.A. HAMER
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mysteries of The Past
LIONEL CASSON
AMERICAN HERITAGE PUBLISHING CO.
Mysteries of the Ancient Americas The New World Before Columbus
ROBERT DOLEZAL
THE READERS DIGEST ASSOCATION LIMITED
The Real Truth profiles of Soviet Jews
MAXIM KANTOR
Publisher Not Found
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MAHATMA GANDHI BY GOPINATH DHAWAN
GOPINATH DHAWAN
THE GANDHI PEACE FOUNDATION NEW DELHI
WAVES ACROSS THE SOUTH A New History Of Revolution And Empire
Sivasundaram,SUJIT
HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED
THE GATE TO CHINA A New History of the Peoples Republic and Hong Kong
MICHAEL SHERIDAN
WILLIAM COLLINS/HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
Architects of Terror
PAUL PRESTON
COLLINS WILLIAM
THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE 1945
GILL BENNETT
HMSO
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