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Discusses the art of handmade books focusing on the work of several book artists along with their special techniques and their biographical sketch. Includes illustrated step-by-step instructions for book projects.

Chronicles the invention and evolution of books, from the earliest cave writings to new directions in digital publishing. Includes color photographs throughout.

For five hundred years, the Porters have concealed the existence of magic from the world. Now, old enemies have revealed that magic and an even greater threat lurks in the shadows.

Five hundred years ago, Johannes Gutenberg discovered the art of libriomancy, allowing him to reach into books to create things from their pages. Gutenberg's power brought him many enemies, and some of those enemies have waited centuries for revenge. Revenge which begins with the brutal slaughter of a wendigo in the northern Michigan town of Tamarack, a long-established werewolf territory. Libriomancer Isaac Vainio is part of Die Zwelf Porten?re, better known as the Porters, the organization founded by Gutenberg to protect the world from magical threats. Isaac is called in to investigate the killing, along with Porter psychiatrist Nidhi Shah and his dryad bodyguard and lover, Lena Greenwood. As they begin to investigate the crime, their involvement could unleash a long-dormant evil.

Contains reviews of eighty fiction and non-fiction works, none published later than the early 1960s, divided into nine categories including literary classics, books that shaped the Western world, one-of-a-kinds, and the realm of the spirit.

Alexandra Patterson, an appraiser of medieval relics, travels to Kildare to examine a reliquary box believed to have belonged to the revolutionary Saint Brigid, a fifth-century Irish priest and bishop, and finds inside a beautiful illuminated manuscript, the contents of which could alter the history of Christianity.

Profiles notable fiction and nonfiction works published in 2012, arranged alphabetically by title, providing a critical essay, review list, and bibliographic information for each, and includes an annotated list of titles.

Profiles thirteen books the author believes have had the greatest influence on American history and altered the way Americans think about the world around them.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the history of books and how important they have been to civilization.

Optimus Yarnspinner inherits a manuscript by an unknown writer. To track down the author, he goes to Bookholm, the City of Dreaming Books, where book-related attractions abound.