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From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world.

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"Kurlansky’s book is published with a deckle edge finish, a process that replaces the regular clean-cut trim of a page with a jagged, pulped roughness... It is a beautiful thing to hold and feel, and it presents a fine argument for the retention of paper as an aesthetically lusty object, let alone one that’s thrived through centuries of change." -- The Observer
"Paper is not what you would call a learned book, but one learns an awful lot from it, all packaged in Kurlansky’s whipsmart prose." -- The Times
"The history of paper is a history of cultural transmission, and Kurlansky tells it vividly in this compact, well-illustrated book." -- The New York Times
"Kurlansky expertly argues a case for its [paper's] continuing survival." -- The Scotsman
"... a kaleidoscopic history, an engaging gift book for trivia and history fans of all kinds." -- The Irish Times

Paper Paging Through History

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    A Paperback / softback by Mark Kurlansky

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      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 23 June 2017
      ISBN-13 9780393353709
      978-0393353709
      ISBN-10 0393353702
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      History

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world.

      Trade Review
      "Kurlansky’s book is published with a deckle edge finish, a process that replaces the regular clean-cut trim of a page with a jagged, pulped roughness... It is a beautiful thing to hold and feel, and it presents a fine argument for the retention of paper as an aesthetically lusty object, let alone one that’s thrived through centuries of change." -- The Observer
      "Paper is not what you would call a learned book, but one learns an awful lot from it, all packaged in Kurlansky’s whipsmart prose." -- The Times
      "The history of paper is a history of cultural transmission, and Kurlansky tells it vividly in this compact, well-illustrated book." -- The New York Times
      "Kurlansky expertly argues a case for its [paper's] continuing survival." -- The Scotsman
      "... a kaleidoscopic history, an engaging gift book for trivia and history fans of all kinds." -- The Irish Times

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