The Enemies of Books

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Enemies of Books by William Blades. Read in English by Maria Kasper. The author, an avid book collector, calls for the better protection of books against the "enemies" which lead to their physical destruction. In a series of brief chapters, he details the losses caused by raging fire, floods of water, noxious gases, sheer neglect, ignorant bigotry, invasions of bookworms and other vermin, inept bookbinders, clueless book collectors, clumsy servants, and mishandling by children. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (70MB)

Directors & creators

William Blades

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;books; libraries; book collectiong; biblioclasm; book destruction; book preservation

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