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Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it. Richard Ovenden, director of the world-famous Bodleian Library, explains how attacks on libraries and archives have been a feature of history since ancient times but have increased in frequency and intensity during the modern era. Libraries are far more than stores of literature, through preserving the legal documents such as Magna Carta and records of citizenship, they also support the rule of law and the rights of citizens. Today, the knowledge they hold on behalf of society is under attack as never before. In this fascinating book, he explores everything from what really happened to the Great Library of Alexandria to the Windrush papers, from Donald Trump's deleting embarrassing tweets to John Murray's burning of Byron's memoirs in the name of censorship. At once a powerful history of civilisation and a manifesto for the vital importance of physical libraries in our increasingly digital age, Burning the Books is also a very human story animated by an unlikely cast of adventurers, self-taught archaeologists, poets, freedom-fighters -- and, of course, librarians and the heroic lengths they will go to preserve and rescue knowledge, ensuring that civilisation survives. From the rediscovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the desert, hidden from the Romans and lost for almost 2000 years to the medieval manuscript that inspired William Morris, the knowledge of the past still has so many valuable lessons to teach us and we ignore it at our peril.

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While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians, archivists, and scholars traveled abroad to collect books and documents to aid the military cause. Galvanized by the events of war into acquiring and preserving the written word, as well as providing critical information for intelligence purposes, these American civilians set off on missions to gather foreign publications and information across Europe. They journeyed to neutral cities in search of enemy texts, followed a step behind advancing armies to capture records, and seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools. When the war ended, they found looted collections hidden in cellars and caves. Their mission was to document, exploit, preserve, and restitute these works, and even, in the case of Nazi literature, to destroy them. In this fascinating account, cultural historian Kathy Peiss reveals how book and document collecting became part of the new apparatus of intelligence and national security, military planning, and postwar reconstruction. Focusing on the ordinary Americans who carried out these missions, she shows how they made decisions on the ground to acquire sources that would be useful in the war zone as well as on the home front. These collecting missions also boosted the postwar ambitions of American research libraries, offering a chance for them to become great international repositories of scientific reports, literature, and historical sources. Not only did their wartime work have lasting implications for academic institutions, foreign-policy making, and national security, it also led to the development of today's essential information science tools. Illuminating the growing global power of the United States in the realms of intelligence and cultural heritage, Peiss tells the story of the men and women who went to Europe to collect and protect books and information and in doing so enriches the debates over the use of data in times of both war and peace.

World War, 1939-1945 --- Books --- Intelligence service --- Acquisitions (Libraries) --- Cultural property --- Librarians --- Confiscations and contributions --- Military intelligence --- History --- Information services. --- Protection --- Destruction and pillage --- United States. --- Library of Congress Mission to Germany. --- World history --- book history --- anno 1930-1939 --- anno 1940-1949 --- 329.17 <43> --- 351.852 --- 7.025.7 --- 940.53 --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Acquisition of library materials --- Book buying (Libraries) --- Libraries --- Library acquisitions --- Technical services (Libraries) --- Collection development (Libraries) --- Counter intelligence --- Counterespionage --- Counterintelligence --- Intelligence community --- Secret police (Intelligence service) --- Public administration --- Research --- Disinformation --- Secret service --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- 940.53 Geschiedenis van Europa: Tweede Wereldoorlog--(1939-1945) (algemeen) --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Tweede Wereldoorlog--(1939-1945) (algemeen) --- 7.025.7 Kunstwerken: verlies, teloorgang door o.a. diefstal of tijdens transport --- Kunstwerken: verlies, teloorgang door o.a. diefstal of tijdens transport --- 351.852 Overheidstaken, administratieve maatregelen i.v.m. musea, verzamelingen, bibliotheken, archieven --- Overheidstaken, administratieve maatregelen i.v.m. musea, verzamelingen, bibliotheken, archieven --- 329.17 <43> Nationale bewegingen. Nationalistische partijen--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- Nationale bewegingen. Nationalistische partijen--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- Information scientists --- Library employees --- Information services --- Accession department --- Order department --- O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services) --- OSS (Office of Strategic Services) --- Library of Congress Mission --- Library of Congress European Mission

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An overlooked aspect of the iconography of the Annunciation investigated - Mary's book.

091.31 --- 248.159.4 --- 094:2 --- 094:2 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Godsdienst. Theologie --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Godsdienst. Theologie --- 248.159.4 Mariale devotie. Verering van O. L. Vrouw. Mariamaand --- Mariale devotie. Verering van O. L. Vrouw. Mariamaand --- 091.31 Verluchte handschriften --- Verluchte handschriften --- Books --- Books and reading --- History --- Mary, --- Annunciation. --- History of doctrines. --- Books and reading. --- Appraisal of books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- ʻAdhrāʼ --- Arogyamata --- Ārōkkiyamāta --- Birhen ng mga Dukha --- Blessed Lady --- Blessed Mother --- Blessed Virgin Mary, --- Hagnē Theotokos --- Madonna, The --- Majka Isusova --- Mama Mary --- Mare de Déu --- Maria, --- Mariam Astuatsatsin, --- Marie, --- Marie Théotokos --- Marii︠a︡, --- Maryam, --- Maryja, --- Meryem Ana, --- Miryam, --- Mother of God --- Muíre, --- Nossa Senhora --- Our Lady --- Our Lady of Emmitsburg --- Our Lady of Good Health --- Our Lady of Sorrows --- Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament --- Qiddīsah Maryam --- Theotokos --- Vierge Marie, --- Virgen María, --- Virgin Mary, --- Virgin of the Poor --- Ynang Maria, --- مريم --- مريم العذراء --- 성모마리아 --- Aesthetics --- Christology --- Mary [s.] --- Great Britain --- Art. --- Conception. --- Devotion. --- Devotional Practices. --- Female Readers. --- Hermeneutic Model. --- Iconography. --- Incarnation. --- Interpretation. --- Medieval Culture. --- Medieval England. --- Middle Ages. --- Old Testament. --- Reading. --- Reformation. --- Religious Treatises. --- Spiritual Reading. --- The Virgin Mary's Book. --- Virgin Mary. --- Visionary Accounts.