This book is a collection and rewrite of a series of articles which appeared in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library during 1916-1922.

This is the first fully illustrated, popular history of one of the great knowledge institutions of the world. The New York Public Library comprises simultaneous

"Patience, one of the New York Public Library lions, is missing and Fortitude, the other lion, searches the building from top to bottom seeking him"--Provided b

LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched, of that

An illuminating and lively narrative of Charles Darwin’s formative years and adventurous voyage aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. Winner of the Georgia Author of the