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    ns1:abstract "\"Stephen King once said that books are 'a uniquely portable magic'. Here, Emma Smith takes readers on a literary adventure that spans centuries and circles the globe to uncover the reasons behind our obsession with this captivating object. From the decorative gift books that radicalized women to join the antislavery movement, to the weaponization of paperbacks during World War II, to a book made entirely of plastic-wrapped slices of American cheese, Portable Magic explores how, when, and why books became so iconic. It's not just the content within a book that compels; it's the physical material itself, what Smith calls 'bookhood', the smell, the feel of the pages, its solid heft. Every book is designed to influence our reading experience--to enchant, enrage, delight, and disturb us--and our long-standing love affair with books in turn has had direct, momentous consequences across time. Revelatory and entertaining in equal measure, Portable Magic will charm and challenge literature lovers of all kinds as it illuminates the transformative power and eternal appeal of the written word.\"-- Provided by publisher."@en ;
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    ns1:name "Portable magic" ;
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            ns1:text "Introduction: Magic books -- Beginnings: East, West and Gutenberg -- Queen Victoria in the trenches -- Christmas, gift books and abolition -- Shelfies: Anne, Marilyn and Madame de Pompadour -- Silent Spring and the making of a classic -- The Titanic and book traffic -- Religions of the book -- 10 May 1933: burning books -- Library books, camp, and malicious damage -- Censored books: '237 goddams, 58 bastards, 31 Chrissakes, and 1 fart' -- Mein Kampf : freedom to publish? -- Talismanic books -- Skin in the game: book-binding and African-American poetry -- Choose Your Own Adventure: readers' work -- The empire writes back -- What is a book? -- Epilogue: Books and transformation." ],
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            ns1:text "In English." ] ;
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