Not Harry Potter..... but a fascinating book about books to make you feel dizzy!
The_Librarian
The popular book, "Library World Records", (Official website:http://
www.lwrw.info) which provides over 5000 fascinating facts, data and
statistics about libraries and books around the world, was published
2009 in paperback format. The book deals with superlatives and
comparative information such as the first, the largest, the oldest,
the smallest and other miscellanea covering a period of more than 5000
years.
There is also an eBook version of the new book
"Library World Records" first published in 2004 has been called the
Guinness Book of World Records for books and libraries and the new
edition provides answers to such questions as:
The book provides answers to such questions as:
Which universities in Asia, the Middle East and the Americas have the
largest libraries?
What is the name of oldest public libraries in all of the different
continents of the world?
In what year was the first CD-ROM book released?
In what years were the first books in French, Thai, Japanese, Spanish,
Arabic and Turkish printed?
What is the name of the oldest extant book written in Chinese,
English, German, Russian, Mongolian and Malay?
When was the first major computer database used in libraries?
What is the title of the largest and smallest and most expensive books
ever published?
Where in the world is the world’s busiest public library?
Which famous horror fiction writer worked in a library?
Which is the name of the first Sub-Saharan African university library
founded in the 14th century?
What are the titles of the largest and smallest books in the world?
Which library has the most expensive budget in the world?
Which 50 major movies were filmed in libraries?
How many libraries are there in Russia, France and Egypt?
Which libray in Europe has the oldest copy of the Gutenberg Bible?
When were the first 10 university libraries in Asia and the Middle
East founded?
Where can we find the oldest extant library building in the world?
What is the name of the first library in Europe to open 24 hours a
day?
Even though much of Africa had a strong oral tradition, what is the
name of the first major book to be written in Africa, in an African
language, south of the Sahara desert?
Which countries publishes the largest number of books in the world?
What are the names of the very first three books to contain
photographs?
Where are the tallest bookstore and library buildings in the world?
What is the name of the most expensive book theft in the world?
What is the name of the famous book that caused its author to be
burned at stake for being a heretic?
What is the name of the list of books that were banned by the Vatican
for hundreds of years?
What is the name of the oldest surviving papyrus, parchment and paper
manuscript?
Which libraries around the world have more than 500 staff members?
What is the name of the first book to have page numbers?
What is the name of the first book to be printed in colour?
What are the names of the largest art libraries, history databases,
engineering libraries, and geography databases?
What are the names of the 100 largest libraries in the world?
What are the names of the 100 oldest libraries in the world?
Hundreds of libraries in the U.S., Asia and Europe, already have the
first edition of the book, and the second edition is a major update of
the book, with more pages with new information and data, new
photographs of books and libraries around the world and a thoroughly
revised 26-page index.
Official website: http://www.lwrw.info
Comprehensive table of contents of the new book: http://www.lwrw.info/TOC.htm
List of bookshops for advance orders of the book: http://www.lwrw.info/order.htm
Publisher’s information on the book (U.S.):
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3852-5
Book Specs: Second edition: ISBN (13 numbers) 9780786438525 / ISBN
(10 number) 0786438525.
eBook version from NetLibrary. ISBN : 9780786452941
Information: http://www.netlibrary.com/Details.aspx?ProductId=272045
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Godfrey Oswald, BSc (Lon), MSc (Lon)
"Library World Records" Project Team Leader London, Berlin & Paris.
Email: godfre...@googlemail.com