by Ian Sansom
This is the sort of book my wife rolls her eyes at when I bring it home. "Really Ed, a book about paper?" Yes, a book about a paper. A fascinating and entertaining mix of cultural studies, history, and personal reflection on the indispensableness of paper.
A delightful little book celebrating the material that is paper.This is the type of book that the English do best, quirky, a single subject, and by someone with an obsession boarding on OCD!It covers all sorts of subjects, from money to origami, it is a book that allows the author to describe his pa...