{"product_id":"bartletts-familiar-quotations-hardcover-2","title":"Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Bartlett\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom ancient Egypt to today, enjoy a sweeping survey of world history through its most memorable words in this completely revised and updated nineteenth edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More than 150 years after its initial publication, \u003ci\u003eBartlett's Familiar Quotations\u003c\/i\u003e now enters its nineteenth edi­tion. First compiled by John Bartlett, a bookseller in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a commonplace book of only 258 pages, the original 1855 edition mainly featured selections from the Bible, Shakespeare, and the great English poets. Today, \u003ci\u003eBartlett's\u003c\/i\u003e includes more than 20,000 quotes from roughly 4,000 con­tributors. Spanning centuries of thought and culture, it remains the finest and most popular compendium of quotations ever assembled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While continuing to draw on timeless classi­cal references, this edition also incorporates more than 3,000 new quotes from more than 700 new sources, including Alison Bechdel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pope Francis, Atul Gawande, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hilary Mantel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Claudia Rankine, Fred Rogers, Bernie Sanders, Patti Smith, and Malala Yousafzai. \u003ci\u003eBartlett's\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the thoughts not only of renowned figures from the arts, literature, politics, science, sports, and business, but also of otherwise unknown individuals whose thought-provoking ideas have moved, unsettled, or inspired readers and listeners throughout the ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBartlett's\u003c\/i\u003e makes searching for the perfect quote easy in three ways: alphabetically by author, chrono­logically by the author's birth date, or thematically by subject. Whether one is searching for appropriate remarks for a celebration, comforting thoughts for a serious occasion, or simply to answer the question \"Who said that?\" \u003ci\u003eBartlett's \u003c\/i\u003eoffers readers and schol­ars alike a stunning treasury of words that have influ­enced \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor-in-chief of The Library of America, and author of fifteen books, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the House of Walworth\u003c\/i\u003e, and other works including \u003ci\u003eHardboiled America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDream Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Square Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Browser's Ecstasy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCastaways of the Image Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSonata for Jukebox.\u003c\/i\u003e He has contributed frequently to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1504\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.15 x 10.15 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47361186005241,"sku":"9780316375306","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MThzYVlteTNIQ042L1QyNjNwMzBBQT09_c8ea0fe5-d103-4fe7-92d1-708b66b74a59.webp?v=1769890017","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bartletts-familiar-quotations-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}