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1.		The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future from PublicAffairs Price: $12.98 Customer Review: Robert Darnton doesn't want to have to choose between books and e-books. That's at the core of this compelling collection of essays and articles, some of which have been published elsewhere and some of which are new. He wants knowledge to be available and accessible -- and loves the idea of how new... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History from Basic Books Price: $9.80 Customer Review: This is a series of cultural events, each chapter focused on a different French cultural piece of history. Cats, folklore, books, and authors. Instead of seeing history as a series of major events, like wars, or about very important people, we get to see it from the people's point of view. Even if... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon (Material Texts) from University of Pennsylvania Press Price: $23.07	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France from W.W. Norton & Co. Price: $10.76 Customer Review: The entire study is interesting but is almost entirely based upon a single set of documents making the credibility questionable. It was easy to read, but dry at times. I needed this book for a class, i have read much worse for classes, but i have had the pleasure to eard better ones as well	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		The Literary Underground of the Old Regime from Harvard University Press Price: $14.45 Customer Review: This well written book is a set of linked essays on the literary underground of pre-Revolutionary France. Darnton was fortunate to discover a treasure trove of archival materials in the form of business records and correspondence of a major 18th century Swiss publisher producing for the French... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France from Harvard University Press Price: $18.55	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century from W. W. Norton & Company Price: $13.70 Customer Review: The unconventional in the subtitle "An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century" is a little deceiving. This reader expected to find curiosities large and small, such as Mr. Washington's false teeth in an exegesis to show how different that century was from the ones we grew up in. The... more info	Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		The Business of Enlightenment: Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 from Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Price: $31.50	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History from W. W. Norton & Company Price: $12.00	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		Berlin Journal, 1989-1990 from W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Price: $6.00 Customer Review: Robert Darnton, am 18th century historian was on sabbatacal in Berlin during the momentous changes of 1989 - 1990. His observations, thoughts and eyewitness accounts of the "change" are contained in his _Berlin Journal_. It is tepid at best. My primary issue is with Darnton in the role of... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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