Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Malone, Michael S. (Michael Shawn), 1954- Title: The guardian of all things : the epic story of human memory / Michael S. Malone. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, ©2012. Description: xii, 290 pages ; 25 cm Summary: Explores the history of memory and human civilization, examining how human ideas, inventions, and transformations have been documented in venues ranging from cave drawings, and oral histories to libraries and the Internet. Subjects: Memory. Technology and civilization. Civilization -- History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Foreword: the guardian of all things -- Memory as biography -- Finding a voice -- Memory as word -- The cave of illumination -- Memory as symbol -- Clay, reeds and skin -- Memory as medium -- The bloody statue -- Memory as metaphor -- Long-leggedy beasties -- Memory as classification -- Theaters of memory -- Memory as reference -- Patterns in the carpet -- Memory as instruction -- Tick, talk -- Memory as recording -- Diamonds and rust -- Memory as free -- The persistence of memory -- Memory as existence -- Endnotes. LCCN: 2012010246 ISBN: 9780312620318 0312620314 9781250014924 1250014921 9780312620318 0312620314 9781250023230 Other Number: 759914181 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 755987 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 153.12 Malone Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
