Gifts & Books: From Early Myth to the Present Publisher / Rizzoli International solo travellers living and working

solo travellers living and working on the road

and the joys of mindful making

it can be a stressful time of invisibility and vulnerability

all of us draw

Cooking in Marfa introduces an unusual small town in the West Texas desert and

Gifts & Books: From Early Myth to the Present Publisher / Rizzoli International solo travellers living and workingGiving and receiving gifts can be tricky. Gifts may be touching or puzzling, either strengthening bonds of friendship or becoming a burden. This volume explores how books and writing have described gift giving over the centuries, but also how books became precious gifts themselves. In a series of thought provoking essays, richly illustrated from the Bodleian Librarys collections and beyond, the contributors illuminate some of the striking ways in