Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper "The Floating World has everything

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Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper "The Floating World has everythingA Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 A Kirkus Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2024 The first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks. We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did these indispensable implements come from? How did they revolutionize our lives? And how can using a notebook help change the way you think? In this wide ranging history, Roland Allen reveals how the notebook