A bibliophile and library lover's dream gift book of gorgeous photographs of the world's treasure houses of books, from the great reading room of the Bibliotheque Nationale and the now vanished library in Sarajevo to the humble remodeled train depot in Cleveland, and the old jail house in Macon, both in Mississippi. Libraries are inhabited by books and people. The drama within the world's libraries is composed not only of magnificent walls of books, and tables full of students but also, the homeless seeking shelter, small children, patient librarians, lovers in the stacks,and old folk resting awhile. Each exquisite photograph is accompanied by a charming and moving quotation from book lovers as diverse and Malcolm X, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Victor Hugo and James I, King of England.

Diane Assno Griliches has been involved in music, theatre and fine art photography for many years. Her other books are "Teaching Musicians",, "A Photographer's View", and ,"An Appalachian FarmerEs Story: Portrait of an Extraordinary Common Man"( Mercer University Press). She lives in Cambridge, MA.