A companion to his History of Reading volume, this is a meandering tale of the importance of the library as space. He does mention some libraries open to at least some of the public, but mostly it's about private, personal libraries, the history of literacy, the importance of proper shelving and window placement (but not in an architectural sort of way), and most importantly, how being in a library changes a person (and how that person changes a library). Contemplative, astute, stunningly global in breadth. Thank you, Alberto Manguel.