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The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting (and Why it Still Matters)

✍ Scribed by Hensher, Philip

Book ID: 109048153
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Weight: 2 MB
Category: Fiction

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✦ Synopsis

Writing by hand is something that has shaped and revealed our humanity for thousands of years. In a world where people are increasingly swapping pens, letters and love-notes for typing text messages with their thumbs, 'The Missing Ink' is itself a love le

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