{"product_id":"bartletts-familiar-quotations-2","title":"Bartlett's Familiar Quotations","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom ancient Egypt to today, enjoy a sweeping survey of world history through its most memorable words in this completely revised and updated nineteenth edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More than 150 years after its initial publication, \u003ci\u003eBartlett’s Familiar Quotations\u003c\/i\u003e now enters its nineteenth edi­tion. First compiled by John Bartlett, a bookseller in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a commonplace book of only 258 pages, the original 1855 edition mainly featured selections from the Bible, Shakespeare, and the great English poets. Today, \u003ci\u003eBartlett’s\u003c\/i\u003e includes more than 20,000 quotes from roughly 4,000 con­tributors. Spanning centuries of thought and culture, it remains the finest and most popular compendium of quotations ever assembled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While continuing to draw on timeless classi­cal references, this edition also incorporates more than 3,000 new quotes from more than 700 new sources, including Alison Bechdel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pope Francis, Atul Gawande, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hilary Mantel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Claudia Rankine, Fred Rogers, Bernie Sanders, Patti Smith, and Malala Yousafzai. \u003ci\u003eBartlett’s\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the thoughts not only of renowned figures from the arts, literature, politics, science, sports, and business, but also of otherwise unknown individuals whose thought-provoking ideas have moved, unsettled, or inspired readers and listeners throughout the ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBartlett’s\u003c\/i\u003e makes searching for the perfect quote easy in three ways: alphabetically by author, chrono­logically by the author’s birth date, or thematically by subject. Whether one is searching for appropriate remarks for a celebration, comforting thoughts for a serious occasion, or simply to answer the question “Who said that?” \u003ci\u003eBartlett’s \u003c\/i\u003eoffers readers and schol­ars alike a stunning treasury of words that have influ­enced\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42181477466290,"sku":"9780316375306","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_d778ff24-4857-4207-90d4-41b3e1a03758.jpg?v=1759539779","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/bartletts-familiar-quotations-2","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}