You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Writing

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Writing by Roger Canavan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781910184905.

Writing is one of the most important inventions in the history of the human species, enabling people to communicate and transmit knowledge across vast distances in space and time. This books tells the story of writing, how it developed in ancient civilizations, and its many manifestations from printing presses to texting. You Wouldnt Want to Live Without Writing! is part of the science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldnt Want to Be . . . series, created and designed by David Salariya.