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100 books that changed the world

Title
  1. 100 books that changed the world / Scott Christianson & Colin Salter.
Published by
  1. New York : Universe Publishing, 2018.
Author
  1. Christianson, Scott

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Additional authors
  1. Salter, Colin, 1949-
Description
  1. 224 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "Beautifully illustrated in full color, this book informs and entertains as it demonstrates how the power of the written word has shaped, changed, and even revolutionized the world. Prize-winning author Scott Christianson brings together an exceptional collection of groundbreaking works that have changed the tide of history. Included are scriptures that founded religions, manifestos that sparked revolutions, scientific treatises that challenged ingrained beliefs, and novels that kick-started new literary movements. This sweeping chronological survey highlights the most important books from around the globe, from the earliest illuminated manuscripts all the way to the digital age. Included are such well-known classics as the Odyssey, the Torah, Shakespeare's First Folio, Moby-Dick, and Darwin's On the Origins of Species, but an array of other works, some well-known and others less so, are featured as well, including those by Sun Tzu, Nicolaus Copernicus, Mary Wollstonecraft, Adam Smith, Henry David Thoreau, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, as well as more recent works by J. K. Rowling, Art Spiegelman, and Naomi Klein. This provocative collection is the perfect book for both literature lovers and history buffs." --
Alternative title
  1. One hundred books that changed the world
Subject
  1. Best books
  2. Books > History
  3. Books and reading > History
  4. HISTORY / World
  5. Books
  6. Books and reading
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Call number
  1. JFE 18-9894
Note
  1. Includes index.
Author
  1. Christianson, Scott, author.
Title
  1. 100 books that changed the world / Scott Christianson & Colin Salter.
Publisher
  1. New York : Universe Publishing, 2018.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Added author
  1. Salter, Colin, 1949- author.
LCCN
  1. 2017954714
ISBN
  1. 9780789334244 (hardcover)
  2. 0789334240 (hardcover)
  3. 9781849944519 (hardcover)
  4. 1849944512 (hardcover)
Research call number
  1. JFE 18-9894
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