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ISBN-10: 0-912517-48-4
ISBN-13: 9780912517483
Publisher: Bluewood Books
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Year: October 15, 2001
Size: 14.99 x 22.35 x 1.02cm
Number of pages: 112
Weight: 181gr
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0-912517-48-4
ISBN-13: 9780912517483
Publisher: Bluewood Books
Country:
Year: October 15, 2001
Size: 14.99 x 22.35 x 1.02cm
Number of pages: 112
Weight: 181gr
Binding: Paperback
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Each of the 100 books selected for inclusion have made significant impacts upon different aspects of our lives, including world religions, politics, sciences, arts and theater, and social awareness. Books from ancient times, such as `Egyptian Book of the Dead`, `The Koran` and `The Republic` by Plato are included. So are `Common Sense` by Thomas Paine, `Cartaguena Manifesto` by Simon Bolivar, and `Uncle Tom`s Cabin` by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Some of the more contemporary books are: `Ulysses` by James Joyce, `Grapes of Wrath` by John Steinbeck, and `The Feminine Mystique` by Betty Friedan.100 Books That Shaped World History provides the reader with an overview of the contents of each book as well as interesting facts about the authors and what may have inspired them in writing these works.As with other titles in Bluewood`s popular 100 Series, each one-page description is clearly and concisely written, teeming with information and includes an illustration or photograph and locator maps. This book is a must for students and people who love books.
Each of the 100 books selected for inclusion have made significant impacts upon different aspects of our lives, including world religions, politics, sciences, arts and theater, and social awareness. Books from ancient times, such as `Egyptian Book of the Dead`, `The Koran` and `The Republic` by Plato are included. So are `Common Sense` by Thomas Paine, `Cartaguena Manifesto` by Simon Bolivar, and `Uncle Tom`s Cabin` by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Some of the more contemporary books are: `Ulysses` by James Joyce, `Grapes of Wrath` by John Steinbeck, and `The Feminine Mystique` by Betty Friedan.100 Books That Shaped World History provides the reader with an overview of the contents of each book as well as interesting facts about the authors and what may have inspired them in writing these works.As with other titles in Bluewood`s popular 100 Series, each one-page description is clearly and concisely written, teeming with information and includes an illustration or photograph and locator maps. This book is a must for students and people who love books.
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Books that changed the way people thought about the world 
The latest in the compact, trivia-filled, exciting and entertaining 100 series, 100 Books That Shaped World History is a chronologically organized listing of books, both fiction and non-fiction, that changed the way people thought about the world, ranging from the »Epic of Gilgamesh« of antiquity to Thomas Paine's »Common Sense« to Betty Friedan's »The Feminine Mystique.« Each book has a one-page section devoted to it, as well as a black-and-white photograph of the cover or of the author if available. An amazing tour through time and the history of human ideas, 100 Books That Shaped World History is a superbly organized list and highly recommended for reading club selection processes and anyone wanting to educate themselves with respect to the seminal and ground-breaking ideas comprising the foundation for contemporary society and civilized human history.
The latest in the compact, trivia-filled, exciting and entertaining 100 series, 100 Books That Shaped World History is a chronologically organized listing of books, both fiction and non-fiction, that changed the way people thought about the world, ranging from the »Epic of Gilgamesh« of antiquity to Thomas Paine's »Common Sense« to Betty Friedan's »The Feminine Mystique.« Each book has a one-page section devoted to it, as well as a black-and-white photograph of the cover or of the author if available. An amazing tour through time and the history of human ideas, 100 Books That Shaped World History is a superbly organized list and highly recommended for reading club selection processes and anyone wanting to educate themselves with respect to the seminal and ground-breaking ideas comprising the foundation for contemporary society and civilized human history.
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