Theater of the World

Theater of the World
Author: Thomas Reinertsen Berg
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0316450782
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A beautifully illustrated full-color history of mapmaking across centuries -- a must-read for history buffs and armchair travelers. Theater of the World offers a fascinating history of mapmaking, using the visual representation of the world through time to tell a new story about world history and the men who made it. Thomas Reinertsen Berg takes us all the way from the mysterious symbols of the Stone Age to Google Earth, exploring how the ability to envision what the world looked like developed hand in hand with worldwide exploration. Along the way, we meet visionary geographers and heroic explorers along with other unknown heroes of the map-making world, both ancient and modern. And the stunning visual material allows us to witness the extraordinary breadth of this history with our own eyes.

Amish Roots

Amish Roots
Author: John Andrew Hostetler
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801844027
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Intimate view of life in the Amish world with more than 150 letters and journal entries, poems, stories, and riddles.

A Treasury of Royal Scandals

A Treasury of Royal Scandals
Author: Michael Farquhar
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2001-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780140280241
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From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class. Gleeful, naughty, sometimes perverted-like so many of the crowned heads themselves-A Treasury of Royal Scandals presents the best (the worst?) of royal misbehavior through the ages. From ancient Rome to Edwardian England, from the lavish rooms of Versailles to the dankest corners of the Bastille, the great royals of Europe have excelled at savage parenting, deadly rivalry, pathological lust, and meeting death with the utmost indignity-or just very bad luck.

Great Treasury of Western Thought

Great Treasury of Western Thought
Author: Mortimer Jerome Adler
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 1814
Release: 1977
Genre: History
ISBN:
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On t.p.: A compendium of important statements on man and his institutions by the great thinkers in western history.

History in Quotations

History in Quotations
Author: M. J. Cohen
Publisher: Orion
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780297844860
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An exciting and original work of historical reference. From the Iraq of ancient Babylon to the Iraq war of 2003 - taking in the histories of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia in a grand global sweep. It uses the innovative medium of some 9000 chronologically arranged quotations of more than 5000 years of recorded history.

The Botanical Treasury : Celebrating 40 of the world's most fascinating plants through rare prints and classic texts

The Botanical Treasury : Celebrating 40 of the world's most fascinating plants through rare prints and classic texts
Author: Christopher Mills
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016
Genre: Botanical illustrations
ISBN: 9780233004563
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This remarkable book reveals the story of 40 of the world's most fascinating plants. The plants are explored through specially selected facsimile texts from the Archives at Kew and expert introductions, as well as exceptional and beautiful illustrations. The Botanical Treasury also includes 40 beautifully reproduced prints of the plants which can then be framed, allowing the reader to truly appreciate these magnificent plants. Written by Kew's experts and curated by Christopher Mills, previously Head of Kew's Library, Art and Archives.