12 Books That Changed The World
How words and wisdom have shaped our lives
$41.27
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2007
Summary
When we think of great events in the history of the world, we tend to think of war, revolution, political upheaval or natural catastrophe. But throughout history there have been moments of vital importance that have taken place not on the battlefield, or in the palaces of power, or even in the violence of nature, but between the pages of a book.
In our digitised age of instant information it is easy to underestimate the power of the printed word. In his fascinating new book accompanyi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340839829 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340839821 |
| Author: | Melvyn Bragg |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2007 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is an inspiring, fascinating and stimulating book with marvellous illustrations’
Bragg writes with passion…and once again, shows his capacity to make science and technology both exciting and accessible. - Independent
Bragg has established himself over the past decades as a fearlessly dedicated, popular educator … a highly and easily readable book. - John Sutherland, The Sunday TimesIt can charm almost anyone of any age … yet again Bragg has displayed his extraordinary and unique gifts as a communicator - Christena Appleyard, Daily MailThis is an inspiring, fascinating and stimulating book with marvellous illustrations - Niall MacMonagle, Irish TimesAbout The Author
Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg’s first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965 and since then his novels have included The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, Without a City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Credo, The Maid of Buttermere and The Soldier’s Return, which was published to huge critical acclaim in 1999 and won the WHSmith Literary Award. He is controller of Arts at LWT and President of the National Campaign for the Arts, and in 1998 he was made a life peer. He lives in London and Cumbria.
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