Scott Christianson
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A chronological survey of the world's most influential books.
Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the way we see and think?
In “100 Books that Changed the World”, authors Scott Christianson and Colin Salter bring together an exceptional collection of truly groundbreaking books—from scriptures that founded religions, to scientific treatises that challenged...
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“100 Documents That Changed the World” brings together the most important written agreements, declarations and statements in history. The documents included here have changed the course of history by rewriting laws, granting freedoms and laying out constitutions. But as well as official charters and presidential proclamations, there are also the hand-written documents that have gone on to shape the way we think, the scrawled notes that mark breakthroughs...
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2015.
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A tour of the history of the world through the declarations, manifestos, and agreements from the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence to Wikileaks. This fascinating collection gathers the most significant written documents that have influenced and shaped the way we think about the world and the course of history. From the Magna Carta (1215) to the Gettysburg Address (1863) to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech (1963), the...
5) 100 diagrams that changed the world: from the earliest cave paintings to the innovation of the iPod
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2012.
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English
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