Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenæum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
New York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art
Author: The New York Times Book Review
Author: Wonders and the Order of Nature 1150–1750
Author: Lorraine DastonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Discusses how European scientists from the High Middle Ages through the Enlightenment used wonders, monsters, curiosities, marvels, and other phenomena to envision the natural world.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins
Author: Johann BeckmannThe Tradition of Science
Author: Leonard C. BrunoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Any real understanding of where we stand scientifically today and where we are headed depends to a great extent on an awareness of how we reached those scientific achievements. The increased impact of science and technology on our lives makes such an understanding even more important. For this reason, this book is intended to provide information about the major works of science in the collections of the Library of Congress. These selected works are organized here by traditional scientific discipline and are treated in historical and, generally, chronological order. The contents contain chapters on: (1) astronomy; (2) botany; (3) zoology; (4) medicine; (5) chemistry; (6) geology; (7) mathematics; and (8) physics. A bibliography provides information about particular Library of Congress collections to which a book or manuscript may belong, as well as specific bibliographic information. Title translations are also included. (TW)
Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture
Author: Edward Payson EvansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Fitzgerald: The Love of the Last Tycoon
Author: F. Scott FitzgeraldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521402316
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
This critical edition of The Love of The Last Tycoon utilises Fitzgerald's manuscript drafts, revised typescipts, and working notes.
Bibliomysteries
Author: Otto PenzlerPublisher: Pegasus Crime
ISBN: 9781681774589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Specially commissioned by the Mysterious Bookshop, the “bibliomysteries” in this unique collection feature original stories by the genre’s most distinguished authors: Ian Rankin, Thomas Perry, Joyce Carol Oates, Megan Abbott, and Elizabeth George. If you like mysteries and you like books, what could be better than combining both worlds, with mysteries set against a background involving books? This collection of crime for bibliophiles includes stories about rare books, bookshops, libraries, manuscripts, magical books, collectors—in short, the wonderful universe that makes this precious object we all love so important and priceless. Ian Rankin sets his tale of the lost original manuscript of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the legendary Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Co., while F. Paul Wilson offers a book with remarkable powers. Joyce Carol Oates portrays an overly ambitious dealer in mystery fiction, while James Grady has the “Condor” working in the Library of Congress. Ste- phen Hunter tells a previously unknown story of Alan Turing set during World War I—involving a book that could change the history of the world—and Peter Lovesey writes about a box full of Agatha Christie titles that just may be priceless. Carolyn Hart’s story is about an astonishing inscription in a book, while Megan Abbott and Denise Mina add their Edgar-nominated stories to this stellar collection. Whether your taste is for the traditional mystery, something a little more hard-boiled, or the bizarre and humorous tale, you will find exactly your cup of tea in this outstanding collection of fifteen stories by the most distinguished mystery writers working today. Including stories by: Peter Lovesey, F. Paul Wilson, Lyndsay Faye, Bradford Morrow, R. L. Stine, Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas Perry, Elizabeth George, Carolyn Hart, Megan Abbott, Stephen Hunter, Denise Mina, James Grady, Ian Rankin, and James W. Hall.