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Books That Changed the World - Revised Edition
by Downs, Robert B
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0451529286
- ISBN 13
- 9780451529282
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Signet Classic/New American Lib, 2004. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6. Type: Ex-Library Paperback in Good Condition. Spine reinforced with clear book tape. Cover is bright and clean with slight edgewear; tightly bound. Only lib mark is tag on spine. Page edges clean with lib stamp. Internals very clean with first page only page with lib marks, othewise very clean and free from any other markings. A book about great literary works that revolutionized our ideas about the universe and ourselves. From the Bible, the Iliad, and the Republic to Civil Disobedience, Das Kapital, and Silent Spring--This is the revised and expanded edition, an informed discussion of many of the most important works ever written, from religion to science, psychlogy to economics, by these influential writings by pioneers in the realm of knowledge. Aristotle, Euripedes, Pllutarch, St. Augustine, Copernicus, Machiavelli, Newton, Adam Smith, Wollstonecraft, Jenner, Malthus, Darwin, Freud, Einstein, and 28 others. 352 pages with Bibliographical Notes and Index. 4.2 x 6.8 inches. Signet Classic, New York, 2004.
Synopsis
From the Bible, the Iliad , and the Republic to Civil Disobedience, Das Kapital , and Silent Spring , this revised and greatly expanded edition is a monument to the power of the printed word-an informative discussion of many of the most important works ever created.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 019644
- Title
- Books That Changed the World - Revised Edition
- Author
- Downs, Robert B
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451529286
- ISBN 13
- 9780451529282
- Publisher
- Signet Classic/New American Lib
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; GREAT WORKS OF LITERARY CRITICISM; AESCHYLUS; ARISTOTLE; BIBLE; PLUTARCH; ST. AUGUSTINE; MACHIAVELLI; NEWTON; WOLLSTONECRAFT; ADAM SMITH; JENNER; MALTHUS; DARWIN; FREUD; EINSTEIN;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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