Tag: book
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Terran Trade Authority Handbook
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in GeneralAbout Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD The Terran Trade Authority is an original science-fiction setting first presented in four large-format full-colour illustrated books, published between 1978 and 1980. Each book is presented as an “in-universe” document, detailing the history of the Terran Trade Authority and their spectacular spacecraft. This book covers the events immediately…
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Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)
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in GeneralThis 1462 Kräuterbuch (“Book of Herbs”) by Johannes Hartlieb enfolds, verbatim, much of Konrad von Megenberg’s Buch der Natur, published a century earlier and considered by scholars to be the first natural history written in German. (The Buch der Natur itself reworked herbals by Thomas of Cantimpré and Albert Magnus, who, in turn, borrowed heavily from Arabic botanical handbooks.) Unlike…
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Elizabeth Kolbert: «La sesta estinzione è in corso»
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in Generalll suo nome, Elizabeth Kolbert, può non essere noto ai più, nonostante sia la firma di punta del prestigioso settimanale americano New Yorker in tema di ambiente e clima e abbia vinto anche il premio Pulitzer. Il suo libro La Sesta estinzione, però, è considerato oggi una delle pietre miliari in tema di cambiamento climatico e molto di più: uscito…
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100 Beste Plakate 23: Collection of Posters
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“100 Beste Plakate 23” is the latest edition of the annual compendium that celebrates the most remarkable poster designs from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This year, the publication finds its new home with Slanted Publishers, who took special care to showcase each of the winning entries in stunning large-format images, allowing viewers to delve into…