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Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Well-illustrated (illustratore). First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 430 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm. Summary; Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this "beautiful question". With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present. Wilczek's groundbreaking work in quantum physics was inspired by his intuition to look for a deeper order of beauty in nature. In fact, every major advance in his career came from this intuition: to assume that the universe embodies beautiful forms, forms whose hallmarks are symmetry--harmony, balance, proportion--and economy. There are other meanings of "beauty," but this is the deep logic of the universe--and it is no accident that it is also at the heart of what we find aesthetically pleasing and inspiring. As he reveals here, this has been the heart of scientific pursuit from Pythagoras, the ancient Greek who was the first to argue that "all things are number," to Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and into the deep waters of twentieth-century physics. Gorgeously illustrated, A Beautiful Question is a mind-shifting book that braids the age-old quest for beauty and the age-old quest for truth into a thrilling synthesis. Yes: the world is a work of art, and its deepest truths are ones we already feel, as if they were somehow written in our souls. Subjects; Physics Philosophy. Science Aesthetics. Harmony of the spheres. 1 Kg.

23.5 x 15cms 242pp very good+ paperback This book contains a biography of the Prophet Muhammad highlighting the spiritual & ethical teachings of one of the most influential figures in human history and addressing his significance for some of today's most controversial issues: the treatment of the poor role of women Islamic criminal punishments war racism & relations with other religions.

First published. XX+409 Seiten Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen, eine Eintragung auf dem Titelblatt. Rücken, Ecken, Kanten gut. Oberschnitt fleckig. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800 Hardcover Leinen, mit Schutzumschlag.

8°, Originalkarton mit illustriertem Originalumschlag (Hardcover), 249 S., ISBN 0-7139-9700-1 Umschlag leicht angerändert, Kanten leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar.

Hardcover. Condizione: Sehr gut. first edition. oktav hardcover. very fine copy / sehr gut. unread, immaculate, original-green hardcover with illustr. dust-jacket , ungelesen, tadellos, grüner original-pappband mit illustr. schutzumschlag, farbige vorsätze, 488 seiten /pages 1200 Gramm.

Gewebe ; cloth. Condizione: Sehr gut. 849 S. A very good copy. --- 'The only way to deal with enemies is to apply the most ruthless policy of suppression' JOSEF STALIN -- 'Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace' ADOLF HITLER -- Half a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They presided over the most destructive and lethal regimes in history, murdering millions. They fought the largest and costliest war in all history. Yet millions of Germans and Russians enthusiastically supported them and the values they stood for. In the first major history to analyse in depth the two regimes and their populations together, Richard Overy sets out to answer the questions: How was dictatorship possible? How did it function? What was the bond that tied dictator and people so powerfully together? Overy paints a remarkable and vivid account of the different ways in which Stalin and Hitler rose to power and abused and dominated their people. The Dictators is a chilling analysis of power corrupted by the vanity of ambitious and unscrupulous men. --- CONTENTS: List of Illustrations - - List of Tables and Maps - - Maps - - Abbreviations - - Preface - - Introduction: Comparing Dictatorships - - 1 Stalin and Hitler: Paths to Dictatorship - - 2 The Art of Ruling - - 3 Cults of Personality - - 4 The Party State - - 5 States of Terror - - 6 Constructing Utopia - - 7 The Moral Universe of Dictatorship - - 8 Friend and Foe: Popular Responses to Dictatorship - - 9 Cultural Revolutions - - 10 Commanding the Economy - - 11 Military Superpowers - - 12 Total War - - 13 Nations and Races - - 14 Empire of the Camps - - Conclusion: Two Dictatorships - - Bibliography - - Notes - - Index. ISBN 071399309X Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

2nd edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [xi], 368 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Contents; Tracing Paper -- Alpha and Omega -- Preparing the Soil -- Genesis -- At the Margins -- Paper Rain -- Papyrocracy -- The Handover -- Bibliophiles -- Building Books -- A New Music -- Bagdatixon and its Ologies -- A Continent Divides -- Translating Europe -- A New Dialogue -- By the Cartload. Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index. SummaryThis is the story of how you came to be holding this book, how you came to be following its printed words across dozens of pages, pages made not from bamboo, silk, parchment or papyrus, but from paper. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in the transmission of knowledge and of ideas. For over two millennia, it has allowed ideas, religions, philosophies and propaganda to spread around the world with ever greater ease. Paper was the first writing surface sufficiently cheap, portable and printable for books, pamphlets, prints and journals to be mass-produced and to travel widely. It enabled an ongoing dialogue between communities of scholars who could now engage with each others ideas across continents and years. The Paper Trail traces the westward voyage of this ground-breaking invention; beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for the spread of paper across China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It describes the theologians, scientists and artists who used paper to create the intellectual world of the Abbasid Caliphate, and journeys with the missionaries and merchants who carried it along the Silk Road. Paper finally reached Europe in 1276 and was indispensable to the scholars and translators who manufactured the Renaissance and Reformation from their desks. Paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, and brought disciplines from science to music into a new age: the paper age. Paper still surrounds us in our everyday lives - on our desks, wrapping our food, in our wallets. It has become universal, and also supremely disposable. But is the age of paper coming to an end? This is the story of how a simple Chinese invention has wrapped itself around our world, with history's most momentous ideas etched upon its surface. Subjects; Papermaking - History. Paper - History. Papermaking - China. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 414 pages ; 24 cm. The impact of inequality on societies is now increasingly well understood - higher crime, health problems and mental illness, lower educational achievements, social cohesion and life expectancy. But what are the causes of inequality, why is it growing so rapidly and what are its economic impacts? This exceptional book, by one of the world's most celebrated and original economists, provides authoritative answers to these timely questions. Ch. 1 America's 1 (one) Percent Problem -- ch. 2 Rent seeking and the making of an unequal society -- ch. 3 Markets and inequality -- ch. 4 Why it matters -- ch. 5 A democracy in peril -- ch. 6 1984 is upon us -- ch. 7 Justice for all? How inequality is eroding the Rule of Law -- ch. 8 The battle of the budget -- ch. 9 A macroeconomic policy and a Central Bank by and for the 1 (one) percent -- ch. 10 The way forward: another world is possible. Includes bibliographical references and index.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 285 pages ; 23 cm. Contents: The plough and the gulls -- Nostalgia -- Progress -- Utopia. Subjects: Rebanks, James 1974- Family; Rebanks, James 1974- Homes and haunts England Lake District; Rebanks, James Family; Hill farming England Cumbria History 20th century; Nature conservation England Lake District History; Hill farming England Lake District History; Nature conservation England Lake District; Hill farming History. England Lake District; Farm life History. England Lake District; Agriculture & farming; Rural communities; Applied ecology; Conservation of the environment; Coping with death & bereavement. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xlviii, 458 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm. Subjects; Baghdad (Iraq) History. Baghdad (Iraq) - Social life and customs. Baghdad; customs and culture. Iraq; customs and culture. 1 Kg.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 188 pages. A celebration of 400 years of Bonfire Night. A range of writers bring to life the immense implications of the Plot and the strange way they have echoed down to us over four centuries in what remains the quintessential English festival.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xxi, 238 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. Near fine except for 3 inch diagonal crease in lower left back of DJ and an ISBN/bar Code sticker inside the back cover, which I may be tempted to remove at some point. Clean, clear. bright pages and text with with Light Amount of Wear to DJ. .315 pp. Decoded tells the story of Rong Jinzhwen, one of the great code-breakers in the world. A semi-autistic mathematical genius, Rong Jinzhen is recruited to the cryptography department of China's secret services, Unit 701, where he is assigned the task of breaking the elusive 'Code Purple'. Jinzhen rises through the ranks to eventually become China's greatest and most celebrated code-breaker; until he makes a mistake. Then begins his descent through the unfathomable darkness of the world of cryptology into madness. Decoded was an immediate success when it was published in 2002 in China and has become an international bestseller.

2nd edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [xi], 368 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Contents; Tracing Paper -- Alpha and Omega -- Preparing the Soil -- Genesis -- At the Margins -- Paper Rain -- Papyrocracy -- The Handover -- Bibliophiles -- Building Books -- A New Music -- Bagdatixon and its Ologies -- A Continent Divides -- Translating Europe -- A New Dialogue -- By the Cartload. Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index. SummaryThis is the story of how you came to be holding this book, how you came to be following its printed words across dozens of pages, pages made not from bamboo, silk, parchment or papyrus, but from paper. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in the transmission of knowledge and of ideas. For over two millennia, it has allowed ideas, religions, philosophies and propaganda to spread around the world with ever greater ease. Paper was the first writing surface sufficiently cheap, portable and printable for books, pamphlets, prints and journals to be mass-produced and to travel widely. It enabled an ongoing dialogue between communities of scholars who could now engage with each others ideas across continents and years. The Paper Trail traces the westward voyage of this ground-breaking invention; beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for the spread of paper across China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It describes the theologians, scientists and artists who used paper to create the intellectual world of the Abbasid Caliphate, and journeys with the missionaries and merchants who carried it along the Silk Road. Paper finally reached Europe in 1276 and was indispensable to the scholars and translators who manufactured the Renaissance and Reformation from their desks. Paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, and brought disciplines from science to music into a new age: the paper age. Paper still surrounds us in our everyday lives - on our desks, wrapping our food, in our wallets. It has become universal, and also supremely disposable. But is the age of paper coming to an end? This is the story of how a simple Chinese invention has wrapped itself around our world, with history's most momentous ideas etched upon its surface. Subjects; Papermaking - History. Paper - History. Papermaking - China. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: V.g. 1st Edition. xvi, 279pp.A lovely clean copy. Lower d.j. rear edge creased a trifle. No inscriptions, clipping, fading or marks.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition.

8vo, xl, 950pp, Colour Illustrations [photographs by Quintin Wright of The Times and the National Trust Archives], Maps, Hardback with Dust Jacket both in Very Good/Fine condition. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOK WEIGHS 2.1 KILOS WITH PACKING.

2nd edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [xi], 368 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index. Contents; Tracing Paper -- Alpha and Omega -- Preparing the Soil -- Genesis -- At the Margins -- Paper Rain -- Papyrocracy -- The Handover -- Bibliophiles -- Building Books -- A New Music -- Bagdatixon and its Ologies -- A Continent Divides -- Translating Europe -- A New Dialogue -- By the Cartload. Summary; This is the story of how you came to be holding this book, how you came to be following its printed words across dozens of pages, pages made not from bamboo, silk, parchment or papyrus, but from paper. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in the transmission of knowledge and of ideas. For over two millennia, it has allowed ideas, religions, philosophies and propaganda to spread around the world with ever greater ease. Paper was the first writing surface sufficiently cheap, portable and printable for books, pamphlets, prints and journals to be mass-produced and to travel widely. It enabled an ongoing dialogue between communities of scholars who could now engage with each others ideas across continents and years. The Paper Trail traces the westward voyage of this ground-breaking invention; beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for the spread of paper across China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It describes the theologians, scientists and artists who used paper to create the intellectual world of the Abbasid Caliphate, and journeys with the missionaries and merchants who carried it along the Silk Road. Paper finally reached Europe in 1276 and was indispensable to the scholars and translators who manufactured the Renaissance and Reformation from their desks. Paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, and brought disciplines from science to music into a new age: the paper age. Paper still surrounds us in our everyday lives - on our desks, wrapping our food, in our wallets. It has become universal, and also supremely disposable. But is the age of paper coming to an end? This is the story of how a simple Chinese invention has wrapped itself around our world, with history's most momentous ideas etched upon its surface. This is the story of how paper, a simple Chinese invention, has wrapped itself around our world, with history's most momentous ideas etched upon its surface. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in the transmission of knowledge and of ideas. For over two millennia, it has allowed ideas, religions, philosophies and propaganda to spread around the world with ever greater ease. Paper was the first writing surface sufficiently cheap, portable and printable for books, pamphlets, prints and journals to be mass-produced and to travel widely. It enabled an ongoing dialogue between communities of scholars who could now engage with each others' ideas across continents and years. The Paper Trail traces the westward voyage of this ground-breaking invention; beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for the spread of paper across China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It describes the theologians, scientists and artists who used paper to create the intellectual world of the Abbasid Caliphate, and journeys with the missionaries and merchants who carried it along the Silk Road. Paper finally reached Europe in 1276 and was indispensable to the scholars and translators who manufactured the Renaissance and Reformation from their desks. Paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, and brought disciplines from science to music into a new age: the paper age. Paper still surrounds us in our everyday lives - on our desks, wrapping our food, in our wallets. It has become universal, and also supremely disposable. But is.

Hardback. Reprint. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. viii, 488 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hardback. 1st UK Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 692 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Softcover. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card wraps. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Previous owner's details to half-title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 256 pages. The extraordinary story of Penguin covers and their rich and diverse design heritage. Very helpful for collectors.

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. xii, 400pp. Pictorial colour d.j. Strait of Anian mystery and Drake. No fading, clipping or inscriptions.

Condizione: Very Good. First UK Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xii, 386pp. Signed by author on title page. Grey hardback cloth cover with black titles.

Softcover. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Previous owner's details to half-title page and 2010 neatly inked under publisher on title page. . Illustrated with Colour photographs. 255 pages. Charts the development of Puffin Books and the role its editors, illustrators and desihgner played in creating and defining Puffin's identity. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hardback. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in Fine Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. ' As new' condition. Illustrated with colour plates and black & white maps. xx, 500 pages. Describes the anatomy of imperial monarchy and the principles by which it functioned. He compares the great emperors of antiquity, the caliphs and the warrior-emperors of the steppe before he turns to the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Mughal and Chinese emperors, packing the book with extraordinary stories, astute observations and a sense of both delight and horror at these individuals' antics. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 340 pages. Charts the curious path of 'the Index' from 13th century monasteries and universities to 21st century Silicon Valley. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

2nd edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [xi], 368 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index. Contents; Tracing Paper -- Alpha and Omega -- Preparing the Soil -- Genesis -- At the Margins -- Paper Rain -- Papyrocracy -- The Handover -- Bibliophiles -- Building Books -- A New Music -- Bagdatixon and its Ologies -- A Continent Divides -- Translating Europe -- A New Dialogue -- By the Cartload. Summary; This is the story of how you came to be holding this book, how you came to be following its printed words across dozens of pages, pages made not from bamboo, silk, parchment or papyrus, but from paper. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in the transmission of knowledge and of ideas. For over two millennia, it has allowed ideas, religions, philosophies and propaganda to spread around the world with ever greater ease. Paper was the first writing surface sufficiently cheap, portable and printable for books, pamphlets, prints and journals to be mass-produced and to travel widely. It enabled an ongoing dialogue between communities of scholars who could now engage with each others ideas across continents and years. The Paper Trail traces the westward voyage of this ground-breaking invention; beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for the spread of paper across China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It describes the theologians, scientists and artists who used paper to create the intellectual world of the Abbasid Caliphate, and journeys with the missionaries and merchants who carried it along the Silk Road. Paper finally reached Europe in 1276 and was indispensable to the scholars and translators who manufactured the Renaissance and Reformation from their desks. Paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, and brought disciplines from science to music into a new age: the paper age. Paper still surrounds us in our everyday lives - on our desks, wrapping our food, in our wallets. It has become universal, and also supremely disposable. But is the age of paper coming to an end? This is the story of how a simple Chinese invention has wrapped itself around our world, with history's most momentous ideas etched upon its surface. This is the story of how paper, a simple Chinese invention, has wrapped itself around our world, with history's most momentous ideas etched upon its surface. The emergence of paper in the imperial court of Han China brought about a revolution in the transmission of knowledge and of ideas. For over two millennia, it has allowed ideas, religions, philosophies and propaganda to spread around the world with ever greater ease. Paper was the first writing surface sufficiently cheap, portable and printable for books, pamphlets, prints and journals to be mass-produced and to travel widely. It enabled an ongoing dialogue between communities of scholars who could now engage with each others' ideas across continents and years. The Paper Trail traces the westward voyage of this ground-breaking invention; beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for the spread of paper across China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It describes the theologians, scientists and artists who used paper to create the intellectual world of the Abbasid Caliphate, and journeys with the missionaries and merchants who carried it along the Silk Road. Paper finally reached Europe in 1276 and was indispensable to the scholars and translators who manufactured the Renaissance and Reformation from their desks. Paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, and brought disciplines from science to music into a new age: the paper age. Paper still surrounds us in our everyday lives - on our desks, wrapping our food, in our wallets. It has become universal, and also supremely disposable. But is the age of paper coming to an end? Subjects; Papermaking - History. Paper - History. Papermaking - China. History of specific subjects; Pulp & paper technology. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket in good condition, with some tiny tears on top edge, scraped on front of jacket at right hand edge, light edgewear, black hardcover with silver lettering on spine and contents in very good clean condition. Press release inside book. T. Clean Copy.