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Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World
de John Man
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 047141574X
- ISBN 13
- 9780471415749
- Librería
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Headline Book Publishing. Used - Like New. First Edition. 2000. Hardcover. Fine.
Sinopsis
Praise for Alpha Beta"This book comes at the perfect moment as we rediscover the importance in early reading of cracking the alphabetic code. The story of how that code came into being is a fascinating one, and Man is the ideal writer to tell it." Times Educational Supplement"A richly absorbing exploration, from B.C. to PCs, of the evolution of the most fundamental characters of our cultural history, the alphabet we so much take for granted. John Man writes with a compellingly restless curiosity and immediacy. The ever surprising, exotically detailed narrative in his informative book makes it as undryly enjoyable as a successful archaelogical dig of one of Alan Moorehead s colorful histories of African exploration." David Grambs, author of The Describer s Dictionary and The Endangered English Dictionary"Text that is crisp, taut, and as clear as a bell.... A fascinating story with many a beguiling subplot along the way." New Scientist"Letter perfect the best histories and mysteries of our ABC s!" Jeff McQuain, author of Never Enough Words and Power Language
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Detalles
- Librería
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- A000415
- Título
- Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World
- Autor
- John Man
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 047141574X
- ISBN 13
- 9780471415749
- Editorial
- Headline Book Publishing
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- June 29, 2001
Términos de venta
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Sobre el vendedor
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Chicago, Illinois
Sobre Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Used, rare and out-of-print titles, specializing in academic and scholarly books. Independent bookstores in Chicago since 1970
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