Twin Tracks: The Unexpected Origins Of The Modern World
de BURKE, JAMES LEE
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743226194
- ISBN 13
- 9780743226196
- Librería
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good+ Condition. Two-toned blue binding with silver titles, very clean and unmarked; lower corners gently bumped. Rem Mk on top edge. Solid, tight, and square volume. Clean, unclipped jacket with a touch of edgewear. An unusual way to look at the history of modern civilization, with the idea that everything is connected. The author investigates the nature of change and explores the unlikely origins of many aspects of contemporary life. There are twenty-five narratives in which the reader discovers how the different outcomes of an important historical event in the past often come together again in the future. For example: Boston Tea Party to Contact Lenses; Falklands War to Television; Fake Epic to Organ Transplants. Interesting concepts. 276 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003.
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- Librería
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 017822
- Título
- Twin Tracks: The Unexpected Origins Of The Modern World
- Autor
- BURKE, JAMES LEE
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0743226194
- ISBN 13
- 9780743226196
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Palabras clave
- HISTORY, CIVILIZATION
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History. World;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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