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1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium
by Gottlieb, Agnes Hooper; Gottlieb, Henry; Bowers, Barbara; Bowers, Brent
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- Paperback
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- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1568362536
- ISBN 13
- 9781568362533
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New York, New York, USA: Kodansha America, 1998. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Large Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Bright, clean, unmarked wraps, tight, solid and square. 1,000 of the most important, influential, and intriguing figures of the past millennium, from all walks of life and all over the world -- philosophers, artists, statesmen, warlords, inventors, explorers, -- Ranked on the basis of five key factors: lasting influence, effect on the sum total of wisdom and beauty in the world, influence on contemporaries, singularity of contribition, and charisma. There is a brief bio for each person with explanation of their accomplishments and the reason for their ranking. So, we have Johannes Gutenberg, (1394?-1468) inventor of movable type and the printing press, as Number 1 - and Andy Warhol as Number 1,000. Fun and interesting book, as well as educational. xix + 331pages, indexed. 7.5 x 9.25 inches. 1998, Kodansha America, New York, New York, USA
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- Title
- 1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium
- Author
- Gottlieb, Agnes Hooper; Gottlieb, Henry; Bowers, Barbara; Bowers, Brent
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1568362536
- ISBN 13
- 9781568362533
- Publisher
- Kodansha America
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES PHILOSOPHERS ARTISTS STATESMAN WARLORDS INVENTORS EXPLORERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
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- 0 oz
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
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- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...