Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the index: an unsung but extraordinary everyday tool, with an illustrious but little-known past. Here, for the first time, its story is told. Charting its curious path from the monasteries and universities of thirteenth-centu Index, A History of the - Dennis Duncan od authora Dennis Duncan a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Dennis Duncan |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
352 |
Rok vydání |
2021 |
Nakladatelství |
Allen Lane |