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John Man is an historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia and China. His books include The Great Wall,The Terracotta Army,The Gutenberg Revolution, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and Attila the Hun.
Crisp, taut, and as clear as a bell ... a fascinating story with many a beguiling subplot along the way. * New Scientist * The story of how [the alphabet] came into being is a fascinating one and Man is the ideal writer to tell it. His scholarship seems boundless... he also has a journalist's ear for a story... straight out of Indiana Jones * Times Educational Supplement * Absorbing tale ... many surprises on the way. * Sunday Telegraph * A scholarly and fascinating history of the alphabet, from hieroglyphics to letters, and its dissemination from culture to culture and from past to present * The Times *
Writing and the Ancient State
Early China in Comparative Perspective...
Hardback
$137.95
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Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval...
Repairing, Recycling, Sharing
Paperback
$55.99
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Scribes and Scholars
A Guide to the Transmission of Greek...
Hardback
$324
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Their Hands Before Our Eyes
A Closer Look at Scribes: The Lyell...
Hardback
$305
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