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The Wagner Compendium

Calendar of Wagner’s Life, Works and Related Events   Barry Millington Who’s Who of Wagner’s Contemporaries   Barry Millington Historical Background   Konrad Bund The Holy Roman Empire from 1618 to 1789 The French Revolution and the Wars of Liberation: 1789-1815 Reaction and revolution: 1815-1849 German unification ‘from above’: 1850-1871 The Reich in Europe: 1871-1883 Intellectual Background Philosophy   …

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The Great Explorers

Searching Beyond the Horizon The Oceans[rtoc] Christopher Columbus: The Man Who Changed the Shape of the World Vasco da Gama: By Sea to India Ferdinand Magellan: Circumnavigating the Globe Louis-Antoine de Bougainville: French Enterprise in the Pacific James Cook: Scientific Exploration of the South Seas[/rtoc] The Land[rtoc] Hernando de Soto: The Quest for Gold Lewis …

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The Complete Typographer: A Foundation Course for Graphic Designers Working with Type

Introduction About this book The History of Type Early movable type The development of printing Offset lithography and photosetting The digital age Categories of Type Typeface classification Humanist Garalde Transitional Didone Slab Serif Grotesque Humanist Sans Neo-Grotesque Geometric Sans Glyphic Blackletter Script, Italic and Chancery Decorated and Ornamental Beyond classification Working With Type The typeface Measurement …

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The Long History of Old Age

“My age is as a lusty winter”: The Age of Old Age   Pat Thane [rtoc] Old Age: Facts and fiction How old is old? Life expectancy and the law of averages Old people in the family Myths of the Ages of Man Despised or admired? Rejuvenation: the Fountain of Youth [/rtoc] “Old age has always …

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