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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. Sticker in front. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The book has proved one of the most useful versatile and enduring technologies in history. Its portability ease of reference and ability to concentrate a large amount of data made it indispensable. It is difficult now to imagine how some of the great turning points in Western history could have been achieved without it. The Renaissance the Reformation the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment all relied on the printed word for their spread and permanent influence. For two and a half millennia. humanity has used the book in its manuscript or printed form to record to administer to worship and to educate. Embattled book lovers often insist that books do not need batteries they do not get infected by viruses and when you close a book you never need to ‘save’ because you will never lose your data. The book has always been much more than a useful gadget. Among other things it can be a pedagogical instrument a source of religious inspiration and a work of art. It has been the basis of religions and a source of immense political power. Christianity Judaism and Islam-three of the great religions of the world – are centred around sacred books. Great states and empires everywhere have derived enormous power from written texts that record taxation or outline legal codes and decisions. People who were subjugated by oppressive regimes understood that governments depended on the written word for their authority and bureaucratic operation. ‘Hang all the lawyers!’ cry the Kentish rebels of 1450 in Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 2. defending the power of oral tradition against the authorities’ books and literate culture. During the French Revolution of 1789 burning written tax records was a popular pastime for peasants in revolt. (MP)