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Gods, Mongrels and Demons

101 Brief but Essential Lives

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New York-London
Kiadó: Bloomsbury
Kiadás helye: New York-London
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Kötés típusa: Fűzött kemény papírkötés
Oldalszám: 438 oldal
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Nyelv: Angol  
Méret: 21 cm x 15 cm
ISBN: 1-58234-431-0
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Cods, Mongrels and Demons is an idiosyncratic and indispensable guide to history's most—and least—memorable characters.
Inspired by the author's belief that "oddballs, headbangers, saints, nutters, philosophers, freaks and such like deserve to be drawn away from the periphery to the center of our consciousness," Cods, Mongrels and Oenions uses the famous, the infamous and the apparently marginal to tell us more about ourselves and our cultures than we'd find in the usual history book fare.
In what other single volume can you find such eminent figures as the Japanese poet Basho; Ruth Handler, inventor of the Barbie doll; and the modernist artist Kurt Schwitters? Where else would Babe Ruth, Billie Holiday and Ludwig Wittgenstein rub shoulders with the likes of Anancy, Ganesha, the Queen ofSheba, the King of the Gypsies, Billy the Kid and a top-secret carrier pigeon named Winkie? Not to mention Henri Cochet—the sublime playboy tennis star who found himself two sets and fifteen-love... Tovább

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Cods, Mongrels and Demons is an idiosyncratic and indispensable guide to history's most—and least—memorable characters.
Inspired by the author's belief that "oddballs, headbangers, saints, nutters, philosophers, freaks and such like deserve to be drawn away from the periphery to the center of our consciousness," Cods, Mongrels and Oenions uses the famous, the infamous and the apparently marginal to tell us more about ourselves and our cultures than we'd find in the usual history book fare.
In what other single volume can you find such eminent figures as the Japanese poet Basho; Ruth Handler, inventor of the Barbie doll; and the modernist artist Kurt Schwitters? Where else would Babe Ruth, Billie Holiday and Ludwig Wittgenstein rub shoulders with the likes of Anancy, Ganesha, the Queen ofSheba, the King of the Gypsies, Billy the Kid and a top-secret carrier pigeon named Winkie? Not to mention Henri Cochet—the sublime playboy tennis star who found himself two sets and fifteen-love down in the third set of the Wimbledon men's semifinal in 1927 and went on to win the championship.
With Cods, Mongrels and Demons, Angus Calder has created an original, eccentric and richly entertaining work of reference for readers of all stripes. Vissza

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