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You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia
Jack Lynch · Bloomsbury Pages: 453 Format: Print book |
"Knowledge is of two kinds," said Samuel Johnson in 1775. "We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Today we think of Wikipedia as the source of all information, the ultimate reference. Yet it is just the latest in a long line... |
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Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran
Laura Secor · Riverhead Books, 2016. Pages: 528 Format: Print book |
The drama that shaped today's Iran, from the Revolution to the present day. In 1979, seemingly overnight - moving at a clip some thirty years faster than the rest of the world - Iran became the first revolutionary theocracy in modern times. Since then, the country has been... |
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