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Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-26 - Publisher: Granta Books

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A New Map of Wonders charts a course through the realm of the fascinating and awe-inspiring. With the curiosity and enthusiasm of a great explorer, the award-wi
A New Map of Wonders
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Caspar Henderson
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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“Henderson teaches us how to wonder anew with a new vision of science illuminated by a rich range of literature, philosophy, art, and music.” —Hugh Alders
The New Map of Empire
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: S. Max Edelson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-24 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, M
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: Caspar Henderson
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-10 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or a
Wonder and Exile in the New World
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Alex Nava
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In Wonder and Exile in the New World, Alex Nava explores the border regions between wonder and exile, particularly in relation to the New World. It traces the p