In this award-winning history of the great trail that paper blazed across the world, Monro follows the journey of a simple Chinese invention along the Silk Road to Europe and beyond. Assessing the extent of papers influence on human history over two millennia, he highlights its role in the growth of Buddhism and the spread of Luthers subversive ideas, before considering what the future holds for the printed book.

The Paper Trail

Engineering & Transportation

Alexander Monro

Engineering

Penguin Books, Ltd.

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The Anatomy of the Human Bones, Nerves, and Lacteal Sac and Duct (Classic Reprint)

History

Forgotten Books

<p>Gathers poems about four of China's venerable cities - Chang'an (now Xi'an), Luoyang, Beijing, and Hangzhou. To the Chinese, the city was a depiction of the Confucian ideal of social harmony. To leave the city was to exile oneself from high culture and high politics; this collection also chronicles that Taoist escape and exile: the poetry of personal loss and disappointment, the veiled political polemic and poetry extolling the natural world that lay beyond the Emperor's courts.</p>

China: City and Exile (Poetry of Place)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Eland Publishing

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