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Author : John Man
Release : 2002-04-11
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gutenberg by : John Man
Download or read book Gutenberg written by John Man. This book was released on 2002-04-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gutenberg, simply put, helped found the Modern Age.".
Author : Sue Vander Hook
Release : 2009-08-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 16X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Press Innovator by : Sue Vander Hook
Download or read book Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Press Innovator written by Sue Vander Hook. This book was released on 2009-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines the remarkable life of Johannes Gutenberg and his innovation of the printing press. Readers will learn about Gutenberg's background and education, as well as his creation of the Gutenberg Bible for the Catholic Church. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Publishing Pioneers is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Author : John Buchan
Release : 2011-12-11
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 131/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Prester John by : John Buchan
Download or read book Prester John written by John Buchan. This book was released on 2011-12-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his father's death, our young hero sets off to make his fortune in South Africa. He gets tangled up in an African tribal uprising and a strange encounter and rumours he hears make him suspect that his destination may not be as predictable as he has supposed. Set at the turn of the last century, this is a riveting adventure story.
Author : John Man
Release : 2010-10-31
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 528/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Gutenberg Revolution by : John Man
Download or read book The Gutenberg Revolution written by John Man. This book was released on 2010-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500 they were printed, and numbered in their millions. The invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to happen. Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradox: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary; his discovery marks the beginning of the modern world.
Author : Joann Johansen Burch
Release : 2011-01-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 087/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fine Print by : Joann Johansen Burch
Download or read book Fine Print written by Joann Johansen Burch. This book was released on 2011-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although he is credited with changing history through his invention of printing, Johann Gutenberg remains mysterious. In Fine Print, author Joann Johansen Burch pieces together Gutenberg's amazing story. When Johann was a child in the early 1400s, books were rare and sometimes very expensive. Each book had to be copied by hand, letter by letter. Gutenberg loved to read, and he often grew impatient waiting for the time-consuming bookmaking process to be completed. Young Gutenberg dreamed of finding a better way to make books. From his childhood in strife-torn Mainz through the many years of setbacks and bankruptcies, Gutenberg persevered in his belief that books could be made quickly and inexpensively. This is the story of the man who invented movable type and the printing press and gave the world the gift of books.
