Canto Classics is a new paperback series representing some of the best of Cambridge publishing, both classic and recent, across a wide range of topics and disciplines. The eclectic series highlights 29 essential, influential and provocative writings from renowned thinkers and scholars past and present, from G.H. Hardy and C.S. Lewis to David Crystal and Shahn Majid. Whether focusing on the lives of individuals, or the history of nations, or the age of the universe, Canto Classics exhibit the breadth of Cambridge scholarship and are compelling reading in their own right.
Written with the informed general reader in mind, all books are priced at either £10.99 or £12.99.
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The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
- 2nd Edition
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107632752)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: European history after 1450
Summarises the initial changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops and discusses how printing affected major cultural movements.
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- £12.99
The Sicilian Vespers
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107604742)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: European history 1000-1450
In this book, sustained narrative power is displayed with concentrated brilliance in the rise and fall of this fascinating episode.
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- £12.99
The Theft of History
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107683556)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: Regional and world history: general interest
Goody raises questions about theorists, historians and methodology and proposes a new comparative approach to cross-cultural analysis.
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- £12.99
The Trial of the Templars
- 2nd Edition
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107645769)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: European history 1000-1450
Barber's classic account endeavours to tackle the unresolved controversies surrounding the consequences of the trial.
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- £12.99
The Two Cultures
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107606142)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: Philosophy: general interest
The importance of science and technology and future of education and research are just some of the subjects discussed here.
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- £12.99
Think On My Words
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107617681)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: Renaissance and early modern literature
David Crystal provides a lively and original introduction to Shakespeare's language, making his plays easily accessible to modern-day audiences.
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- £12.99
What is Life?
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107604667)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: History, philosophy and foundations of physics
Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century.
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- £10.99
What Was History?
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107606159)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: History of ideas and intellectual history
Elegant and accessible, this book is a powerful and imaginative exploration of themes in the history of European ideas.
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- £12.99
Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107646261)
- Publication date: March 2012
- Subject: Cognition
Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory.
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- £10.99