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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context. The nineteenth title in DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Classical Music Book combines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
An innovative and accessible guide to theories in technology and nature. Learning about science can be daunting, but this book makes it easier by giving you all the big ideas simply explained. Simple explanations and stylish infographics open up the world of science to even the complete novice.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Packed with witty illustrations and clear graphics, The Literature Book is a perfect primer to world literature, from ancient epics such as the Iliad and Mahabharata to contemporary works from Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood. Provides the student of literature and avid book lovers plenty of inspriation for further reading.
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"Combines authoritative text with graphics and quotes from leading contributors in an introduction to more than eighty-five of the most important ideas, movements, and events that have defined feminism and feminist thought throughout history. Using the Big Ideas series' trademark combination of authoritative, accessible text and bold graphics, this book traces feminism and the feminist movement from its origins, through the suffragette movement of...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies, and turning points of the Second World War - the epic conflict that shaped the modern world. Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold explanatory graphics, The World War II Book explores the causes, key events, and lasting consequences of the Second World War. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key ideas and events during and surrounding...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold images, The World War I Book explores the historical background of the war, its causes, all of the key events across the major theatres of conflict, and its aftermath. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key events during and surrounding the conflict -from the growing tensions between Europe's major powers to the assassination of Archduke Franz...
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Description
"Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies, and turning points of the Second World War - the epic conflict that shaped the modern world. Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold explanatory graphics, The World War II Book explores the causes, key events, and lasting consequences of the Second World War. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key ideas and events during and surrounding...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Now in paperback, The Psychology Book explores more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the field using highly visual graphics, clear text, a directory of scientists, and a vocabulary glossary. The Psychology Book looks at the biggest names in psychology, including William James, Sigmund Freud, and Ivan Pavlov, and unpacks each psychologist's contribution to our understanding of howors20181496888 the mind works. From its philosophical roots through behaviorism,...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, from the first known lesbian love poetry of Sappho to Kinsey's modern sexuality studies, and features biographies of key figures from Anne Lister to Audre Lorde. Dive deep into the pages of The LGBTQ + History...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
With profiles of key people, movements, and events, The Black History Book brings together accounts of the most significant ideas and milestones in Black history and culture. This vital and thought-provoking book presents a bold and accessible overview of the history of the African continent and its peoples— from the earliest human migrations to modern Black communities and the African diaspora. Powerful images and innovative infographics bring...
13) The Biology book
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Written in plain English, The biology book is packed with short, pithy explanations of some of the most momentous ideas in science, from cell theory to evolution by natural selection and the discovery of DNA. Simple graphics, such as timelines and mind maps, support the text and make the explanation easy to follow"--
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
¿Cómo medimos el universo? ¿Dónde se halla el horizonte de sucesos? ¿Qué es la materia oscura? Desde los inicios de la humanidad, la gente ha alzado la vista al cielo con el afán de entenderlo. Así, a lo largo de los siglos, la ciencia astronómica ha ensanchado las fronteras del conocimiento humano en el intento de comprender el universo y nuestro lugar en él. Con un lenguaje claro, El libro de la astronomía proporciona breves y sencillas...
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
The Shakespeare Book is the perfect primer to the works of William Shakespeare, packed with witty illustrations and inspirational quotes. Covering every work, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, plus lost plays and less well-known works of poetry. Easy-to-understand graphics and illustrations bring the themes, plots, characters and language of Shakespeare to life. This includes illustrated...
19) The art book
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Explores the ideas behind one hundred iconic works of art while examining their historical context.
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Arranged in chronological order, this . . . guide to more than seventy-five of the most historic moments in the science of chemistry, from the birth of atomic theory to the development of liquid crystal display screens, introduces the work of the scientists who have shaped the subject"--
Written in plain English, The Chemistry Book is packed with short, pithy explanations of more than 95 key ideas. Step-by-step flowcharts unpick complex theories,...