Michael Collins is a native of Ireland and studied theology at the University College Dublin. He has taught in a number of universities, including the American University of Rome; John Cabot University; and Duquesne University, Rome Campus, and he currently serves in St. Mary's Church in Dublin. Michael Collins has authored many books, including DK's The Vatican and Pope Francis: A Photographic Story of the People's Pope, and has been featured on CBS News's 60 Minutes.
Remarkable Books: The World's Most Historic and Significant Works
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A beautifully illustrated guide to more than 75 of the world's most celebrated, rare, and seminal books and handwritten manuscripts ever produced, with discussions of their purpose, features, and creators.
From ancient masterpieces such as The Art of War, written on the leaves of bamboo, to the stunningly illustrated Birds of America, to Chairman Mao's Little Red Book, Remarkable Books delves into the stories behind the most incredible tomes ever produced, offering an insight into their wider social and cultural context, and is chronologically ordered to demonstrate the synergies between the growth in human knowledge and the bookmaking process. Alongside breathtaking images of the books and manuscripts themselves, close-up views draw out interesting features, which are discussed in greater detail, while biographies tell the lives of the people who produced them.
This coffee table–worthy book is wrapped in a textured jacket with gold foil, making it a great gift for those with an interest in literature and art and design.
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11/01/2017Collins (Pope Francis: A Photographic Story of the People's Pope) and contributors Alexandra Black (How Business Works), Thomas Cussans (contributor, History: The Definitive Visual Guide), John Fardon (Royal Literary fellow, Cambridge Univ.; Do Not Open), and Philip Parker (The Northmen's Fury: A History of the Viking World) highlight individual titles, organized by time period, that are remarkable for their place in history, their writing, and their physical presentation. A preface extols books and examines the history of the medium, from scroll to the present day. Articles cover the dimensions of the featured edition and when, where, and how it was produced. Entries on bound volumes (as opposed to scrolls) include a graphic of the selection compared with an "average" physical hand. (There are variations: John James Audubon's mammoth Birds of America is shown beside an entire person, while Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is compared to a child's hand.) Each section ends with a directory that showcases other notable works from the period. It isn't always clear why some books receive more attention than others, which may frustrate the most orderly, but overall, this work deftly examines literature in world history and vice versa. VERDICT With the breadth of subjects covered, this is a coffee-table book for the curious adult mind but accessible enough for younger readers, too.—Robert Mixner, Bartholomew Cty. P.L., Columbus, IN