世界上有记载的动物、人、事件的结局 The Book of Lasts
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作者： Ian Harrison 著
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出版时间： 2005-12-1字数：版次： 1页数： 288印刷时间： 2005/12/01开本：印次：纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9781844032594包装： 精装内容简介
A look at the triumphant conclusions and tragic endings of history, The Book of Lasts shows you what ended with a bang and what sidled out with a whimper. Everyone knows that 'z' is the last letter of the alphabet, but which was the last to be incorporated? Everyone knows the dodo is extinct, but where was the last one seen and how did it die?
People, animals, events and practices are all given their place as the final instances of something occurring, from those that changed the face of society to those that were hardly noticed until it was all over. From the last Roman Emperor to the Beatles last number 1 hit, The Book of Lasts gives you all the endings that have left their mark on our world today.
作者简介
lan Harrison has researched and written a number of books on subjects ranging from ancient battlefields to modern airports, including three historical books written in conjunction with The Times newspaper. He co-wrote Crown and Country, which was adapted from the television series of the same name, and has also written a series of aerial photography titles for Getmapping.com.
目录
Foreword by Captain Gene Cernan
LAST OF ALL
HISTORIC LAST DAYS
PERSONAL LASTS
LAST TO DATE
LAST REQUESTS & BEQUESTS
LAST PAST THE POST
LAST JOURNEYS
LAST WORDS
THE LAST POST
Index
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
