Last and First Men

Last and First Men"No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared Arthur C. Clarke of Last and First Men. This masterpiece of science fiction by British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon (18861950) is an imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's future that spans billions of years. Together with its follow up, Star Maker, it is regarded as the standard by which all earlier and later future histories are measured. The

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by two American artists and teachers who made an intensive study of Notan

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For this edition of the Vesalius illustrations

as well as firsthand observation of actual garments — the author describes and explains the couture that evolved in response to changing social conditions

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