Author: Blake Morrison
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385672187
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose heretical invention was to change history. Some sixty years later he died — robbed of his business, his printing presses, and, so he thought, his immortality. In his dazzling first novel, Morrison gives us Gutenberg’s “testament” — his justification, dictated to one of the young scribes his invention will soon put out of work. Thus Morrison conjures up the haunting figure of Gutenberg himself: a man who gambled everything — money, honour, friendship and a woman’s love — on the greatest invention of the last millennium.
Author: Blake Morison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099295426
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Blake Morrison
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
ISBN: 9780701171797
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Languages : en
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Author: Blake Morrison
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060935719
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Blake Morrison has woven a stunning novel around the few facts known about the life and work of Johann Gensfleisch (aka Gutenberg), master printer, charmer, con man, and visionary -- the man who invented "artificial writing" and printed the Gutenberg Bible, putting thousands of monks out of work. In this dazzling debut novel, Morrison gives Gutenberg's final testament: a justification and apologia he dictated, ironically, to one of the young scribes made obsolete by his invention of movable metal type. Through the eyes of the aging narrator, we see the Middle Ages in a strange new light and witness a moment of cultural transition as dramatic as the communications revolution of today.
Author: Charles Fort
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613106424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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"Time travel, UFOs, mysterious planets, stigmata, rock-throwing poltergeists, huge footprints, bizarre rains of fish and frogs-nearly a century after Charles Fort's Book of the Damned was originally published, the strange phenomenon presented in this book remains largely unexplained by modern science. Through painstaking research and a witty, sarcastic style, Fort captures the imagination while exposing the flaws of popular scientific explanations. Virtually all of his material was compiled and documented from reports published in reputable journals, newspapers and periodicals because he was an avid collector. Charles Fort was somewhat of a recluse who spent most of his spare time researching these strange events and collected these reports from publications sent to him from around the globe. This was the first of a series of books he created on unusual and unexplained events and to this day it remains the most popular. If you agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, then this book is for you"--Taken from Good Reads website.
Author: Alix Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
ISBN: 1443433853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
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An Economist Book of the Year An October 2014 Indie Next Pick An enthralling literary debut that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germany—a story of invention, intrigue and betrayal Youthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success as a scribe in Paris when his foster father, the wealthy merchant and bookseller Johann Fust, summons him home to corrupt, feud-plagued Mainz to meet “a most amazing man.” Johann Gutenberg, a driven and caustic inventor, has devised a revolutionary—and to some, blasphemous—method of bookmaking: a machine he calls a printing press. Fust is financing Gutenberg’s workshop, and he orders Peter to become Gutenberg’s apprentice. Resentful at having to abandon a prestigious career as a scribe, Peter begins his education in the “darkest art.” As his skill grows, so, too, does his admiration for Gutenberg and his dedication to their daring venture: printing copies of the Holy Bible. But when outside forces align against them, Peter finds himself torn between two father figures—the generous Fust and the brilliant, mercurial Gutenberg, who inspires Peter to achieve his own mastery. Caught between the genius and the merchant, the old ways and the new, Peter and the men he admires must work together to prevail against overwhelming obstacles—a battle that will change history . . . and irrevocably transform them all.
Author: J. H. Hessels
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781495428197
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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THE best and most critical account of the History of Printing with movable type. Every document connected with the History of the Invention of Printing has been verified by the energetic and intelligent author. The mystery still remains — who was the inventor of Printing? That Gutenberg was an early printer Mr. Hessels fully admits. Only 200 copies were originally printed for sale. Mr. J. H. Hessels, the translator of Van der Linde's "Coster Legend," commenced a series of articles about two years ago in the London Printing Times, under the title of "Gutenberg: Was He the Inventor of Printing?" being a review of a more recent work by the same author entitled "Gutenberg." The articles came to a sudden termination, the writer finding it necessary to consult various documents abroad in order to arrive at certain facts. The long silence which intervened has at, last been broken by the appearance of a handsome volume, now before us, in which Mr. Hessels has endeavoured to clear up the mystery so long surrounding the identity of the first printer — and in order to this he paid two visits to Paris and spent seven weeks in Germany exploring the libraries and archives of Strassburg, Mentz, and other prominent cities. While it is impossible to resuscitate the corpse of the mythical Holland proto-typographer Coster, the result of Mr. Hessels' researches do not justify him in giving Gutenberg the credit of inventing the art, but only establishing the fact of his being a printer — and he regrets that after all his labours be must leave the quest on which he started yet unsolved, summarizing the result of his investigation in the following statement :"As early as (Nov. 16) 1454 two printers were at work at Mentz; the name of one of them may have been Johann Gutenberg; (perhaps subsidized by Johann Fust), but it is not stated anywhere; the name of the other is, in all probability, Peter (Schoeffer) de Gernssheym. That the latter did not consider himself to have been the first, or even the chief, printer (of Mentz), seems sufficiently clear from what we may call his own statement, in the imprint of the Justinianus of 24 May, 1468, in which he speaks of two Johannes. One of these Johannes must have been Johann Fust; who was the other? Everybody says Gutenberg, and I am in no position to contradict it." * * * * * "A very complete account is given of several books from the press of the Brothers of Common Life, not heretofore described; and a photograph of a page of an Eltville book, the type of which has never been before noticed. "Mr. Hessels' volume is one of great value to whoever may hereafter follow in his wake, and a real acquisition to the history of printing. The work is elegantly produced by Bernard Quaritch, consisting of xxvii, 201 pages, octavo, printed on hand-made paper, Roxburghe binding—only 200 copies printed for sale." —The Quadrat, Pittsburgh, U.S.A., June, 1882. * * * * * "Everyone interested in the early history of printing must read Mr. Hessels' book itself. It is both destructive and constructive: much of the ground upon which the claim for Gutenberg was raised, is cleared away, but still nothing is discovered that actually destroys that claim. In his work of destruction Mr. Hessels has constructed a solid foundation of bibliographical fact for others to follow up by further researches." —The Bibliographer, August, 1882.
Author: James Hogg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Published anonymously in 1824, this gothic mystery novel was written by Scottish author James Hogg. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner was published as if it were the presentation of a century-old document. The unnamed editor offers the reader a long introduction before presenting the document written by the sinner himself.
Author: John Man
Publisher: New York : Wiley
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Gutenberg, simply put, helped found the Modern Age.".
Author: Olaf Stapledon
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Odd John" by Olaf Stapledon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
