Nimisis.com - For Sports, Software, Technology... history related entries http://www.nimisis.com/tags/history copyright 2007 12 Books That Changed The World 12 Books That Changed The WorldNotable works from history have been featured in a very watchable series on TV recently. Surprising Ashley Cole's autobiography isn't one of the twelve. This TV series is based on Melvyn Bragg's book which can be found here.

Featuring:

  • Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species, 1859
  • Marie Stopes, Married Love, 1918
  • William Wilberforce, Speech to the House of Commons, 1789
  • Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792
  • Magna Carta, 1215
  • The King James Bible, 1611
  • Michael Faraday, Experimental Research in Electricity, 1855
  • The First Rule Book of the Football Association, 1863
  • Patent Specification for Arkwright's Spinning Machine, 1769
  • William Shakespeare, First Folio, 1623
  • Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776
  • Issac Newton, Principia Mathematica, 1687


***Discount books***

Hmmm... I think I'm going to give this post the tag of "hack" as I'm recommending a book about 12 books. Isn't that efficient?

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