Lists of note an eclectic collection deserving of a wider audience

Humans have been making lists for even longer than they've been writing letters. They are the shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes and aspirations; likes and dislikes; rules for living and loving; records of our memories and reminders of the things we want to do before we die. Just as...

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Other Authors: Usher, Shaun (Compiler)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2015.
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245 0 0 |a Lists of note :  |b an eclectic collection deserving of a wider audience /  |c compiled by Shaun Usher. 
264 1 |a San Francisco :  |b Chronicle Books,  |c 2015. 
300 |a xiv, 317 pages :  |b illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimilies ;  |c 29 cm 
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500 |a First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Canongate Books in conjunction with Unbound. 
500 |a Includes index. 
520 |a Humans have been making lists for even longer than they've been writing letters. They are the shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes and aspirations; likes and dislikes; rules for living and loving; records of our memories and reminders of the things we want to do before we die. Just as he did with Letters of Note, Shaun Usher has trawled the world's archives to produce a rich visual anthology that stretches from ancient times to present day. From a to-do list of Leonardo da Vinci's to Charles Darwin on the pros and cons of marriage or Julia Child's list of possible titles for what would later become an American cooking bible, Lists of Note is a constantly surprising A-Z of what makes us human. 
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