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12 Books That Changed The World

Notable 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?

Tags: book, hack, history

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Remember, remember the what of November?

I guess what happened to this fireworks factory was the kind of effect Guy Fawkes wanted for the Houses of Parliament 400 years ago...

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