The Creators
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In this engrossing companion to his bestselling The Discoverers, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin brings to life more than three thousand years of achievement in the arts. The Discoverers, which has been translated into twenty languages, gave us an epic of the quest to understand the world, from the heavens to the human heart. Now Boorstin puts flesh on the great figures who have created our cultural heritage, from the pyramid builders to Picasso, enriching our world with architecture, painting, sculpture, music, drama, dance, and literature. This is a surprising story from
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…Strength of Architecture - Mario Salvadori - Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief - Jordan Peterson - The Power Broker - Robert Caro - Political Order and Political Decay - Francis Fukuyama - The Creators - Daniel Boorstin - The Square and the Tower - Niall Ferguson
on “Ask HN: Book Recommendations?” ↗Great! Thanks for the recommendations. Then, a note on "The Creators - Daniel Boorstin" for others, as I had a little trouble finding it: Boorstin, D. J. (1993). The creators: A history of heroes of the imagination (Vol. 1). Vintage.
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