Cities of the World has been described as ‘Google Earth’s ancestor’. Focusing on Europe but including important cities and landmarks in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the maps in this beautiful book were originally created and published as six volumes of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum between 1572 and 1617. Taschen’s volume includes 564 original engravings (mostly…
Month: July 2017
The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp (1968)
Today, as the biggest UK LGBT+ parade, Pride in London, promotes love, diversity and tolerance, the story of one man’s determination to proudly live his life in defiance of a society that rejected him. Quentin Crisp’s constant flow of witticisms (‘I should have guessed that she was a born murderee. She used to wear a…
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