Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0312613687 ISBN 13: 9780312613686
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0312613687 ISBN 13: 9780312613686
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0312613687 ISBN 13: 9780312613686
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0312613687 ISBN 13: 9780312613686
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Zustand: Used - Very Good. 2012. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good.
Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0312613687 ISBN 13: 9780312613686
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Like New. 2012. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. 8vo. 347 pp. Fine. Dust Jacket is Fine.
Verlag: St. Martin's Press, NY, 2012
ISBN 10: 0312613687 ISBN 13: 9780312613686
Anbieter: Versandantiquariat Jena, Jena, Deutschland
Hardcover/gebunden. Zustand: leichte Gebrauchsspuren. We all know the name Nostradamus, but who was he really? Why did his predictions become so influential in Renaissance Europe and then keep resurfacing for nearly five centuries? And what does Nostradamus's endurance in the West say about us and our own world? In Nostradamus: How an Obscure Renaissance Astrologer Became the Modern Prophet of Doom, historian Stéphane Gerson takes readers on a journey back in time to explore the life and afterlife of Michel de Nostredame, the astrologer whose Prophecies have been interpreted, adopted by successive media, and eventually transformed into the Gospel of Doom for the modern age. Whenever we seem to enter a new era, whenever the premises of our worldview are questioned or imperiled, Nostradamus offers certainty and solace. In 1666, guests at posh English dinner parties discussed his quatrain about the Great Fire of London. In 1942, the Jewish writer Irène Némirovsky latched her hopes for survival to Nostradamus' prediction that the war would soon end. And on September 12, 2001, teenagers proclaimed on the streets of Brooklyn that "this guy, Nostradamus" had seen the 9/11 attacks coming. Through prodigious research in European and American archives, Gerson shows that Nostradamus a creature of the modern West rather than a vestige from some antediluvian era tells us more about our past and our present than about our future. In chronicling the life of this mystifying figure and the lasting fascination with his predictions, Gerson's book becomes a historical biography of a belief: the faith that we can know tomorrow and master our anxieties through the powers of an extraordinary but ever more elusive seer. In englischer Sprache. 347 pages.
Verlag: -, 2012
ISBN 10: 0312613687 ISBN 13: 9780312613686
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Nostradamus This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Verlag: St Martin's Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0312613687 ISBN 13: 9780312613686
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Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780312613686.