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The Book of lasts / Ian Harrison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Cassel Illustrated, 2006.Description: 288 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 978-1-844035-14-4
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • Ref. 030.2 H296 2006
Contents:
* LAST OF ALL - the last dodo, the last book of the bible, the last Roman Emperor; * HISTORIC LAST DAYS - the last day of the Berlin Wall, the last day of WWI, the last day of Pompei; * PERSONAL LASTS - Shakespeare's last play, Van Gogh's last painting, Marilyn Monroe's last film; * LAST TO DATE - last man on the moon, last US president to be assassinated, last Oscar-winning sequel; * LAST REQUESTS & BEQUESTS - strange and significant bequests; * LAST PAST THE POST - memorable losers; * LAST JOURNEYS - James Dean, Buddy Holly, Princess Diana; * FAMOUS LAST WORDS - dying; * sayings of the great and the good; * THE LAST POST - Cobbler's last, the last post, the last straw.
Summary: Everybody knows who was the first man on the moon; but who was the last? We know the dodo is extinct, but where was the last one seen - and how did it die? From the last of the Aztecs to the last days of the Berlin wall, this book looks at the conclusions and tragic endings of history - what ended with a bang and what sidled out with a whimper.
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* LAST OF ALL - the last dodo, the last book of the bible, the last Roman Emperor; * HISTORIC LAST DAYS - the last day of the Berlin Wall, the last day of WWI, the last day of Pompei; * PERSONAL LASTS - Shakespeare's last play, Van Gogh's last painting, Marilyn Monroe's last film; * LAST TO DATE - last man on the moon, last US president to be assassinated, last Oscar-winning sequel; * LAST REQUESTS & BEQUESTS - strange and significant bequests; * LAST PAST THE POST - memorable losers; * LAST JOURNEYS - James Dean, Buddy Holly, Princess Diana; * FAMOUS LAST WORDS - dying; * sayings of the great and the good; * THE LAST POST - Cobbler's last, the last post, the last straw.

Everybody knows who was the first man on the moon; but who was the last? We know the dodo is extinct, but where was the last one seen - and how did it die? From the last of the Aztecs to the last days of the Berlin wall, this book looks at the conclusions and tragic endings of history - what ended with a bang and what sidled out with a whimper.

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