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999			_c1208 _d1208
020			_a978-1-844035-14-4
082			_aRef. 030.2 H296 2006
100	1	0	_aHarrison, Ian _92331
245	1	4	_aThe Book of lasts / _cIan Harrison.
260			_aLondon : _bCassel Illustrated, _c2006.
300			_a288 pages : _billustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cm.
505			_a* 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.
520			_aEverybody 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.
650	1	4	_aCuriosities and wonders _92332
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