<p><b>''An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time'' Jerry Brotton, author of <i>A History of the World in Twelve Maps</i></b><br><br><b>''Not merely an horologist''s delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism of time-keeping itself'' Richard Holmes</b><br><br>The measurement of time has always been essential to human civilization, from early Roman sundials to the advent of GPS. But while we have one eye on the time every day, are we aware of the power clocks have given governments, military leaders and business owners, and how they have shaped our lives and our world?<br><br>In this spectacularly far-reaching book, David Rooney narrates a history of timekeeping and civilization in twelve concise chapters. Over their course, we meet the most epochal inventions in horological history, from medieval water clocks to Renaissance hourglasses, and from stock-exchange timestamps to satellites in Earth''s orbit. We discover how clocks
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`My Decade in the Premier League' is Wayne's first hand account of his 10 years playing at the highest level in English football - and for the biggest club in the world. This is his inside story of life on the pitch for Manchester Utd; the League...
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Revisits A Theory of Literary Production (1966) to show how Pierre Macherey's remarkable - and still provocative - early work can contribute to contemporary discussions about the act of reading and the politics of formal analysis.
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