Magna Carta, or Great Charter, is one of the most important documents in legal history. Originating in 1215 as a peace treaty between King John and a group of rebellious barons at Runnymede, it put into law the concept of individual liberty and transformed the role of the monarch toward the people. Magna Carta was subsequently revised and reissued throughout the thirteenth century, and the ideas it expressed have had a profound influence, including on the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Pocket Magna Carta reproduces the 1217 reissue of this landmark document, including both...

The Bodleian Library is home to treasures from every corner of the globe that mark major milestones in cultural history. This book contains twenty-six pull-out postcardsone for each letter of the alphabeteach featuring a rare or beautiful manuscript from the library s outstanding collections. From Shakespeare s "First Folio" to the Gutenburg Bible, the Magna Carta, an early Jane Austen manuscript, and anatomical drawings by sixteenth-century physician Andreas Vesalius, the works showcased represent the maths, music, medicine, literature, and more.
Whether you re one of the more than one...

A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend."--Douglas William Jerrold

"Much reading is like much eating, wholly useless without digestion."--Robert South

"If I had read as much as other men, I should have been as ignorant as they." --Thomas Hobbes

Can books corrupt? Do badly written books sharpen or dull the minds of their readers? Ought we to take seriously the old saw that excessive reading can damage one's sight? The Book Lovers' Anthology offers answers to these questions and many more with a remarkable...

"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour."--Talleyrand
"He was a bold man that first ate an oyster."--Jonathan Swift
"There is no love sincerer than the love of food," wrote George Bernard Shaw in 1903. Poets, novelists, chefs, and gourmands before and after him would seem to agree. Collected in this anthology is a mouthwatering selection of excerpts on the subject of eating, drinking, cooking, and serving food that is guaranteed to whet every reader's appetite.
Themed sections group together poetry and prose on grapes and bottles, the ideal...

This hard cover journal has lined pages of high quality paper and is finished with a sturdy elastic band closure, ribbon marker, expanding wallet and elastic pen holder. Produced to a high standard with careful attention to finishing and details, it is the perfect gift for all map-loving writers and stationery lovers.