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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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Daphne
Apr 04, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: quest
This book was so not what I expected when I walked into it. I expected a very general history when I picked it up. It was so much better than that. Those books pretty much just bore me at this point. I know all the major players through history, so learning about a second teir member of history that also had vast influence on the advance of humanity makes me do a happy dance.

It's been a good 15 years since I picked up Lucretius, and I know I got almost nothing out of it. In my defense, I was st ...more
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Glen
Nov 22, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: religion, history, culture-society
The book that completed my 2014 Reading Challenge. What a great way to end a year of fantastic reading. To be honest I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. I picked it up because the premise was right up my alley and the majority of reviews on goodreads were positive. Now I see why. The story revolves around a papal secretary named Poggio Bracciolini who, when not serving the Pope, travels in search of lost books. One of his discoveries is a poem by Titus Lucretius Carus that when ...more
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Olivia Lovag
Sep 21, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Sep 28, 2011 rated it it was ok
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Sep 02, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Billy Waldie
Sep 05, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Evan Crane
Mar 19, 2013 rated it really liked it
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May 09, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Jul 27, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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May 17, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Dec 02, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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