Philip Atkins
Autore di A Dodo at Oxford: The Unreliable Account of a Student and His Pet Dodo
Opere di Philip Atkins
Flying Scotsman Manual: An Insight into Maintaining, Operating and Restoring the Legendary Steam Locomotive (Owners… (2016) 26 copie
The Dodo Guide to Oxford: A Quirky New Guidebook to the Architecture, History, and Principal Attractions of Oxford (2005) 21 copie
The Pocket Guide to Oxford: A Guidebook to the Architecture, History, and Principal Attractions of Oxford, with Help… (2010) 11 copie
The Heart of Oxford: With Particular Attention to the Architecture and History of the Academic Centre Through a Walking… (1999) 8 copie
The Pocket Guide to Oxford: A Souvenir Guidebook to the Architecture, History, and Principal Attractions of Oxford (2016) 4 copie
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The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction (2007) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 585 copie
Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (2003) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni — 396 copie
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The diary is presented here in facsimile, with many editorial annotations in the margins to explain various things going on in the diary, as well as people mentioned and the collection of random detritus found within the book (receipts, bookmarks, postcards, a spider, &c.). These marginal notes, along with several appendices at the end of the book, go into some depth about seventeenth-century book production generally and at Oxford in particular.
Our diarist doesn't just chronicle his dodo's doings, but also those of certain friends, including the ailing Mr Tompkyns and Mr Flay, whose oft-recounted dreams might seem vaguely familiar to modern readers, if their meaning is teased out a bit.
Full of wit, whimsy, and a fair helping of book history. Who could ask for more?
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