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The first edition of this book dates from 1892 (it marked the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America), and the second was published in 1980. This is the third, linguistically updated edition of Carić's book.
The book explores the history, science, and cultural significance of calendars, exploring how different civilizations measured time. The author details the development of calendars, from ancient lunar and solar systems to the modern Gregorian calendar.
At once a modern classic of travel literature and a gripping adventure story, Stranger in the Woods provides a rare and intimate look at the vanishing way of life of one of the last surviving groups of rainforest dwellers.
What exactly is television? How does it function in a promised land that uses it to produce its own history, and at a rapid pace, in the absence of a tradition of the European or any other ancient type?