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Best Selling Books by John Man

John Man is the author of Walk! (1979), The Survival of Jan Little (1993), Dinosaurs (1988), Empire of Horses (2021), Facing the Music (1996), Battlefields Then & Now (2001).

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The Survival of Jan Little

release date: Jan 01, 1993

Dinosaurs

release date: Jul 01, 1988
Dinosaurs
This book discusses some of the misinformation people believe about dinosaurs, and gives the most up-to-date facts.

Empire of Horses

release date: Mar 09, 2021
Empire of Horses
An authoritative and rich history of the remarkable Xiongnu culture—a lost empire which preceded the Mongols and even China itself. The author of landmark histories such as Genghis Khan, Attila, and Xanadu invites us to discover a fertile period in Asian history that prefigured so much of the world that followed. The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 bc they dominated the heart of Asia for four centuries, and changed the world in the process. The Mongols, today’s descendants of Genghis Khan, see these people as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese identity and inspired the first Great Wall. Their descendants helped destroy the Roman Empire under the leadership of Attila the Hun. We don’t know what language they spoke, but they became known as Xiongnu, or Hunnu, a term passed down the centuries and surviving today as “Hun,” and Man uncovers new evidence that will transform our understanding of the profound mark they left on half the globe, from Europe to Central Asia and deep into China. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, Empire of Horses traces this civilization’s epic story and shows how this nomadic cultures of the steppes gave birth to an empire with the wealth and power to threaten the order of the ancient world.

Facing the Music

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Facing the Music
The successful and popular ice dancers share their story, from their working-class childhoods in Nottingham to world stardom, and discuss the behind-the-scenes reality of their career, revealing the conflicts and chaos

Battlefields Then & Now

release date: Sep 01, 2001
Battlefields Then & Now
"Provides a fresh insight into the sites of some of history''s greatest conflicts. By overlaying modern photographs of the battlefield with dramatic reconstructions of ten of the key battles, it compares in a unique way scenes of struggle and heroism with the often pastoral site today"--Page 4 of cover

The Penguin Atlas of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign

release date: Jan 01, 1994
The Penguin Atlas of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign
De allieredes invasion i Normandiet 1944

Exploration and Discovery

release date: Jan 01, 1990
Exploration and Discovery
A survey of exploration and discovery from the times of ancient explorers through contemporary excursions to the farthest limits of our globe including outer space, the ocean depths, and beneath the surface of the Earth.

The Kings of El Dorado

The Kings of El Dorado
Text and lavish photographs present antiquities from the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Inca, Chimu and Columbian Indian cultures that flourished in ancient Columbia and Peru.

The stranger in Reading, in a series of letters, from a traveller [J. Man].

Jenghis Khan

release date: Apr 04, 2016
Jenghis Khan
LEGENDA SANG PENAKLUK DARI MONGOLIA “Di mana gerangan Jenghis Khan? Ia tidak mati. Inilah yang terjadi: Seorang raja di sebuah negeri nun jauh memiliki putri seelok mentari. Jenghis Khan meminta perawan itu. Sang raja diam-diam berkata pada putrinya: ini sebilah pisau, sangat kecil dan tajam. Sembunyikan di balik pakaianmu, dan kala waktunya tiba kau tahu yang harus kaulakukan. Tatkala Yang Mulia Jenghis berbaring bersamanya, sang putri mengeluarkan pisau itu dan mengebirinya. Jenghis berteriak saat merasakan luka itu. Orang-orang bergegas masuk, namun Jenghis hanya berkata: bawa pergi gadis ini, aku ingin tidur. Jenghis terlelap dan tak pernah bangun dari tidur itu. Tetapi, bukankah Yang Mulia Jenghis akan menyembuhkan dirinya sendiri? Setelah pulih, ia akan terjaga dan menyelamatkan bangsanya" Dongeng rakyat Mongol, diadaptasi dari Owen Lattimore, Mongol Journeys Jenghis Khan adalah tokoh abadi dalam sejarah: pemimpin jenius, pendiri kerajaan darat terbesar dunia—dua kali lipat luas Romawi. Kematiannya yang misterius mempertaruhkan segalanya dalam bahaya, sehingga peristiwa itu tetap dirahasiakan sampai semua ahli warisnya berhasil mengamankan daerah taklukannya. Kerahasiaan menyelubungi dirinya sejak itu. Makamnya yang tak pernah ditemukan, dengan harta karun yang dibayangkan orang berada di dalamnya, terus jadi sasaran keingintahuan dan spekulasi. Di masa kini, Jenghis Khan kerap dianggap momok, pahlawan, dan manusia setengah dewa. Bagi umat Muslim, bangsa Rusia dan Eropa, dia seorang pembunuh massal. Namun di tanah kelahirannya, bangsa Mongol memujanya sebagai bapak bangsa; bangsa China menghormatinya sebagai pendiri dinasti; dan di kedua negara tersebut para pemuja mencari berkahnya. Buku ini lebih dari sekadar ulasan menarik tentang kebangkitan dan penaklukan Jenghis Khan. Penulisnya, John Man, menggunakan pengalaman langsung guna menyingkap pengaruh sang Khan yang terus lestari. Dialah penulis pertama yang menjelajahi lembah tersembunyi tempat Jenghis diperkirakan wafat, dan salah satu dari sedikit orang Barat yang pernah mendaki gunung keramat tempat Jenghis mungkin dimakamkan. Hasilnya, sebuah ulasan memikat tentang sang tokoh serta pelbagai “gairah” yang melingkupinya di masa kini. Dalam legenda, ritual, dan kontroversi, Jenghis Khan memang tak pernah mati.

Zwinger Palace, Dresden

release date: Jan 01, 1990

The New Traveller's Atlas

release date: Jan 01, 2007

Reaching for the Children

release date: Jan 01, 1990

Birth of Our Planet

release date: Jan 01, 1998

The Birth of Our Planet

release date: Jan 01, 1999

Cengiz Han-Yasami

release date: Jan 01, 2016
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