From logos to flags to punctuation marks, symbols are all around us. But we're so used to seeing them that we never question why, for instance, the heart symbol is anatomically incorrect or why the Bluetooth symbol is named after a tenth-century Danish king in need of dental work.

Symbols shows just how much importance has been attached to the smallest & simplest of ideas, & features over forty of the most significant symbols from religion, politics & popular culture down the centuries. Did you know that 15% of all tweets on twitter contain the hashtag symbol? That's over 41 million uses of each day. Or that the 'smiley face' originated in Massachusetts in the 1960s?

This fascinating book highlights the roles symbols have played throughout history & how they have shaped our understanding of the world.

This paperback book has 224 pages & measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x 1.4cm





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Signs of the Time looks at the story behind the worlds most famous symbols, from the peace sign to the smiley. It shows just how much importance has been attached to the smallest & simplest of ideas & features over 40 of the most significant symbols from religion, politics & popular culture down the centuries. Did you know that 15% of all tweets on twitter contain the hash tag symbol? Thats over 41 million uses of each day. Or that the smiley face originated in Massachusetts in the 1960s? This fascinating book highlights the roles symbols have played throughout history & how they have shaped our understanding of the world. ...

When Detective Catrin Price returns to Cardiff after 12 years of self-imposed exile she is determined to lay to rest the ghosts of her unhappy past. Then her ex-boyfriend Rhys, once a promising young policeman but now a washed-up junkie, is found dead on one of her first nights on patrol. The official verdict is an accidental overdose, but Cat is convinced that there is something more to his death, something that will explain why the man who saved her life was so unwilling to save his own. Rhys had always been haunted by the mysterious disappearance of Owen Face, the troubled lead singer of rock band Seerl&, who was last seen at a notorious suicide spot. No body was ever found & when Cat joins forces with one of Rhys' former colleagues, now a wealthy business man obsessed with all things Seerl&-related, they begin to wonder whether the rumours that Face is still alive may be true. But when Cat is stalked by a menacing figure with a striking resemblance to a serial rapist Rhys famously put away, she begins to realise her life may also be in danger. ...

High comedy as only Muriel Spark can write it--witty, precise, & illuminated by moral inquiry. From a young woman who strangely attracts violent death, to delightfully mad Uncle Magnus, to the hilarious Sisters of Good Hope, the cast of characters move through the ingenious plot at dizzying speed, & readers are once again in the hands of a master stylist. ...

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