Lists of note

Humans have been making lists for even longer than they´ve been writing letters. They are the shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes and aspirations; likes and dislikes; rules for living and loving; records of our memories and reminders of the things we want to do before we die. Just as he did with Letters of Note, Shaun Usher has trawled the world´s archives to produce a rich visual anthology that stretches from ancient times to present day. From a to-do list of Leonardo da Vinci´s to Charles Darwin on the pros and cons of marriage or Julia Child´s list of possible titles for what would later become an American cooking bible, Lists of Note is a constantly surprising A-Z of what makes us human. In its pages you´ll find 125 lists with facsimiles or illustrations, including: a shopping list written by two 9th-century Tibetan monks; a handwritten list of the BFG´s favourite words by Roald Dahl; the 19 year-old Isaac Newton´s list of the 57 sins he´d already committed; Galileo´s list of parts needed to build his telescope; Einstein´s punitive list of conditions imposed on his first wife; 29-year-old Marilyn Monroe´s inspirational set of New Year´s resolutions; Martin Luther King´s advice for black people starting to use buses; Johnny Cash´s list of ´things to do today´; Michelangelo´s illustrated shopping list; and Advice for ´chick rockers´ by Chrissie Hynde And many, many more...