Little History of the World: Classic Collection

Little History of the World: Classic Collection
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A 2006 Book Sense Highlight

Named a Favorite Book of 2005 by the Los Angeles Times

E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international bestseller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.

[Translated by Caroline Mustill]

[Read by Ralph Cosham]

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fur junge Leser (A Short World History for Young Readers) was published in Vienna to immediate success. It is now an international bestseller and available in almost thirty languages across the world.

In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history, for the curious of all ages.
Country USA
Brand Blackstone Publishing
Manufacturer Blackstone Publishing
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 9780786172863
Model 9780786172863
UnitCount 1
Format Audiobook
EANs 9780786172863
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Blackstone Publishing
Manufacturer	Blackstone Publishing
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	9780786172863
Model	9780786172863
UnitCount	1
Format	Audiobook
EANs	9780786172863
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Little History of the World: Classic Collection

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