A Short History of the World (Audiobook)

from ljldml

A great reference of the major historical events. I had 'won' this book from an early reviewers giveaway but didn't receive it. I finally purchased it myself and read it. As a lover of history, I found this book to be well written and quite interesting. The author was able to connect the dots of ...

from williwhy

A Short History of the World is, in fact, reasonably short, and bears a passing resemblance to a history. It covers an extremely long period of time, reaching back all the way to the big bang, and coming up to modern times. It is billed as an accessible way to get the "big picture" quickly, and f...

from Rbeelee

I enjoyed the book and found the summarized history helpful to see how things fit together. The e version was very well designed with footnotes that linked well and maps that could be enlarged on the iPad. The information was interesting and right about the level I like my history which is give m...

from Maripacs

A Short History of the World delivers as advertised: an "easy-to-read history book" that is "epic in scope but refreshingly short in length". I found this book was great in that you could pick it up for a short period of time and always come away with having learned something. Also interesting to...

from paulmorriss

If you want to fill in the gaps in your history knowledge then this is great book. It isn't too long and not too detailed, so you get a good overview of everything. As is probably inevitable at such a scale there is a lot about countries and wars and the rulers involved in them. It maybe goes int...