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	BizStore » Book A Little History of the World List Price: $12.95 Our Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Yale University Press Publisher: Yale University Press Author(s): E. H. Gombrich Average Customer Rating: (based on 43 reviews) Price Check: $8.99 Buy at BestPrices.com (Lowest Price) $9.85 Buy at eBay $11.62 Buy at eBay $13.34 Buy at eBay Product Description: Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 909 EAN: 9780300143324 ISBN: 030014332X Label: Yale University Press Manufacturer: Yale University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2008-10-07 Publisher: Yale University Press Studio: Yale University Press Editorial Review: In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success, and is now available in seventeen languages across the world. Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. A Little History of the World presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time. Superbly designed and freshly illustrated, this is a book to be savored and collected. 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. Customer Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Nicely written, but extremely Euro centric Comment: This is a nicely written, children's introduction to world history. However, the content is highly Euro-centric. There is coverage of India, China, Middle East and America, however, such coverage were quite short and very cursory compared to the fairly detailed chapters on anything that happened in Europe. That being said, it is still a good read, especially for children starting to learn history. Just keep in mind that it is not a broad perspective and it needs to be supplemented in the future. Customer Rating: Summary: Better Late Than Never Comment: I wish I'd been given this wonderful book while I was still a kid. Then I wouldn't have felt so ignorant around the seder table and on vacation trips. Who were the Assyrians? The Sumerians? What's the pre-George W. background on those places we invaded? How did various religions spread? And how 'bout those Greeks? Written with a sense of wonder and respect, this book gives you a quick and fascinating overview of the history of the world that stays with you and puts today's events in perspective. Customer Rating: Summary: Perfect Book To Start Your Children In World History Comment: Excellent book. After so many other attempts of getting a comprehensive yet child level book, this is the perfect match. Reads like an action novel full of details yet entertaining. Short chapters make the perfect read for each night. My son loves it and gets excited about reading it as if it were an action movie. Highly recommended. Customer Rating: Summary: History Made Easy & Fun Comment: This book clearly meant for young readers is engrossing for adults also. Makes what many believe to be boring fun! Customer Rating: Summary: highly educational Comment: I read this to my boys and we learned tons together. I have a degree in history, but was taught a great deal. The writing is warm and easy to follow. Gombrich includes his interpretation of events but is very respectful to all groups involved. I think it would be very helpful to all college history students to start with a course based on this book or one similar. It just puts all of human history into a concise linear perspective. Later courses would put meat on the skeleton. My education isolated periods from how they related to each other. This book will help you understand how in the world we got where we are today. Related Items • The Story of Art: Pocket Edition • Little History of the World: Classic Collection • National Geographic Concise History of the World: An Illustrated Time Line (Timeline) • A Short History of the World • The Story of Mankind Based on Amazon Store Manager Copyright © 2005 - 2009 Nuke Business Resources