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Chargement... From Then to Now: A Short History of the World (2011)par Christopher Moore
   Books Read in 2012 (660) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  alovett | Nov 20, 2014 |    Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. ) brewergirl | Oct 15, 2014 | ) Sullywriter | Apr 3, 2013 | Although I'm a long way from being a young adult the book immediately appealed to me. An overview of world history that avoids an overly Euro-centric view and yet doesn't become too PC. Illustrated with watercolour paintings that avoid most of the stereotypes too, I wondered whether it would attract the ipod generation. I needn't have worried. My 12 year old son and 16 year old daughter both asked to read it after I was finished. (  ) Phil-James | Mar 30, 2013 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. ) norabelle414 | Jan 15, 2012 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
History.
Juvenile Nonfiction.
HTML:Just 50,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors ventured off the African savannah and into the wider world. Now, our technology reaches far out into the cosmos. How did we get to where we are today? With lively text and colorful illustrations, From Then to Now explains how individual societies struggled to find their own paths, despite war, disease, slavery, natural disasters, and the relentless growth of human knowledge. From Hammurabi to Henry Ford, from Incan couriers to the Internet, from the Taj Mahal to the Eiffel Tower, from Marco Polo to Martin Luther King, from Cleopatra to Catherine the Great, from boiled haggis to fried tarantulas ?? this is no less than the story of humanity. It??s the story of how we grew apart over all those years of migration and division, and how ?? as we recognize our common heritage and our often mixed ancestry ?? we can come together. An index, maps, and notes make this a must-have reference Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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An ambitious book that seeks to give a bare bones overview of the history of humanity from humanoids in Africa, through hunter-gatherer societies, to farming and the rise of nations and technologies. The history seeks to be inclusive rather than eurocentric, and covers nations and peoples worldwide. Moore crafts his history in an engaging and easy-to-read narrative form that will appeal to fiction and nonfiction readers alike. Illustrations by Krystoforski recreate famous artifacts, artwork, and photos in impressionistic paintings with a consistent style, which are placed as accents on text pages. This strategy helps the large and otherwise straightforward book avoid appearing like a textbook. Index and world map are included. Notably lacking is bibliography or reading list. (