false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg 61505 16 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 <i>Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser </i>was published in Vienna to immediate success, and is now available in seventeen languages across the world.<br><br>Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. <i>A Little History of the World </i>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.<br><br>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&#8217;s experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity&#8217;s achievements and an acute witness to its frailties.<br><br>The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.<br><br></div> 59819 1985 A Little History of the World total:390|5:139|4:160|3:74|2:16|1:1| 390 1590 841 111 3711671 030014332X 9780300143324 24 8 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255856975m/3711671.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3711671.A_Little_History_of_the_World 2 5 false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 02:12:23 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 11:22:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 4 1 false Sun Nov 08 12:47:11 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 15 10:36:10 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 12:47:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 4 0 false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:28:49 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:17:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 2 0 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 22:41:47 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 20:23:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 5 0 false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Jul 15 08:57:33 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:09:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 4 0 false Tue Oct 20 20:40:14 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 20:46:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3711671 030014332X 9780300143324 24 8 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255856975m/3711671.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3711671.A_Little_History_of_the_World 5 0 false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 06:27:46 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 06:31:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 4 0 false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 21:11:32 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 21:18:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 4 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 10:22:54 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 10:26:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 4 1 false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 23:03:49 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 22:26:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 10 05:03:08 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 05:18:28 -0800 2009
This anthropological history of the world does not suffer from the usual western-centrocism of so many historical ...more...]]> 3711671 030014332X 9780300143324 24 8 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255856975m/3711671.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3711671.A_Little_History_of_the_World 3 0 false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 09:04:42 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 09:06:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 3 0 false Fri Oct 31 05:47:49 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 05:48:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 61505 0300108834 9780300108835 345 98 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591155m/61505.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61505.A_Little_History_of_the_World 5 1 false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 06:58:29 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 12:20:10 -0700 2008 This is a little book which tells the story of history from pre-history to World War II. It's about progress and about change and about social classes and all the little quirks that make humankind. From Egypt to Rome to Germany to China and back again.

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I don't know why, but I like short histories of the world. And this one has glowing reviews... so I couldn't resist :-)

NOW THAT I'VE READ IT:

This reviews are right... this book is positively delightful. If you're an adult with a reasonable ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=61505