The What on Earth? Wallbook: Mini Edition: A Timeline from the Big Bang to the Present Day

by Christopher Lloyd, Andy Forshaw (Illustrator)

The What on Earth? Wallbook of Big History (Mini Edition) is about the size of a desktop diary but tells the complete story of planet, life and people from the beginning of time to the present day in more than 1,000 pictures and captions on a fold-out timeline. It is a mini version of the hugely successful A3-size What on Earth? Wallbook of Big History. The backside features a 100-question multiple-choice family quiz, with the answers all to be found somewhere on the timeline with the aid of a special magnifier (included!).

Genres: History, Nonfiction

16 pages, Hardcover

First published October 7, 2010

About the author

Bestselling author Christopher Lloyd began his career as a journalist with the Sunday Times newspaper. Then, while camping with his family, he had a critical realization: Even with a 1st class degree in history from Cambridge University and experience as a science writer, there was so much about the world he didn't know. So, he set out to write books that zoom out and tell the big stories, opening readers' eyes to how seemingly unrelated events fit together and showing them multiple perspectives on the world, all in highly engaging prose and matched with lively illustration and photography.

Now, with more than 20 books in print, some in over a dozen languages, Christopher divides his time between writing books for adults and children and delivering lectures and workshops to schools, literary festivals, and a wide range of other venues around the world.

Reviews

[Mrs Reddy Katzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ive been reading the wallbooks out of order, this is supposed to be the first one on the list, it's fantastic however i found it so packed it was a little overwhelming and took me a while to get though it. i think reading it from top to bottom is the best way to get all the information in as so many things have happened in the world all at once in so many countries at so many different levels - some places modern and some way behind - i found this really interesting