Fresh, exciting and vividly readable, this is popular history at its very best. Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on a

A survey of the major events, developments, and personalities that have shaped human history.

E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in Engli

Mankind has come a long way since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, but how did we get to where we are today? This book tells our story, through conflic

This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentall