25 May 2005

From the Bookshelf: The Timetables of History by Bernard Grun

Non-Fiction. Paperback from Simon & Schuster. Published in 1991. Purchased from Amazon.com

I really like this book. It isn't the type of book you sit down and read, but it is a wonderful reference. For each year there are seven categories listed: History and Politics; Literature and Theatre; Religion, Philiosophy and Learning; Visual Arts; Music; Science and Technology; and Daily Life. It is very interesting to me to be able to take a sweeping look across a year and see what types of things were happening in the various categories.

Publisher's summary:
Vast and absorbing, spanning millennia of human history, The Timetables of History, achieves a goal in the study of the past that is unmatched by any other reference volume -- it gives us a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world. This remarkable book maps out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. Never before has progress been presented with such clarity or with a view that fully captures the essence and the excitement of civilization.

To buy from amazon.co.uk, click here: The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events
from amazon.com, click here: The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events

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