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

A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History. I

This is the world history book that gives students the whole story. The World is the first world history textbook that shows, through a holistic, truly engaging

The Outline of History is a book by the science fiction writer Herbert Wells, who also created some important historical and political works like A Short Histor

Description: "The story of our world is a story that is still very imperfectly known." From the very beginnings of life, spanning across the age of mammals evol