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'Compelling remarkably far-reaching and even-handed' Sunday Times 'An ambitious history of the planet from the Big Bang to the present day' Daily Telegraph Books of the Year
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"This book should be on every child's Christmas list...."
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
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A must have item!,
By TPW "Tim" (Oxfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day (Hardcover)
Who say's history is boring? Here we learn how past history will shape things to come...
Christopher Lloyd's book is a complete walk through of history from the big bang to the present day. Providing history with such a holistic overview is a powerful reason to buy this book and should be a 'must have' item for every Year 7 school child in the UK studying history. It provides the reader with a true sense of history over time and space and the interrelationship with the natural environment - something that most children don't get an appreciation of in school. (I should know being an ex-teacher!) The flexibility of the book is something that stands out - on the one hand it is an excellent reference book that will not date, on the other hand the author's easy and amusing narrative style makes this also a very easy "pick up and read when you like" coffee table book! For me, it was a thoroughly enjoyable read from cover to cover. A gift for any occassion that will not fail to disappoint.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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What On Earth Happend by Christopher Lloyd,
This review is from: What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day (Hardcover)
This is a fabulous book ... an important book ... not just a history book but something that gives a fantastic perspective, a glimpse of how we got here. The narrative flows through key points of the story of planet, the life on the planet and critically how humans fit into this story in the extraordinarily brief moment we've been
around. It weaves together the disparate bits of knowledge you may have along with much that probably you don't know into something that connects & illuminates. The whole is even greater than the sum of the parts ... indeed it is quite a moving experience at times and certainly enormously stimulating and relevant to many of the big questions we ask; both philosphical, political and simply everyday curiousities. The book also has user friendly lay out making it easy to use as a reference or a good read. There are top ten lists e.g. key events, people, fruits & seeds, creatures etc and time is condensed & colour coded onto a 24hr clock. Eye opening and working on a number of different levels, I can thoroughly recommend this to everyone.What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day
25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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World history in 400 pages,
By Anne-Marie (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day (Hardcover)
What an amazing and beautiful book! Christopher Lloyd
tells the story of the the whole of history, from the big bang until today, in a wonderfully lively, enthralling way, with an incredible lightness of touch - it's a real masterpiece. I'd recommend this book to absolutely everyone.
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