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Author
Publisher
Hearst Home Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
History comes alive in this beautifully illustrated book with bite-size facts (along with a touch of humor) that will engage and entertain young curious minds. Jam-packed with important events, inspiring accomplishments by remarkable people, and groundbreaking inventions, this super-fun fact-filled book, the first kids book from History Channel, includes the most interesting historical facts-from early civilization up to the 21st century all around...
Publisher
Whirlwind Media
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Video section focuses on the year 1938. Newsreel footage captures stories on the Munich crisis and Germany's annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, the Spanish Civil War, the budding German/Italian coalition, plus feature stories on Howard Hughes, "Wrong-way" Corrigan, the Maginot line, etc.
Audio section (Music): Music from the days hottest artists.
Audio section (News): contains radio broadcasts of important news events during the year 1938.
Audio...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be 'human'. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted...
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Recorre 13 000 millones de años de historia, desde el Big Bang hasta la era digital. Extraordinarias cronologías que muestran los mayores acontecimientos del mundo: el auge y la caída de los imperios, los inventos que han cambiado nuestras vidas, los grandes avances de la ciencia o la evolución del arte. Con fantásticas ilustraciones y datos sorprendentes, tienes en tus manos un libro que te cuenta la historia de la forma más apasionante que...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
En De animales a dioses Yuval Noah Harari traza una breve historia de la humanidad, desde los primeros humanos que caminaron sobre la Tierra hasta los radicales y a veces devastadores avances de las tres grandes revoluciones que nuestra especie ha protagonizado: la cognitiva, la agrícola y la científica. A partir de hallazgos de disciplinas tan diversas como la biología, la antropología, la paleontología o la economía, Harari explora cómo las...
17) World history
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2010]
Language
English
Description
With more than 10,000 years of history in the palm of your hand, "Eyewitness Companion: World History" is the ideal one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in historical events, personalities, societies, and cultures, from the first flowering of human civilization in prehistoric times to the present day.
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