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Title: THIS FLEETING WORLD
A SHORT HISTORY OF HUMANITY
By: David Christian
Format: Hardback

List price: £31.50


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ISBN 10: 1933782900
ISBN 13: 9781933782904
Publisher: BERKSHIRE PUBLISHING GROUP
Pub. date: 30 July, 2014
Series: This World of Ours
Pages: 132
Synopsis: A great historian can make clear the connections between the first Homo sapiens and today's version of the species, and a great storyteller can make those connections come alive. David Christian is both, and This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity makes the journey - from the earliest foraging era to our own modern era - a fascinating one. Enter This Fleeting World - and give up the preconception that anything old is boring.
Publication: US
Imprint: Berkshire Publishing Group
Returns: Non-returnable
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