Ian Crofton: 8 books

In this book Ian Crofton makes a journey on foot from Gretna Green in the southwest to Berwick in the northeast, following as close as possible the Anglo-Scottish Border as it has been fixed since the union of the crowns in 1603. Much of the line of the Border runs through a wild, overwhelmingly unvisited...

Ever wondered where noodles came from? How Worcester Sauce was invented? Or even who the 'Cucumber King of Burma' was? Beginning with the hippo soup eaten in Africa in 6000 BC, through to the dangerous blowfish enjoyed in contemporary Japan, A Curious History of Food and Drink reveals the bizarre...

Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books, the completion of famous buildings, the deaths of iconic figures, and the years of major discoveries. But there are other more interesting...

People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To remedy this, World History: 50 Key Milestones You Really Need to Know offers brief and stimulating outlines...

From the Big Bang to the future of our planet, The Little Book of Big History divides history into manageable but comprehensive time frames, encompassing the cosmos, the stars, life and everything in between. Big History is the attempt to understand and condense the entire story of the cosmos, from the...

A lively history of the universe and human civilization, this authoritative volume tells the story of the cosmos, the stars, and human development on earth. The Little Book of Big History is an endeavor to encapsulate the entire story of the cosmos, from the Big Bang to the current day, into...

Big Ideas in Brief provides an accessible and easily understood tour of 200 key concepts that really matter. The ideas covered come from a wide range of subjects - Philosophy, Religion, Science, Politics, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and the Arts. A series of short and lively articles...

敘事簡明、跨學科的絕佳歷史綜覽！ 大事年表x名人摘文x精要圖表x延伸解析 如同比爾．蓋茲（Bill Gates）的「大歷史計畫」，本書不僅含括史料紀錄，也融合宇宙學、生物學，到考古學及人類學等跨類別學科資料，來檢視更宏觀的歷史、綜覽人類的過往。 作者經由一篇篇精簡短文，勾勒出宇宙誕生至今日世界的每個關鍵時刻。過程中，我們彷彿搭上時光機，從「大霹靂」展開旅程，見證星球與生命的誕生，遇見最早的工具使用者，再一路穿梭至互聯網時代，看盡所有文明、技術、理念、信仰的起落。 【各界好評】 本書將大歷史概念擴大到138億年地球史，本書就有那麼「大」，讓我們看得更遠、更闊。而本書最棒的部分，是它的條理清晰，而且能以精簡易懂的文字，清楚說明一個重要的階段。 ——歷史評論家...