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Anonymous Fri Dec 3 04:43:36 2010 No.1329200 [Reply] [Original]

Hey guys. I'm looking for a book with the whole history of anything that happened ever. [pic related] is one I am considering. However, if you have your own recommendations, then by all means, recommend.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 04:46:36 2010 No.1329201 Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond)

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 04:50:36 2010 No.1329204 Read Lies My Teacher Told Me. It's a good start for American History, anyway.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 04:52:36 2010 No.1329206 >>1329201 I actually have this on my Kindle. I'll probably read this next. Is it good? Is it a hell of a ride?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 04:54:36 2010 No.1329210 >>1329204 Speaking of American History, has anyone here read "A People's History of the United States"? Thinking of reading this also.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 04:59:36 2010 No.1329220 >>1329204 About 130 pages in, so far it's been pretty interesting stuff. Reading this book is like taking an Anthropology course at a university.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 08:00:36 2010 No.1329456 File: 59 KB, 336x502, gombrich.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The Howard Zinn book is mostly win, but be warned he's an unapologetic Communist. Skip that Jared Diamond noise, it's rubbish.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 16:02:36 2010 No.1330197 >>1329456 What makes you say he's rubbish?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 17:59:36 2010 No.1330487 bumpbitchbump

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 18:26:36 2010 No.1330563 What's the opinion of A Short History of Everything? Never read it, but there's a copy I found lying around my house that I've been eyeing for a while now.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 4 01:38:36 2010 No.1331379 The No-Nonsense Guide to World History

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 4 01:40:36 2010 No.1331383 >>1330563 >>1330563 Never read it, but I want to. Bill Bryson's great

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 4 01:41:36 2010 No.1331385 >>1330563 Its a history of our understanding of science. Its good.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 4 01:45:36 2010 No.1331388 >>1329456 ? Zinn wasn't a communist.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 4 01:48:36 2010 No.1331391 >>1330197 Not the OP, but Diamond is generally considered to offer a reductive view of the field of history.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 4 02:02:36 2010 No.1331408 >>1329210 I read the first few chapters so far, I find it very good; but I'm Canadian, so what do I know?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 4 02:04:36 2010 No.1331411 >>1330563 Reading it, about 7% in. Fucking awesome. It's nice if you have some science background.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 4 02:06:36 2010 No.1331413 File: 18 KB, 265x400, Decline_of_the_West_1922.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] OH YEAH

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