This book is in excellent condition. It is truly a work of art in regard to it's printed information, photographs and design. It would be wonderful if every school age child could have one of these in their homes.

　　Sold new for over $40.00.

　　Product description

　　Synopsis

　　From the dawn of humankind to today's global complexities, this monumental volume presents world history from an original perspective that provides fresh insights with every colorful spread. Few references are as invaluable, all-inclusive, and satisfying to browse. For readers of all ages, world history is easily accessible, depicted as never before so those events occurring simultaneously around the world can be viewed at-a-glance together. For example, Texas Instruments launched the pocket calculator the same year the Soviet Union launched the first manned space station, in 1971. Columbus sailed from Spain the year Martin Behaim constructed a terrestrial globe in Nuremberg. The California Gold Rush followed the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s, and the Greek dictatorship of Papadopoulos is overthrown the same year Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed and U.S. president Nixon resigns, in 1974. The book's innovative time line truly sets it apart, allowing readers to scan across a spread and explore a single area or compare contemporary societies across the globe. This remarkable resource also contains dozens of maps; scores of sidebars; hundreds of illustrations; and thousands of events, milestones, personalities, ideas, and inventions. Throughout, vivid illustrations depict artworks, artifacts, portraits and dramatic scenes, while sidebar topic range from local customs and lifestyles to the effect of climate change on human migration. Drawing on National Geographic's vast resources, this concise yet comprehensive, one-of-a-kind work is as rewarding as it is compulsively readable.

　　Product Identifiers

　　ISBN-10 43

　　ISBN-13 5

　　Key Details

　　Author Neil Kagan

　　Number Of Pages 416 pages

　　Format Hardcover

　　Publication Date 2006-10-24

　　Language English

　　Publisher National Geographic Society

　　NOTE: Included with this book is a Statellite map of the world that appears not to ever have been opened.

　　This book can be picked up in Marble Falls for $18.00 or it can be mailed to Austin and numerous surrounding towns for an additional $8.85 (total $26.85).

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　　to make arrangements to pick up, have it mailed to them and to discuss method of payment. A family member is often in Austin and would be able to deliver it to a purchaser for the $26.00.

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