Will Durant's other books ( amazon pages)

Apart from ' STory of philosophy', and ' the story of civilization' which spanns over six volumes and for which, m/s. Will And Ariel Durant spent 40 years of their autumn lives, there are other great books he wrote. One such is ' Lessons from History' for history curio in a hurry.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1572703962/ref=pd_sim_b_3/002-5236036-5282422?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

Who do you think are the greatest people of all time ? gipsy ? Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx, who shaped the way humans think, forever without any looking back. Greatest invention ? Certainly, printing press by Johannes Gutenberg. Here's Will Durant's take on ' the greatest men and ideas of all time'. You can also read the first few pages.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743235533/ref=pd_sim_b_1/002-5236036-5282422?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

Here's another abridged history !! Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age (Hardcover) . you can read the first few pages here too !

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743226127/ref=pd_sim_b_5/002-5236036-5282422?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance