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The History of the World in One Sitting
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$188.00
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出版社: |
三聯書店
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| 出版日期: |
2013/12 |
| 頁數: |
124 |
| ISBN: |
9789620434822 |
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商品簡介 |
This is a book for children. It is a book about world history that does not neglect Chinese history, and it is a book about Chinese history that does not neglect world history.
Among the many things you will learn from reading this book are:
- The history of the Earth and the dinosaurs
- Why human civilisation arose in Europe and Asia
- The spectacular wars that the Greeks fought
- The stories of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty
- Why China enjoyed prosperity during the Tang and Song Dynasties while Europe entered the Dark Ages
- When the world’s three major faiths came into being
- The story of Yue Fei’s battles against the Jurchens
- How China fell into decline while the Renaissance took place in Europe
- That Tang Bohu lived during the same time as Leonardo da Vinci
- What the Kangxi Emperor was doing when Isaac Newton discovered gravity
- What the Qianlong Emperor was doing when George Washington established a democratic America
- The 25 most influential historical figures in the past 500 years
- That we can learn about the history of the world in just three hours through leisurely reading
- That we can understand the last 100 years of Chinese history in just one minute
- That we can have different emotional reactions to different historical events
About the Author
Alexander Cheung Tai-chong
After winning a novel competition while he was at junior high school, Cheung decided to pursue a career in writing. He has worked for the likes of Mad Dog Daily, the supplement section of Ming Pao and Book B of Ming Pao Weekly. In addition, Cheung has also been a contributor to several columns published in Sing Tao Daily. His work has taken him to places such as Malawi, Ghana, the slums of South Africa, a film studio in Mumbai and a drug rehabilitation facility in the Maldives. He likes viewing matters with a macro-historical perspective and is fond of g the bizarre similarities between things that seem totally unrelated.
“The History of the World in One Sitting” marks the author’s second work, after “Tommy Li: The Consumer Jungle x Brand Regeneration”.
About the Illustrator
Wu Jiun-kuang
Wu is a freelance illustrator whose work can be found in newspapers, novel covers and theatre posters.
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