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Michael A. Cook, Princeton professor of Islamic history, provides an overview of human history from the Neolithic to the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001 in this witty and intelligent synthesis, asking the key question: why did everything happen exactly th
Anthology of Latin Fragments of Pliny the Elder with Croatian Explanations (Golik, 1909) presents ancient views on nature, man and the world, with brief comments for understanding and teaching.
The book is the most readable and complete overview of the evidence that human civilization has already been nearly wiped out of the universe once – and that such cycles may repeat themselves every few tens of thousands of years.
A historical study of the transformations of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the early USSR, focusing on imperial geopolitics, ideological patterns, and relations with peoples within the empire.
Harald Haarmann's book presents the discovery of Europe's oldest highly developed culture (c. 5500–3500 BC), known as the Danube or Old European Civilization, with an emphasis on its writing, art and influence.
British author Adrian Gilbert (co-author of The Mayan Prophecies from 1995) in The End of Time offers the most thorough and sober modern interpretation of the Mayan calendar and the so-called "2012 prophecy", completely rejecting New Age hysteria.