Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age

Will Durant es el historiador más ameno que he leído. Posiblemente menos purista y más interpretativo, pero encantador en su manera de describir el carácter y la humanidad de tantas figuras de la historia.

A very comprehensive but still concise summary of the development of civilization primarily told from the perspective of individuals who had significant impact on the incremental advances that occurred in human societies through out the world. Durant goes to considerable effort to not only identify the specific contributions on a macro level but also how the individual contributors participation in their own social, political and economic environment effected their additions to human history. He also tends to generally avoid major qualitative bias' which tends to give a high level of credibility to the analytical conclusions he arrives at.

Nothing to dislike. I enjoy reading the history of the past, especially by great researchers.

This is a pithy summation of history by a lifelong, unbiased historian, which should be mandatory reading for all teenagers in junior high school. This book will give young people a timeline of human endeavor, where our values came from and what our heritage in Western Civilization is all about. The book is concise, easily readable and absolutely factual. It is the biography of all the important "movers and shakers" in the world who have significantly changed our civilization.

Awesome. Incredible thinker and writer. As he wrote, can not spend time in the company of genius without becoming better yourself

Will Durant opened many doors into the past for me with his books. Tho history can sometimes be dry as dust, the author will move you along with his inexhaustible wit. My other favorites of his are, The Story of Civilization By Will Durant Complete 11 Volumes (Hardcover 1963-1975) (The Story of Civilization, Volumes 1 to 11) Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

This is the finest condensed history of philosophy I've ever read. It was found and produced posthumously and is a fine reduction of Durant's multi-volume work. I was so taken by it that I also bought it in audio CD form to listen to. It is a pleasure to go back and read small sections at a time. It is one of my favorite books.

A quick coverage of what he considered the main lines of history.

If you do one thing in life which you thank yourself 10 20 or 30 years from now is...Make Will Durant your teacher...You won't repent it..

A must read.

Great read!

Will Durant at his usual best. A good companion to Lessons from History by the same author.

Not a good buy at all! Expected much more. Very disappointing! Don't waste your money. There are better books are avialable.