唸大學時就讀了這本書(是指定課外讀物），它講的是人類過去50萬年到二十世紀初葉的故事(最近曾增加了21世紀部份），引起我對歷史的興趣，至今仍然。
Updated for the last half of this century, the author's classic 1927 history of the human race now contains lively new chapters on space exploration, the emergence of developing countries, the Cold War, the Internet, and new scientific developments. Original.