Brief Histories of Almost Anything
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Forget the dry, textbook stuff--this is history at its eclectic, snappy, and insightful best.
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About Chris Brazier
Chris Brazier has been a co-editor of New Internationalist magazine since 1984. His previous publications include Vietnam: The Price of Peace and (as editor) Raging Against the Machine. Since 2001 he has also been principal writer for UNICEF's The State of the World's Children report.
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