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★★★★★

“I am a trivia freak, so Bill Bryson's, A Short History...”

written by markf on 16/03/2004

Good Points
Hugely entertaining
Full of interesting facts
Very readable for the Layman

Bad Points
Too much name-dropping
First-person discussions detract from content

General Comments
I am a trivia freak, so Bill Bryson's, A Short History of Nearly Everything really appealed to me. It puts ourselves and the Earth into context and makes us realise how complex and yet insignificant we are. I read most of the book on a long intercontinental flight and finished it a few weeks later. You can easily pick up the book at any section or stage. I was sorry when I finished it. I wanted it to go on....

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