Will Durant. (2011). Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.

Will Durant. 2011. Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization From Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age. Blackstone Publishing.

Will Durant, Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization From Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age. Blackstone Publishing, 2011.

Will Durant. Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization From Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2011.

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     Will Durant (1885–1981) was an award-winning American writer, historian, and philosopher. He and his wife were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 for Rousseau and Revolution, and he was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Durant spent over forty years writing the critically acclaimed eleven-volume Story of Civilization, the later volumes with the help of his wife, Ariel. He sought to revitalize history by unifying and humanizing the great body of historical knowledge, which had become voluminous and fragmented into esoteric subcategories. He also strove to bring philosophy to the common man. Durant was a champion of human rights, social reform, and the brotherhood of man long before they became well-known issues.

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     John Little is considered to be one of the world's foremost authorities on Bruce Lee and Will Durant. He's the only person who has ever been authorized to review the entirety of Lee's personal notes, sketches, and reading annotations, giving him an insider's look at Lee's training methods and philosophies.

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     October 29, 2001
     This posthumous collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize winner targets those who don't know much about history. Durant, who died in 1981 at the age of 96, is best known for the multivolume history of the world, The Story of Civilization, he wrote with his wife, Ariel. In these recently discovered essays, he again displays his talents for popularizing history, most notably a remarkable ability to summarize complicated thoughts and events in a few succinct words: this book of "heroes" covers figures ranging from Nero to Shakespeare and spans more than 2,000 years. After the first three essays, on Confucius, Buddha and Egypt's Ikhnaton, Durant turns his attention to Greece, Rome and the rise of the West. He devotes several chapters to Jesus and his followers over the centuries, asserting that the study of religion "sheds more light upon the nature and possibilities of man and government than the study of almost any other subject or institution open to human inquiry." Moreover, Durant derives moral and aesthetic satisfaction from religious expression: "To have conceived and adored , and raised a thousand temples in her honor, is one of the redeeming features of the human race." And Jesus's "presence and his faith were themselves a tonic; at his optimistic touch the weak grew strong." After a discussion of the medieval Church's crackdown on heretics, Durant observes simply, "Freedom is a luxury of security." This book is likely to find a wide audience among those looking for an introduction to world history, but the absence of a bibliography and source notes may denote to scholars a certain lack of rigor. Agent, John Little.

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   • content: The essays in this work, discovered after popular historian Will Durant's death, were the framework for an unproduced series of audio lectures. Grover Gardner takes advantage of that rare aural bounty to weave an entertaining tapestry of great historical figures that listeners will find enjoyable as well as thoughtful. The essays bridge eras with helpful comparisons--for example, linking the actions of a modern nation at war to those of the ancient hunter-gatherers. Overall, Durant concentrates on people who shaped history, such as Martin Luther and Leonardo da Vinci. The essays illustrate how people can make a difference, a valuable concept for listeners to ponder as they continue to shape the future. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

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