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The Story of Civilization (1935–1975), by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an 11-volume set of books covering both Eastern and Western civilizations for the general reader, with a particular emphasis on European (Western) history. The series was written over a span of four decades.
Echohawk is a young adult historical novel written by author Lynda Durrant, first published in 1998. Set in the early eighteenth century, it is about a white boy adopted by the Mohicans . [ 1 ]
Lynda Durrant (born December 17, 1954) [1] is an American author of children's books. These include The Beaded Moccasins: The Story of Mary Campbell (1998), Turtle Clan Journey (1999), Echohawk (1996), Betsy Zane, the Rose of Fort Henry (2000), and The Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life (2003), My Last Skirt (2006) and Imperfections (2008).
The Lessons of History is a 1968 book by historians Will Durant and Ariel Durant. The book provides a summary of periods and trends in history they had noted upon completion of the 10th volume of their momentous eleven-volume The Story of Civilization. Will Durant stated that he and Ariel "made note of events and comments that might illuminate ...
Ariel and Will Durant in the library of their home in Los Angeles, 1967. While Durant's work was well received by popular audiences, its academic reception was more critical. Classics scholar Moses Finley criticised Durant's The Life of Greece on a number of grounds, including the book's racial essentialism and support for the great man theory ...
Durrant told Noble that he was sorry that Blanche was not there, but that he would come to her house later to bring a book for her. Mrs. Noble later said that he did come by later with the book, having even suggested that Lamont might have been kidnapped, forced into prostitution, and/or that she may have run away to become a sex-worker of her ...
He and Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte [26] published the book Decentralized Data Fusion: An Information Theoretic Approach in 1994. [4] Early in his career, Manyika was awarded a research fellowship at Oxford's Balliol College and served on the engineering faculty at Oxford. [21]
John Durrant Larkin (September 29, 1845 - February 15, 1926) [1] was an American business magnate who pioneered the mail-order business model, developed (with business partner and brother-in-law Elbert Hubbard [2]) the marketing strategy of offering premiums to customers, [3] introduced revolutionary employment innovations, [4] and commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright's first major public work, the ...