Download or read book A Brief History of the Human Race written by Michael Cook and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Enthralling....If so compact a book can be magisterial, [this] is it.--Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World... "A smart, literate survey of human life from paleolithic times until 9/11."--Edward Rothstein, The New York Times