Grant Nichol Ordre des livres

The Last One Hundred YearsInternational in scope, this book covers all the years since before World War I, both for their history as well as their human endeavours, completely updated and often surprising. It includes:At least 2,500 major world events from the horrors of ‘the war to end all wars' to the tragedy of the COVID- 19 global pandemic from 2019A time-line of major events for every country in the world:At least 900 selected references to contemporary pop cultureAt least 1,300 selected references to cinema and televisionAt least 800 selected references to music and show businessThousands of newsmakers linked with the aboveAlso hundreds of selected references to art, automobiles, aviation, business, computers and the internet, controversies, crime, disasters, festivals inventions, literature, politics, religion, scandals, science, social issues, space age, sport, technology, terrorism, etc.