Civilization (Hardcover)

Human civilisation gets covered the way DK covers most things, through pictures first, with the text arranged around what the images already show. Four hundred hardcover pages give that method room to work across a broad subject, moving through the ways societies have organised themselves, built, traded and recorded what they did. The picture-led layout means a reader can enter almost anywhere and come away with something, which suits a household reference book far better than a structure that demands reading in order. A hardback build is the right call for a title likely to stay on a shelf for years and be pulled down repeatedly. What readers find here: • Four hundred hardcover pages of illustrated reference • DK's picture-led layout, with images carrying the explanation • A broad sweep across the story of human societies • A hardback build suited to a family reference shelf Suited to curious general readers, students and families keeping a reference shelf, published by DK and available from Boipoka.